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 agoPlants Remember You if You Mess With Them EnoughScientists tried to test whether they could train a Mimosa pudica plant to change its behavior.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoLacking Brains, Plants Can Still Make Good Judgments About RisksResearchers examined how pea plants grow in a study of risk assessment theory that could have applications for studies of human behavior.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoCecil the Lion's dentist killer marks anniversary with new carWalter Palmer, the dentist from Minneapolis who killed Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe a year ago, has been seen relaxing and enjoying a new $120,000 despite fresh social media attacks on him.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoSeal pup dies after woman carries it to her home in a shopping bagA seal pup died in May after a woman picked it up off the beach in Westport, Washington and carried it home in a shopping bag, thinking it had been abandoned. The pup had to be euthanized.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
Victory! Los Angeles Permanently Bans The Sale of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs, And Rabbits
Victory! Los Angeles Permanently Bans The Sale of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs, And RabbitsThe city of LA has banned the commercial sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits to reduce the number of strays and euthanised animals. By Brianna Ac
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/companions-or-cuisine-dining-out-dog-meat
Companions or cuisine? Dining out on dog meatAs the Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in China draws outrage around the world, in Cambodia restaurants serve up canine meat on a smaller scale. But even here the dish does not come without controversy.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
Desensitizing Your Dog to Thunderstorms and Other Loud Noises
Desensitizing Your Dog to Thunderstorms and Other Loud Noises - The Whole DogSome 20% to 30% or more dogs become fearful during thunderstorms or fireworks. From trembling, panting, restlessness and sometimes whining to digging at the floor, doors, beds, running through the house or paralyzed with fear, most thunder phobic dogs turn to their owners for support when they cannot cope or understand the distress. Fear of …
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8041&catId=1
Brooklyn Startup Raises $40 Million to Make Vegan LeatherMaking biologically identical animal-free leather products, Modern Meadow has secured a windfall to bring its cruelty-free material to the market.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoStephen Hawking: Humankind is still greedy, stupid and greatest threat to EarthPhysicist Stephen Hawking says pollution coupled with human greed and stupidity are still the biggest threats to humankind.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoTown in Italy starts using Silent Fireworks as a way of Respecting their AnimalsThe town of Collecchio, Italy are introducing silent fireworks as a way to cut down on noise pollution and help protect their animals' hearing
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/these-hero-rats-may-save-cambodians-from-landmines.html
'Hero Rats' May Save Cambodia From Land Mines | Care2 CausesIn Cambodia landmines kill and maim tens of thousands of civilians, half of them children. Apopo's HeroRATS, trained to sniff out buried explosives, might help.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoCondemning Yulin’s horrific dog meat festival is easy. Facing our own animal cruelty is harderWe should recognize that it’s easier to criticize others than it is to look in our own familiar mirrors
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoWhy the Supreme Court Bestiality Decision Is Actually Good For Animal LawBy Camille Labchuk, Executive Director of Animal Justice. The Supreme Court of Canada sent shock waves around the world last week when it ruled in the case of R. v. D.L.W. that most forms of bestiality are legal in Canada. According to the judges, sexually abusing animals is only a crime if the abuse involves intercourse. Many people were…
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
https://www.happycow.net/vegtopics/travel/top-vegan-friendly-cities#most_vegan
Top 5 Vegan-Friendly Cities in the World - HappyCowStats on the top vegan-friendly cities in the world.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=8032&catId=1
Leonardo DiCaprio to Rally for Beef BanActor partners with Hindu group to raise awareness of beef's environmental and ethical issues.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
71 Congress Members Push Military to End Deadly Animal Training
71 Congress Members Push Military to End Deadly Animal TrainingThe military's policy requires using life-like human simulators instead of animals for combat trauma training when possible. PETA's pushing for more progress.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoBan Animal Use in Military Medical TrainingThe animal activist group PETA appears to have the upper hand in its fight with the Pentagon.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/284262-lawmakers-press-pentagon-on-animal-use-in-medical-training
Lawmakers press Pentagon to stop using animals in medical trainingA bipartisan group of 71 lawmakers is urging the Pentagon to stop using live animals in training.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
I often get asked by non vegans, “But you eat plants isn’t that the same as eating animals? Don’t plants feel pain?” I try to show respect for all life. Even plant life. A meat eater actually causes the death of more plants than a plant eater-because of the in-efficient method of feeding huge numbers of plants to an animal which you then eat. But…[Read more]