Pigeon Life: From a bird’s eye view
JULIE WARK: When not being called dirty, pigeons are denigrated as dumb, like the humans that are called bird-brained. Like most slurs, this one…
‘Why Look at Animals?’: Art exhibition explores how animals shape culture, memory and imagination
ΕΣΠΑ:'Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives' centres on animal rights and animal well-being, highlighting the urgent need to…
HELL ON EARTH: The bone-chilling evil of factory farming
BENTHAM'S BULLDOG: Extreme suffering is bad. Anyone who has been tortured, beaten, or severely hurt in some other way knows that. Its badness…
The Descent Into Horror: How activists risked everything to expose the truth about ‘gas chambers’ in the meat industry
PALA NAJANA: Animal rights activists Anna and Hendrik did something most of us would never dare. In the middle of the night, they broke into a…
Unparalleled Suffering: The first person to investigate an Eid Al-Adha massacre in North America
UNPARALLELED SUFFERING: Back in June countless millions (or billions) of Muslims participated in the annual tradition called Eid Al-Adha, the…
DOMESECRATION: The process of domestication of farmed animals
JORDAN CASAMITJANA: Today, domesticated mammals make up around 56% of all land mammal biomass, while wild mammals account for only about 2%, and…
Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism
MARC BEKOFF: A large body of scientific evidence stemming from studies of diverse species clearly shows that many nonhuman animals (animals) are…
‘The Price of Milk’: A new docuseries digs into the dairy industry’s widespread influence in America
NINA B. ELKADI: A new documentary series, “The Price of Milk,” details the influence the dairy checkoff has on American eating habits, from putting…
THE TIPPING POINT: How a small minority of vegans can cause a social paradigm shift
SERHII DOVHAN: Social justice movements are often met with harsh criticism, misunderstandings, and a lack of interest from the broader public. This…
Why Silence Isn’t Neutral: The biological limits of animal communication and our moral response
MARIA FAITH SALIGUMBA: Imagine wandering through a dense forest at twilight, listening to the gentle rustle of leaves and the distant calls of…