‘SLAY’: New documentary exposes animal cruelty in leather, fur, and wool industries
SOPHIE HIRSH: The new documentary SLAY aims to wake viewers up to the unethical ways the leather, fur, and wool industries treat animals, workers,…
Pampered pets or poor bastards?: The welfare of dogs kept as companion animals
IBEN MEYER: Over the past two centuries, the typical life of dogs has changed dramatically, especially in the Global North. Dogs have moved into…
‘Wonderdog’: Are we taming dogs, or are they taming us?
ZOE WILLIAMS: While you doubtless don’t need to be reminded of the aeons we’ve known dogs and loved them, zoology has had a tendency to neglect…
MONGER GAMES: VR technology could enable people to butcher animals from the “comfort” of home
HANNAH BUGGA: The animal agriculture publication Poultry World recently released an article about the benefits of using virtual-reality technology…
THE THING IS: New York Court of Appeals to consider animal personhood
ALEXANDRA ISFAHANI-HAMMOND: In her essay, “The Pandemic is a Portal”, Arundhati Roy conjectured that COVID-19 could ignite a reckoning. Was it…
STUDY: Head, body, eye coordination conserved across animal kingdom
MARIAH CHUPRINSKI: Fruit flies synchronize the movements of their heads and bodies to stabilize their vision and fly effectively, according to Penn…
THE PHILOSOPHERS’ GROAN: These philosophers could help us rediscover our place among other animals
RACHAEL WISEMAN: Children think that pigs are as deserving of kindness as dogs and cats, and as readily condemn cruelty to hamsters as cruelty to…
THE HAUL-OF-COSTS: Bird flu poses little threat to humans, but it’s been hell for 36 million chickens and turkeys
KENNY TORRELLA: During one game in mid-April, a woman glued her hand to the court. A few days later, another woman chained herself to the goal post.…
‘Lives of Quiet Desperation’: SeaWorld trainer warns stressed killer whales being kept in prison-like conditions
REBECCA HUSSELBEE: A SeaWorld trainer has warned that 'stressed' killer whales being kept in prison-like conditions could trigger more terrifying…
THE LI(V)ES WE EAT: What people don’t want to know about the animals they eat
STEFAN LEACH: A growing body of research suggests that consumers often make use of relevant evidence in a strategic manner, which limits their need…