SICK-TOK: Inside TikTok’s sickening rise in animal abuse videos as cats are strangled, slapped and scared
JOSH SAUNDERS: Within seconds, a clip of a woman stroking a cat to the beat of Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody went from a touching moment to…
THE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTROOM: The legal crusade to redefine personhood is raising profound questions
LAWRENCE WRIGHT: According to the civil-law code of the state of New York, a writ of habeas corpus may be obtained by any “person” who has been…
SHOW-STOPPER?: Lolita’s ‘retirement’ from shows gives animal advocates hope
LOUIS AGUIRRE: After 52 years, the show is finally over for Lolita. The 56-year-old orca, also known as Tokitae or Toki, has now retired from…
India High Court: Full disclosure of Veg/Non-Veg food a must, ‘affects fundamental rights’
PTI: There must be a complete disclosure regarding a food article being vegetarian or non-vegetarian as fundamental rights of every person are…
TO RUSSIA FROM YOU-GOV: U.S. government funding cruel and deadly kitten experiments in Russia lab
MARYANN HUSSEY: The U.S. has been sending money to Russia's state-run labs for monstrous experiments on kittens... The experiments, recently…
‘WILD’ NUMBERS: An estimated 1.6 trillion wild animals are killed by humans every year
ABDULKAREEM MOJEED: The World Animal Protection has called on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora…
‘Gods in Shackles’: Elephants, Empathy, Freedom and Justice
MARC BEKOFF: I read numerous books about how taking care of nonhuman animals (animals) is also good for our own well-being. Few have moved me as…
THE ZERO-SUM GAME: Human and animal personhood need not be at loggerheads
PETER MCKNIGHT: Just in case you were wondering, Swiss chimpanzees aren’t people. They might have been, mind you, but voters in Basel City,…
A GRIEF OBSERVED: When a pet-friend dies
DON STEVENSON: For over 10 years I enjoyed the company of a cherished pet named “Sadie.” Just a few days ago she left us. Her weary, tired and…
‘THE WAR AGAINST ANIMALS’: Dinesh Wadiwel’s book asks us to think deeply about human exceptionalism
MARC BEKOFF: During the past few years, many people have asked me what I thought of Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel's book 'The War against Animals' I finally…