Inside the sick South Korean market where 80,000 dogs are slaughtered for food
MATT DRAKE: 'An animal rights activist has described horrific conditions at an infamous dog food market in South Korea where thousands of dogs are…
Smithfield Foods Ordered To Pay $473.5 Millions In Damages To Neighbors Of Hog Factory Farms
ALEX DEROSIER: 'A federal jury decided Friday that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina…
How veganism changes your body from day one
SOPHIE MEDLIN: 'A 2016 Roy Morgan poll found 2.1 million Australians (11.2 per cent of the population) followed a vegetarian diet, up from 1.7…
Dog eating on the RISE across Europe
CHARLOTTE IKONEN: 'International canine welfare group, the World Dog Alliance (WDA), is launching a campaign in the UK this Autumn for a full ban on…
Death by command: “Bad” dogs die young, many from euthanasia, British study says
AP: 'According to a British study that says aggression, excessive barking and disobedience are among behaviors that can doom canine pets to an early…
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Trophy Hunting Council
KIRSTEN PEEK: 'Conservation and animal protection groups sued the Trump administration today for illegally establishing the “International Wildlife…
Can we really ever know if animals are happy?
ANNA BROOKS: 'In his paper “What is it like to be a bat?”, philosopher Thomas Nagel wrote that even if we spent our days “hanging upside-down by…
Florida Judge Throws Dog Racing Ban Off November Ballot, Calling It “Outright Trickeration”
DARA KAM: 'A circuit judge knocked a greyhound-racing ban off the November ballot, calling the proposed constitutional amendment misleading and…
Real pony carousel in Brussels sparks outrage
ALICE CUDDY: 'A "carousel" at a fair in Brussels has sparked outrage on social media for using real ponies. A Twitter user posted a video of the…
VR Docu-Series Explores The Lives Of Chimps Freed From Research Lab
KYLE MELNICK: 'In 2009, two chimpanzees originating from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, were…