Labs are euthanizing thousands of mice in response to Coronavirus pandemic
DAVID GRIMM: Faced with her lab’s imminent closure, Sunny Shin had already begun to fear she would have to euthanize large numbers of the mice she…
Animal rights activists resume feeding street animals in India, despite coronavirus lockdown
VIJAY SINGH: With an urgent appeal of BJP party leader Maneka Gandhi calling it an essential service, many animal rights groups and activists have…
Despite a decade-old Supreme Court order, no state in India has an animal welfare board
MAYANK AGGARWAL: More than a decade since the Supreme Court directive for states to have an Animal Welfare Board was issued, states across India are…
How Animals Think, Feel, and Communicate Without Language
MARC BEKOFF: Dr. C. P. (Chuck) Rosenthal, is a professor of Narrative Writing and Theory at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angele and author of…
DISGRACEFUL: Environmental groups urge Americans to EAT MORE FISH in fight against virus
ROSANNA XIA: Environmental groups have long fought for animal rights (THIS IS FALSE), rallied against pollution and pushed back on overfishing, but…
STUDY: Why Do We Feel Compassion and Empathy For Specific Animals?
MARC BEKOFF: A recent paper published in Scientific Reports by Aurélien Miralles, Michel Raymond & Guillaume Lecointre called "Empathy and…
FACT CHECK: Is COVID-19 caused by human consumption of animals? YES.
MATTHEW BROWN: On March 15, vegan influencer Ed Winters, who often goes by the name “Earthling Ed” on social media, posted a graphic to his…
Ve*gan, Activist, Radical: Social Identity and Farmed Animal Advocacy
JEANATTE SHUTAY: Support for factory farmed animals is driven by complex social contexts that have historically been examined in an overly…
Animal advocates set to appeal dismissal of challenge to Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ law
LINDA SATTER: Groups that challenged Arkansas' "ag-gag" law, a 2017 measure that allows civil penalties against anyone who exposes animal cruelty or…
Gregory Tague: An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood
MARC BEKOFF: Gregory Tague's book 'An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood'... argues that great apes are moral individuals because they engage…