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 5 years, 10 months ago
Cambodia to ban elephant rides at Angkor temples | Daily Mail OnlineIn a rare win for conservationists, elephant rides at Cambodia's Angkor temple park will end by the start of 2020. Five of the 14 elephants at the complex have already been moved to the forest.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Saving the Fire Victims Who Cannot Flee: Australia’s KoalasThe plight of dozens of animals being treated for burned paws and singed fur is raising fears about climate change and the future of the species.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Denmark buys country's last remaining circus elephants to let them retireDenmark is spending 11 million kroner ($1.6 million) on four circus elephants to give them a proper retirement as the government moves to ban wild animals in circuses.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
“To Benatar and his followers, the values of anti-natalism – that is, the imperative to avoid harm – apply not only to humans but to all sentient beings. This brings us to perhaps the most unexpected aspect of anti-natalism: taken to its logical conclusion, it implies that not only humans but all sentient beings should be spared from life. As Ben…[Read more]
I wish I'd never been born: the rise of the anti-natalistsAdherents view life not as a gift and a miracle, but a harm and an imposition. And their notion that having children may be a bad idea seems to be gaining mainstream popularity
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Will Whale Hunting Return to the Pacific Northwest?The Makah are the only Native Americans with a treaty right to hunt whales, but they have not been allowed to do so for 20 years. A recent proposal could change that.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50413978#
Cows swept to sea by Hurricane Dorian found aliveOfficials believe the three cows washed up on the Outer Banks after swimming for up to five miles.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Fat cats: how to get a lazy, obese feline into perfect shapePet obesity is a growing problem. Here’s the best way to address any unwelcome kitty weight gain
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Human hair behind pigeons' lost toes, Paris study findsResearch suggests density of hairdressers in an area – and resulting human hair – affects rate of lost toes
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warnReport claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Eva Meijer: 'Of course animals speak. The thing is we don't listen'The Dutch thinker and artist believes we should change our relationship to animals. This involves recognising that they talk to us – and granting them proper rights
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/business/dean-foods-bankruptcy.html
A Milk Giant Goes Broke as Americans Reject Old StaplesDean Foods filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. It’s not the first food giant to be caught off guard by a shift in tastes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers cameYvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation, historical documents and oral histories present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Last belugas released from controversial Russian 'whale jail'The last whales held in a notorious facility dubbed the 'whale jail' in Russia's Far East were released on Sunday.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Mississippi Ends Ridiculous Ban On Labeling Veggie Burgers ‘Veggie Burgers’If consumers understand that buffalo wings aren’t from flying bison and that chickens don’t have fingers, they can surely grasp that a “veggie burger” is made from plants.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Possums 'used as live bait' as three greyhound trainers are suspendedThe head of Victoria's greyhound industry insists illegal baiting is not widespread in the sport, after three trainers were allegedly caught using possums for blooding racers.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago‘Veganism is a social justice movement, not a passing trend’Animal rights activists call for ban on medical testing
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50384953
Korean river turns red with pigs' bloodSome 47,000 pigs were killed near the inter-Korea border to stop the spread of African swine fever.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Saving Amazon rainforest requires change in Western lifestyles, say synod bishops - Religion News ServiceVATICAN CITY (RNS) — The West 'wants the Amazonian people to keep the forest,' said Bishop Karel Martinus Choennie of Suriname, 'but they don’t want to change their lifestyles, and that is the big contradiction.'
