UNNATURAL ELECTION: Do you suffer from ‘pet owner’ guilt? You’re not alone
HAL HERZOG: Did your heart ever break when you dropped your dog off at a boarding kennel as you headed off for a week at the beach? Do you feel bad…
STAND IN THE GAP: Where you stand on animal rights reflects where you would have stood on slavery
ROLAND AZAR: Slavery was not only a violation of human rights, but also a threat to the moral fabric of society. Many abolitionists fought against…
‘I Can’t Get It Out of My Mind’: The suffering of people and their dogs who died after eating poison baits to kill ‘pest’ animals
ADAM CARDILLINI: Use of sodium fluoroacetate poison baits – commonly known as 1080 – to kill unwanted animals is widespread in Australia. But it…
MOTIVES OF THE HEART: Exploring dietary lapses among ethical and health vegans
REKHA SHARMA: Previous research suggests that some self-identified veg*ns continue to eat non-veg*n foods on occasion due to a variety of factors.…
CONDUCT UNBECOMING: Changing wild animals’ behavior could help save them, but is it ethical?
DANIEL T. BLUMSTEIN: When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up…
The Egalitarian Illusion: Humans are unique but not exceptional species of mammal
UC DAVIS: In modern society, one parent may take a daughter to ballet class and fix dinner so the other parent can get to exercise class before…
GOING FOR THE KILL: Researchers puzzled by group of ‘killer’ whales attacking boats near Spain
JOSEPH WILSON: A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers…
‘Tip of the Iceberg’: U.S. sent $1.3 billions of unaccounted tax dollars to China and Russia for animal experiments
MARK TAPSCOTT: Hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars went to recipients in China and Russia in recent years without being properly tracked by the…
National Animal Rights Day (June 4, 2023): Commemorate the billions of animals who die every year by human hands
NARD: This Sunday, June 4, 2023 over 300 cities worldwide will observe the National Animal Rights Day. National Animal Rights Day is a Memorial…
Defying Taboos: Shiite cleric in Iran takes in street dogs
ASSOCIATED PRESS: It's rare these days for a turbaned cleric in Iran to attract a large following of adoring young fans on Instagram, but Sayed…