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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The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash CanCuddle up to “verminfluencers,” the quintessential millennial pet.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/europe/giant-rat-magawa-medal.html
Rat That Sniffs Out Land Mines Receives Award for BraveryMagawa, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, was recognized with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia.
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'Sliding towards extinction': koala may be given endangered listing as numbers plummetThe species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status, federal government says
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
Death at Hells Gates: rescuers witness tragic end for hundreds of pilot whales on Australian coastDesperate stories emerge from the battle to save pilot whales and their calves in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
EXPOSED: Undercover investigation at fur farm shows the lives behind the labelHumane Society International undercover investigation reveals the cruel lives and wretched deaths of animals raised in the fur industry. With your help, the HSUS and HSI continue to push for a day no one dies for fashion.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-awareCircuitry of the pallium mirrors the mammalian neocortex
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
'Any breed could do it': dogs might be a Covid tester's best friendResearchers around the world are training canines to sniff out the virus – could they be deployed for mass testing?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
Seventy whales stranded in Tasmania released, but only 20 remain well enough for rescueAt least 380 whales are dead in one of the largest mass strandings on record globally and the biggest in Australia’s history
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect CovidResearchers running Helsinki pilot scheme say dogs can identify virus in seconds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
Spain bans yachts from stretch of sea after orcas damage boatsYachts less than 15 metres told to avoid area near coast of Galicia after series of encounters
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
'They were having a real go': man tells of orca encounter off SpainGraeme Walker tells of how the animals rammed his yacht in the latest of a series of orca incidents close to Cape Finisterre
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
https://theconversation.com/the-neural-cruelty-of-captivity-keeping-large-mammals-in-zoos-and-aquariums-damages-their-brains-142240?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%2024%202020%20-%201740516849&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%2024%202020%20-%201740516849+Version+A+CI…[Read more]
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and aquariums damages their brainsLife in captivity causes observable harm to the structure and function of large mammals' brains.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
https://theconversation.com/the-neural-cruelty-of-captivity-keeping-large-mammals-in-zoos-and-aquariums-damages-their-brains-142240?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%2024%202020%20-%201740516849&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%2024%202020%20-%201740516849+Version+A+CI…[Read more]
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and aquariums damages their brainsLife in captivity causes observable harm to the structure and function of large mammals' brains.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
CITES protection of animals no longer fit for purpose, says wildlife filmmaker - Conservation Action TrustOne of the world’s worst wildlife scams is being permitted by the United Nations organisation formed to protect wild animals from over-exploitation and regulate trade. It all hinges on the letter Z on an export and import permit. Is forcing an elephant to sit on its haunches while twirling a hula hoop on its trunkRead More
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
356 Elephants Dropped Dead. Did This Bacteria Poison Them?Some conservationists accepted the explanation provided by Botswana’s government, but others raised doubts.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
Specieswatch: celebrating the weasel, the UK's tiny hunterThis slender and speedy creature, usually less than 25cm long, is our smallest carnivore
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
380 whales dead in worst mass stranding in Australia's historyMore than 450 long-finned pilot whales became stranded in harbour in Tasmania with rescuers managing to save about 50
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/09/returning-pastures-to-nature-could-roll-back-16-years-of-global-emissions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=returning-pastures-to-nature-could-roll-back-16-years-of-global-emissions&utm_source=Anthropocene&utm_campaign=6c4ab1df29-Anthropocene+science+to+AM&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ececcea89a…[Read more]
Returning pastures to forest and grassland could roll back 16 years of global emissionsBut it would require drastic dietary changes to free that land for rewilding.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
I've not eaten KFC since the 80s. Its plant-based chicken nuggets will change that | Bruce FriedrichIgnore the naysayers. For anyone who cares about the footprint of industrial animal agriculture, we should applaud KFC’s plans
