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 8 years ago
1906, but there have been numerous controversies over the ASPCA board of directors since then.
1906 | ‘The Members Have Been Gagged,’ Edith Wharton SaysEdith Wharton wrote to the publisher of The Times 110 years ago about her fight against corrupt leadership at the A.S.P.C.A.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoCambodia to Bring Wild Tigers From Abroad in Fight Against ExtinctionA small number of the animals will be taken to the Mondulkiri Protected Forest, the last place in the country one was seen.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoLizards, Too, May Sleep in StagesThe bearded dragon shows stages of sleep similar to those in humans and other mammals, suggesting that the stages evolved earlier than scientists thought.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoAirlift Is Sending 33 Lions From South American Circuses to African SanctuaryIn what is being called the largest lion airlift ever, the big cats — together weighing more than 10,000 pounds — will make a 14- to 15-hour trip.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/science/leopards-are-more-vulnerable-than-believed-study-finds.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=23&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F05%2F05…[Read more]
Leopards Are More Vulnerable Than Believed, Study FindsThe big cats have lost up to 75 percent of their range over the last three centuries, a study found, indicating they are more threatened than biologists thought.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoU.S. stops trying to ban trade in polar bearsInuit hunters may have brought down their biggest quarry ever.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
Published on Apr 19, 2016
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years ago
The devil is in the details of the Chinese wildlife law, because people may be led to believe that the wildlife markets in China (primarily Guangdong) have closed down, but there are many wildlife species that are not designated as “rare,” so civets, rhesus macaques, and massive numbers of other wild creatures are still put into the pot or…[Read more]
After uproar in China, rare animals to remain off the menuAnimal rights activists hail ban on consumption but seek more clarity on commercial use of wildlife
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoGlobal water shortages to deliver 'severe hit' to economies, World Bank warnsThe Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoFoal play: Silicon Valley's horse sex scene shocks fans and draws Peta's ireThe People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals accused the HBO series of depicting and enabling ‘arranged rape’ in a graphic and unsimulated scene
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoFamous California vegan restaurateurs under fire over revelation they eat meatAnimal rights activists circulated photos of the husband and wife team behind Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre eating a burger and keeping freezer full of beef
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years agoLabradors may be genetically 'hard-wired' for greedA study of labrador DNA revealed more than a fifth of the dogs carry a genetic variation which could predispose them to food-seeking and weight gain
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years agoAnimal rights group to protest at rodeo | PollAnimal rights activists will protest against the Cleveland rodeo on Friday.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years agoWhy one Gazan turned destroyed home into a zoo - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle EastA Palestinian who has been waiting for the reconstruction of his house destroyed in the war on Gaza almost two years ago is now using it as a zoo.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years agoPakistani city’s rat nightmare shows no sign of endingThe “killer rats” bit more than 400 people in Peshawar in the past month, hospital officials said.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/05/03/hunting-wolves-hurts-tourism?cmpid=organic-share-facebook
Hunting Wolves Hurts TourismWolf watching generates millions of dollars, but a new study finds that tourist sightings of the predators plummet when hunting is permitted.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-we-re-on-the-brink-of-earth-s-sixth-mass-extinction
It’s official: scientists say we're entering Earth's sixth mass extinctionBiologists have used conservative new estimates to prove that vertebrate species on Earth are disappearing faster than at any time since the extinction of the dinosaurs, and humans are now at risk of being wiped out.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=7791&catId=1
Rochester, NY to Get All-Vegan SchoolRochester River School plans to serve only vegan food and base curriculum around humane education.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years ago
LESNIAK STATEMENT ON CONDITIONAL VETO OF ‘TROPHY ANIMAL’ BILLS
LESNIAK STATEMENT ON CONDITIONAL VETO OF ‘TROPHY ANIMAL’ BILLSLESNIAK STATEMENT ON CONDITIONAL VETO OF ‘TROPHY ANIMAL’ BILLS
Bernie Sanders did so months ago, but still, this does help to win me over a little to Hillary’s camp if she ends up the Democratic nominee.