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, 11 months agoAfter Harambe's Death, Rethinking ZoosOne of the tragedies of the death of Harambe at the Cincinnati Zoo is that, captive from birth, he never experienced what it was like to be a gorilla.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoWhat makes Arnold Schwarzenegger need “to change his pants”? How about a charging elephant?The former governor posted video of the encounter, but insisted it didn't change his mind about conservation
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoHospital Opens Pet Center For Families | Care2 CausesA St. Louis hospital recognized the bond between children and their pets and decided to do something about it.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoQuail: Factory farming in miniatureQuail are seen as a delicacy. The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Please join me in urging the European Commission to End the Cage Age for Europe’s third most caged farm animal
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoDear Internet experts on gorillas and parenting: Save your outrage — there’s no “Justice for Harambe”A debate over the death of a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla after a child enters its enclosure goes nuclear VIDEO
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
JUNE 1, 2016
All the World’s a Stage: Thoughts on the Death of Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla
by LEE HALL
“It’s a SeaWorld moment for the Cincinnati Zoo…”
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/01/all-the-worlds-a-stage-thoughts-on-the-death-of-harambe-the-cincinnati-zoo-gorilla/
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
“We humans are constantly making decisions about who lives and who dies, and we need to focus our attention on the animals themselves, and put their lives first and foremost. The rapidly growing international field called compassionate conservation comes into play here. The guiding principles of compassionate conservation are ‘First do no harm’…[Read more]
Why Was Harambe the Gorilla in a Zoo in the First Place?Amid the debate over who was at fault in the death of a beloved animal, we need to step back and ask a different question
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/article78660847.html
Idaho ordered to pay nearly $250,000 in legal fees in ‘ag-gag’ caseA federal judge has ordered the state of Idaho to pay $249,875.08 in legal fees to the coalition of nonprofit groups that sued the state claiming its “ag-gag” law criminalizes whistleblowing and violates freedom of speech.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoThailand Officials Find 40 Dead Tiger Cubs in Temple FreezerWildlife officials are investigating whether the Tiger Temple, a controversial tourist attraction, was trafficking in tiger parts, which the temple denies.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoFamily of boy who entered gorilla enclosure under investigationNo decision made on criminal charges against parents yet, police said, as USDA investigates Cincinnati zoo, which is reviewing its safety protocols
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoWhat Is It Really Like To Be An Animal Rights Undercover Investigator? | Care2 CausesWe asked former undercover investigators what the experience was really like.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoPhoto of Cat and His Stuff Dumped on Street Sets Off Chain ReactionThe image was heart breaking: a forlorn, crying cat sitting curbside on a Brooklyn street. Next to him are a discarded pillow and litter box dumped along with him. The Facebook photo set off a chain reaction of outrage. "I'm so angry I can't think straight," said one poster. Read more
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/05/29/food-tech-pulses-future?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2016-05-30
Beans Could Be the Low-Tech Solution to Food’s Biggest ProblemsAs the world gets hotter and drier, pulses may be key to feeding us.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoYour Next Hamburger May Come With a Side of Endangered WolfA group argues for adding wildlife conservation facts to nutrition labels.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoCincinnati Police Are Investigating Family After Boy Falls Into Gorilla EnclosureAmid an uproar after the gorilla was killed, the police said they would investigate the actions of the “parents/family” in the episode, and not the operation of the zoo.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoBleaching May Have Killed Half the Coral on the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Scientists SayCurrent bleaching along the Australian reef is the most extreme ever recorded, although researchers say damage in the south appears to be less severe.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Given their hatred of exotic/feral species who integrate themselves into habitats where they did not originate, it would be logical (and humane) for the conservation organizations that push cruel extermination methods would mount campaigns to end the exotic pet trade of reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, etc., but they do not.…[Read more]
How, and Why, to Hunt the Red-Spotted NewtFirst of all, newts and salamanders are just plain cool. Also, many species in the United States may be on the brink of a deadly fungal assault.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months agoT.S.A. Trains Dogs to Stay One Sniff Ahead of Bomb MakersExplosives from household chemicals can be hard even for dogs to detect, but a Transportation Security Administration center in Texas is determined to teach them how.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered his cabinet to kill this anti-cruelty bill
Bill C-246 - The Modernizing Animal Protection Act - Animal Alliance of CanadaCanada has some of the worst animal protection legislation among developed countries. And Prime Minister Trudeau has ordered his cabinet to kill Bill C-246.