Horrific footage of live cattle having horns removed in Australia sparks outrage
CALLA WAHLQUIST: '“Despicable and horrific” footage showing cattle in distress after having their horns removed without pain relief has prompted…
How Ethologists Learned to Respect Animal Minds
DAVID BARASH: 'How did the erroneous view that other animals lack an internal mental life get started? It wasn’t merely a consequence of…
DEADLY BETRAYAL: RSPCA Australia admits it sends race-horses to be slaughtered for ‘pet food’
JAMES HOCKADAY: 'Broken-down thoroughbreds are being sent by the RSPCA Australia to slaughterhouses where their carcasses are turned into pet food,…
SEE NO EVIL: New Ontario legislation seeks to ‘protect’ farmers from animal rights activists
TERRY HAIG: 'A disagreement between animal rights activists and livestock producers is intensifying in Ontario after the province introduced…
Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Iowa’s Newest Ag-Gag Law
AP: 'A federal court judge says the state of Iowa cannot enforce its latest attempt to stifle undercover investigations of livestock farms and…
INVESTIGATION: Inside a South African lion farm
RACHEL FOBAR: 'Thirty-four lions were crammed into a muddy enclosure meant for three. Rotting chicken carcasses and cattle body parts littered the…
From Brazilian Pastures to Middle Eastern Slaughterhouses
GRANT LINGEL: 'In September 2018, investigators from Animals Australia (AA) went undercover in Middle Eastern slaughterhouses to document the…
Cows sexually abused, hit and punched at company owned by National Farmers Union deputy president
JANE DALTON: 'Cows were violently kicked, punched and sexually abused at a farm linked to the NFU’s deputy president, investigators have found.…
EXPOSED: Birds Punched, Beaten at Australia’s Largest Chicken Producer
PETA: 'A PETA exposé of Australia’s largest chicken producer, Baiada, which slaughters approximately 35% of chickens raised for meat in Australia,…
Can Animals Imagine Things That Have Never Happened?
THOMAS HILLS: 'The possibility that animals might have imaginations strikes some as anthropomorphic—we are projecting our own qualities into the…