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 6 years, 8 months ago
Stricken polar bear turns up in Siberian city, hundreds of miles from homeVisibly weak female bear, with watery eyes and muddy feet, spotted in Norilsk in northern Siberia
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Echoes of Jaws as Cape Cod learns to live with rise of the great white sharkA booming seal population is drawing the apex predator to the Massachusetts peninsula where contact with humans follows
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/17/how-dogs-capture-your-heart-evolution-puppy-dog-eyes
How canines capture your heart: scientists explain puppy dog eyesStudy finds animals developed a facial muscle to wield emotional power over humans
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Why it's time to stop buying pedigree dogsAs the Kennel Club warns the old English sheepdog faces extinction, consider rehoming if you are looking for a new best friend – whatever its ancestry
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
‘Significant suffering’: experts call for national plan to save wombats from mangeThe incoming environment minister has a clear opportunity to tackle this debilitating disease. Wildlife carers and conservationists want it to be a priority
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Dogs Evolved an Eyebrow to Give You This Sad and Adorable LookDogs have a muscle that lets them make a face to melt a human’s heart.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Canada must do much better on animal rights | The StarToo many bills that would protect animals are being stalled in the Senate or defeated in the Commons for partisan reasons — or because of simple ignorance and knee-jerk reactions.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Dozens of cows perish in hot, crowded live transport ship to IsraelRights advocates call practice 'shocking and disturbing' after video emerges of workers unloading surviving animals with electric prodders
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Bats, Not Dogs, Are the Most Common Source of RabiesIn the United States, if you get bitten by a bat, get rabies shots.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
This Town Comes Alive Once a Year, as Thousands of Snakes MateMore than 70,000 snakes slither out of dens to breed each spring at a Manitoba wildlife area, and thousands of people just can’t keep away from the writhing show. Just don’t call it an orgy.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/16/gray-whale-deaths-us-agency-runs-out-of-burial-space
US agency runs out of burial space after spike in gray whale deathsLandowners asked to help as authorities struggle with largest number of strandings in nearly two decades
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/16/namibia-drought-auction-1000-wild-animals
Namibia forced by drought to auction 1,000 wild animalsSouthern African nation aiming to limit starvation and generate conservation funds
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Seven baby monkeys died from poisoning at US research centerYoung primates died after contact with toxic dye, with campaigners says: ‘Invasive and deadly experiments on captive primates … must end’
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Charities call for end to greyhound racing after 1,000 deaths in a yearSport’s opponents say it cannot be reformed because of dangerous tracks and problems rehoming retired dogs
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Sir Peter Jackson and James Cameron team up to promote meatless futureThe directors behind the Titanic and Hobbit movies hope to bring a meatless future to life.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersWhen a humpback whale was found stranded on Cape Cod, a team of BU scientists raced to the scene. Did noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death? Her whale ears may hold clues.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/europe/london-zoo-nights.html?wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1
London Zoo Defends Return of Late-Night Parties Among the AnimalsActivists say the mix of alcohol and music at the event, which is intended to bring visitors closer to the wildlife and raise conservation funds, is inappropriate.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
'Plant-curious': UK's first 100% vegan hotel opens in the HighlandsFamily firm hopes to attract people keen to try plant-based alternatives to meat
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/13/ammonia-health-problem-rising-air-pollution
Dealing with ammonia is an urgent health problem – yet levels are still risingGovernment clean air strategy failing to control increasing emissions that add to ‘hidden killer’ of air pollution
