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, 10 months ago
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-epa-animal-testing-20160710-snap-story.html
Why test chemicals on animals if we don't have to?The overhaul of a 40-year-old law governing the testing of chemicals used in industrial and commercial products has won a lot of praise recently for giving the Environmental Protection Agency far more regulatory control over many more substances. Bu Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36756723?post_id=10155685992925506_10157131129800506#_=_
Matador Victor Barrio killed by bull in Spain - BBC NewsA matador has died after being gored by a bull in Spain, becoming the first bullfighter to die in the ring in the country this century.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoFirefly Populations Are Blinking OutThe glowing insects pollinate plants and keep pests in check, but they’re disappearing as pesticides and habitat loss take a toll.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoGrand Canyon Bison Might Become Hunting TrophiesThe National Park Service finds the species has historical roots in Arizona, but hundreds need to be removed to make the herd sustainable.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
Is it fair to release captive-bred animals to reintroduce a species if people in the release area are determined to prevent the animals from repopulating their previous habitat? Conservation as practiced now has no regard for the suffering of individual animals, and this needs to change if an increasingly concerned public is to support…[Read more]
Two Endangered Wolf Species Get Separate and Unequal TreatmentThe federal government is bowing to North Carolina’s demands to stop releasing red wolves while defying New Mexico on Mexican gray wolves.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoDog lover beaten to death for feeding strays - Times of IndiaYet another dog lover was beaten to death in a Howrah locality on Wednesday night, allegedly by a neighbour who couldn’t stand his passion for strays.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoUnexpected side effects of popping pills: Research shows common painkillers can reduce empathyPainkillers like Tylenol and Midol might be making us less sensitive to other people's pain
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoLab-grown meat to ‘revolutionise’ food sectorTel-Aviv business SuperMeat has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise investment in developing technology that makes lab-grown poultry a viable replacement in the meat industry.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoForget religion and politics. Dating’s newest deal-breaker? Diet. - The Boston GlobeIn an era in which we’ve grown increasingly particular -- and passionate -- about what we put in our bodies, incompatible eating habits have become, in many cases, dating’s newest deal-breaker.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoThe Obama administration just made Arctic drilling hard to do — but not impossibleCompanies aren't queuing up to drill in the Arctic now, at a time of low oil prices, but that doesn’t mean they won’t attempt to do so in the future.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoSlaughter in surf: 50 whales KILLED in heartbreaking return of bloody 'harvest'BEAUTIFUL shorelines will be running red as the infamous “grindadráp” – the traditional harvest of hundreds of whales – begins today.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoWatch the heart-breaking moment a baby elephant tries to revive motherThe mother and son were walking along in Pallam near the Kavadiammal temple in Southern India when she collapsed and died, prompting her son to try desperately to revive her.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160316-helmeted-hornbill-trafficking-smuggling-red-ivory/
These Rare Birds Are Being Slaughtered for Their 'Ivory'The "horn" above the helmeted hornbill’s beak is even more lucrative than elephant ivory—and even rarer.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoWhat Kat Von D's All-vegan Pledge Means for the Makeup WorldUpping the ante on her already cruelty-free and largely vegan makeup line, Kat Von D announced that she’ll reformulate her product collection to be free of animal products.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/foster-farms-employee-convicted-of-animal
American “Humane” Certified Worker Convicted of Animal CrueltyFoster Farms and American Humane Association lie to the public about being humane.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3677772/2-mountain-lion-litters-California-mountains.html
Two litters of mountain lion kittens found in California mountainsPhotos and video of two litters of mountain lion kittens discovered in the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles have been released by The National Park Service.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoWho would have thought. Cockroaches use GPS to get around just like usResearchers from Case Western Reserve in Ohio put roaches on rotating platforms and discovered a sophisticated navigation system similar to the GPS we often use.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoForget cheese! Super-sniffer mice could hone in on ANY scentResearchers at Hunter College, the City University of New York, created the mice that can be tuned to have different levels of sensitivity to any smell by using mouse or human odour receptors, which respond to airborne chemicals.