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 4 years, 11 months ago
At least 25 whales dead and more than 200 stranded in Tasmania's Macquarie HarbourAbout 250 whales believed to be stuck on a sandbar on state’s remote west coast
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Rescuers scramble to save stranded pilot whales in Tasmania, with up to 90 feared deadMarooning of 270 whales at Macquarie Harbour the worst in more than a decade, as operation under way to refloat animals
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Taking on Canada’s Horse Meat IndustryLike the rest of animal agriculture, Canada's horse meat industry thrives in secrecy. Advocates are working tirelessly to shut it down.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Cancel the Kaporos chicken slaughter once and for all: It’s irresponsible, especially during the COVID pandemicI am a Jewish doctor who lives in Brooklyn, and in March of this year, I came down with COVID-19. Thankfully, my case was not severe. I was able to manage my symptoms in a two-week home quarantine, and I eventually fully recovered, unlike over 23,000 of my fellow New Yorkers who died from the virus in the past six months.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
This movement wants to make harming the planet an international crimeThe Stop Ecocide campaign aims to criminalize destroying the environment – and save our collective home in the process
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Activists sue ministers over release of game birds for shootingWild Justice accuses UK government of breaching duty to protect conservation sites
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/17/the-guardian-view-on-animal-welfare-keep-it-up
The Guardian view on animal welfare: keep it up | EditorialEditorial: Hard-won protections for both humans and livestock are under threat – and worth fighting for
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
That Mushroom Motorcycle Jacket Will Never Go Out of StyleLeather goods made of fungi are versatile and sustainable, a new study finds.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Birds 'falling out of the sky' in mass die-off in south-western USWildfires and climate crisis cited as possible causes for the deaths of thousands of migrating species heading south for the winter
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Tortoise study reveals surprising insight into why animals like facesSolitary land tortoises are attracted to faces right after they hatch, suggesting facial preference evolved separate from parental care.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
'A savagely broken food system': Cory Booker wants radical reform ... nowExclusive: US senator says everybody loses – except the massive corporations that have taken over America’s food industry
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months agoIreland among top ten countries in the world for veganism | The Irish PostTEMPTED TO try it yet?Ireland has been ranked as one of the top countries in the world for inter...
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Net loss: the high price of salmon farmingThe long read: The salmon has always been a barometer for the health of the planet. Now industrial-scale farming is bringing pollution, plagues of sea lice and threatening the future of wild salmon
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Alarm over inbreeding after California cougars spotted with crooked tailsDeformities point to unsettling sign of extremely low genetic diversity in isolated population in the Santa Monica mountains
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Undraining the swamp: how rewilders have reclaimed golf courses and waterwaysRipping up drains and releasing rats may not sound like popular moves, but through urban ecology projects, volunteers and locals are building a new harmony with nature
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
'I've never seen or heard of attacks': scientists baffled by orcas harassing boatsReports of orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar have left sailors and scientists confused. Just what is causing such unusually aggressive behaviour?
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Can We Stop “Alienating” Octopuses?Octopuses look extraterrestrial but are not alien in any way, shape, or form. We need to be mindful that referring to octopuses as “alien” may be facilitating their exploitation.
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Is there an antidote to shifting baseline syndrome?How generations see species abundance changes over time
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Sick as a dog: canine allergies are on the rise – and adoring owners are to blameSociety’s frenetic cleanliness has not only made our children more vulnerable to allergic disorders. Now our furry friends are also suffering
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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
Farm animals and pandemics: nine diseases that changed the worldCovid has got experts thinking urgently about the risk of diseases passing from farmed animals to humans. We examine the major outbreaks of the past two centuries