In recent years, major news outlets have started taking note of the animal movement, and including coverage of animal rights, welfare, and conservation issues on a daily basis. Check out our curated selection of top stories from around the world, updated every day.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoDramatic moment villagers rescue a baby elephant trapped in a wellThe elephant fell into a well while a herd of more than 60 elephants were passing through the Ramgarh district, around 50 km from Ranchi, in the Indian state of Jharkhand on Wednesday night.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoObesity shouldn't just be blamed on sugar: MEAT is just as badExperts from the University of Adelaide said energy received from protein was often a surplus because it is digested later than fats and carbohydrates, causing the body to convert it and store as fat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoBaloo the brown bear shot dead by zoo keepersA bear called Baloo - named after the Jungle Book character - who broke out of his enclosure at a zoo in Slovakia has been killed after keepers decided he posed too much of a threat.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoDublin zoo launches inquiry after child photographed in rhino enclosurePictures on Twitter show boy standing on wrong side of fence while man holds his hand
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/anthrax-outbreak-climate-change-arctic-circle-russia
Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic CircleSeventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150618104153.htm
Emotional brains 'physically different' from rational onesResearchers have found physical differences in the brains of people who respond emotionally to others' feelings, compared to those who respond more rationally.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
THIS IS A POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR HUMANE EDUCATION
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100409093405.htm#.V59UoA5fPyE.facebookEmpathy and violence have similar circuits in the brain, research suggestsResearchers in Spain have investigated the brain structures involved with empathy -- in other words, the ability to put oneself in another person's position -- and carried out a scientific review of them. They conclude that the brain circuits responsible for empathy are in part the same as those involved with violence.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/greyhound-racing-scarier-than-a-horror-film.php
10 ways greyhound racing is SCARIER than a Stephen King filmHere’s what happens when you shine a very bright light in a very dark place for the very first time...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoNeglected polar bear drags himself across his zoo enclosureThis is the shocking moment a helpless polar bear - who is reportedly kept at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia - struggles to stand up and walk in his enclosure in front of horrified onlookers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoAnimals reduced to cannibalism in Egyptian zoo after neglectCAIRO: A photo of an African baboon, whose feet were cannibalized by fellow cage mates in a zoo in Delta’s Sharqia governorate has gone viral on Egyptian social media. “Due to extreme hunger, some animals starved to death, and others have eaten each others,” social media user Miss Assnaa po
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chimpanzee-travel-tool-use
Ape escape: how travelling broadens the minds of chimpsThe study centred on a chimp called Hawa from Uganda and his companion Squibs
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoBear invasion: state of emergency as hungry predators seek food in towns and villagesDestruction of natural habitat by forest fires 'explains bears causing terror in residential areas'.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoMany Animals—Including Your Dog—May Have Horrible Short-Term MemoriesDogs may forget an event less than two minutes after it happened, according to a new study.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoCan Pineapples Make Better Leather than Cows?Pineapple leather is sustainable and cruelty free, and just might replace cow leather before you know it.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoCan Dogs Feel Our Emotions? Yawn Study Suggests YesPet dogs yawn more in response to their owners' yawns than to strangers'—suggesting they can understand our emotions, a new study says.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoDogs Are Even More Like Us Than We ThoughtFor one, canines shun people who are mean to their owners, a new study says.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months agoPuppy holds pal in his paws after the doggy duo were rescuedAdorable images of a pair of inseparable stray puppies adopted by Buddhist nuns in China have been melting hearts on social media.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.today.com/health/gazing-our-dogs-eyes-releases-cuddle-chemical-t15746?cid=sm_fbn
Why we bond with our dogs like our babiesSome dog owners treat their dogs like their babies. There's a reason for that, a new study finds.