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 9 years, 5 months ago -
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/norwegian-court-sentences-five-wolf-hunters-jail
Norwegian court sentences five wolf hunters to jailVerdict handed out in south-eastern town of Elverum is historic first step to encouraging people to live with nature, says WWF head in Norway
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/25/china-rare-animal-products-eat-jail-sentences
China hopes to take rare animals off the menu with tough jail sentencesPeople who knowing eat products made from 420 species classified as endangered face of up to 10 years or more in prison
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/orca-culture-may-be-key-to-understanding-their-genetic-evolution.html
Orca Culture May Be Key To Understanding Their Genetic Evolution | Care2 CausesA new study is showing that like humans, genomes of Orcas have evolved based on cultural changes among pods.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes
“study constitutes an important step towards an understanding of the complex interaction between demographic history, culture, ecological adaptation and evolution at the genomic level.”…[Read more] -
Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 5 months ago
U.S. egg producers pledge to begin using in-ovo sex selection of chicks by 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/06/10/egg-producers-say-theyll-stop-grinding-male-chicks-as-soon-as-theyre-born/
Egg producers pledge to stop grinding newborn male chickens to deathThe pledge by United Egg Producers is another big win for the animal welfare movement -- and for baby chickens.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
Maneka slams Javadekar over culling of animalsLicence to eliminate animals is lust for killing, says Ms. Gandhi
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/it_is_an_epidemic_alabama_coun.html
Alabama county faces 'epidemic' of abandoned pot-bellied pigsAt least one rural Alabama county is seeing an increase in the number of pot-bellied pigs who have outgrown their homes.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
How to Heal a Traumatized Dog: Read It a StoryVolunteers for a program at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals help dogs recover from abuse or neglect by reading aloud to them.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
The Dogs That Don't Belong to AnyoneWe asked Times readers on many continents – both English and Spanish speakers – to share some of their experiences with street dogs, village dogs and other dogs sometimes called strays.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
Panel Endorses ‘Gene Drive’ Technology That Can Alter Entire SpeciesA technique to change or eliminate entire populations of organisms could be used against virus-carrying mosquitoes. It could also have unintended consequences.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/world/what-in-the-world/a-chinese-delicacy-straight-from-the-swiftlets-mouth.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=3&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2…[Read more]
A Chinese Delicacy Straight From the Swiftlet’s MouthBird’s nest soup, including bird saliva, is supposed to improve the immune system, skin and sex drive. The demand means trouble for the birds themselves.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/owl-hug-gigi-doug-pojeky-mississippi-rescue.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F06%2F10%2Fus%2Fowl-hug-gigi-doug…[Read more]
Owl Hugs Man*An expert said, “I would be surprised if it had anything to do with its reaction to its handler.” Still, the internet swooned at photos showing a great horned owl embracing a wildlife volunteer in Mississippi.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
This Ontario Political Party Just Passed New Animal Protection PoliciesAnimals got important political recognition last weekend at the Green Party of Ontario annual convention in Calabogie, Ontario. Party members voted overwhelmingly in favour of four separate policy resolutions related to animal protectio Read more...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
Supreme Court Decision in Bestiality Case Means Parliament Must ActOTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada today delivered its decision in Her Majesty the Queen v. D.L.W., a case in which the scope of the criminal offence of bestiality was at issue. The Court ruled that the offence only covers penetrative sexual conduct between humans and animals. In other words, all other forms of…
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
We both know how to growl: the bear that thinks it's a dogStray dog leads his friend around the forest tracks near Surgut.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months agoFrom 'guard cats' to monkeys who shop: our favourite urban animal storiesMore than two years after the launch of Guardian Cities, it seems high time for a round-up of all the animal-related stories that have kept us amused along the way. Here’s our top 10 – now tell us yours
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months agoMigrant workers in US seafood industry exposed to forced labor conditionsNational Guestworker Alliance study finds undocumented and H-2B visa workers are often exploited, including verbal abuse and threats of exposure to authorities
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 9 years, 6 months ago
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi “claimed the Centre has allowed killing of ‘nilgai’ in Bihar, elephants in West Bengal, monkeys in Himachal Pradesh, peacocks in Goa and wild boars in Chandrapur even when the wildlife departments of states are saying they do not wish to kill animals. On the ‘nilgai’ killing in Bihar, she said it has happened when ne…[Read more]
Maneka Gandhi, Prakash Javadekar lock horns on culling of animalsUnion Minister Maneka Gandhi today slammed the Environment Ministry for allowing culling of wild animals, saying she cannot understand this “lust” for killing, but Environment Minister Prakash Javade
