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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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
This Man Just Saved 1000 Dogs From Yulin Meat Festival Despite Being Beaten For This
This Man Just Saved 1000 Dogs From Yulin Meat Festival Despite Being Beaten For This | AlyzaolineThis Tuesday, the notorious 10-day Yulin dog meat festival started in China. About 10,000 dogs are expected to be killed during the controversial event.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoAs A Major Zoo Closes, 10 Reasons To Rethink The ConceptAre zoos really effective at education and conservation? Anthropologist Barbara J. King offers her top reasons why it's time to rethink the role of zoos.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoA Humane RevolutionAnimal rights activists are winning gains by working with corporations to change behavior and supply lines.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-impossible-burger-is-ready-for-its-meatless-close-up-1465912323
The Impossible Burger is Ready for Its (Meatless) Close-UpA long-awaited vegan burger from Silicon Valley startup Impossible Foods hits select restaurants this month. But can coconut oil and potato proteins compete with the red-blooded original?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoGoogle Predicts a Plant-Based Revolution!Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has named the number one “game-changing” trend of the future as the consumption of plant-based proteins instead of meat. In a report by Fortune, Schmidt spoke to thousands of investors and business executives at the Milken Institu
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoWorst in show: how the world’s ugliest dogs get competition readyThe annual World’s Ugliest Dog competition takes place this weekend in Petaluma, California. So how do owners get the entrants looking their, er, best?
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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
“Robert Bresson is one of the saints of the cinema, and ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’ (1966) is his most heartbreaking prayer. The film follows the life of a donkey from birth to death, while all the time living it the dignity of being itself–a dumb beast, noble in its acceptance of a life over which it has no…[Read more]
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/egglands-best-supplier-is-exposed-as-one-of-the-worst.html
Eggland's Best Supplier Is Exposed As One Of The Worst | Care2 CausesDisturbing footage shot during an undercover investigation into one of Eggland's Best suppliers has exposed more horrifying treatment of egg-laying hens, and
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoMan is Not Dog’s Best FriendTodd Solondz’s “Wiener-Dog” follows a dachshund through several owners, conveying misanthropy with calm sophistication and beauty when you least expect it.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago'Angels of Yulin' storm slaughterhouse to rescue 1,000 doomed dogsThe volunteers arrived at the slaughterhouse the day before the annual Yulin Festival began - an 10-day event which attracts people from all over China, and sees 10,000 dogs eaten.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoBowmanville Zoo to Close its DoorsFollowing an undercover investigation by PETA, the Bowmanville Zoo says it will will close its doors.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoAnimal Welfare Board gives Prakash Javadekar dos & don’ts list on culling - The Economic TimesAnimal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has written a strongly worded letter to Javadekar led ministry objecting to the ‘extreme action against animals.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/canada-goose-fights-american-bald-eagle-wild-battle-photos-1.3620449
Want to see an American bald eagle fight a Canada goose?Photos from Vancouver Island show two symbolic birds facing off in an ultimate battle of national ornithological pride.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/world/europe/on-twitter-even-cats-and-dogs-are-divided-over-brexit.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=34&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F06%…[Read more]
‘Brexit’ Debate Even Divides Cats (and Dogs) on Twitter#CatsAgainstBrexit, #CatsForBrexit and other pet hashtags have started to appear as Twitter users inject some humor into the European Union debate.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoCancer Is Contagious Among Clams. What About Us?Once considered a rarity, infectious tumors appear to be more common in the animal world than once believed.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoElephants Get the Point of Pointing, Study ShowsNew research suggests elephants understand human pointing, an ability limited to a select few in the animal kingdom.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months agoAfraid of Snakes? Your Pulvinar May Be to BlameScientists have discovered that certain neurons in the brain, in a region known as the pulvinar, respond only to snakes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/science/old-monkeys-picky-behavior.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=18&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F06%2F24%2Fscience%2Fold-monkeys-picky-behav…[Read more]
What Old Monkeys and Old Humans Have in CommonMonkeys get more picky about certain relationships with age, suggesting biological origins to similar behavior in distantly-related humans.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/china-dog-meat-eating-festival/15/
Chinese dog meat eating festival goes on despite international criticismChinese dog meat festival marking summer solstice goes on in face of international criticism