DEATH SEALED AND DELIVERED: China animal ‘mystery box’ craze causes outrage as puppies and kittens die inside
CHERYL TEH: Animal "mystery boxes" prompted outrage in China after some 160 distressed and dying puppies and kittens were found in the back of a…
‘FOR I WAS HUNGRY’: Condition of animal rights activist on hunger strike in Turkey deteriorating
HABER LISTESI: Independent Paws Association (Bağımsız Patiler Derneği) Chair Ayşe Köse's health worsened on the 42nd day of the hunger strike, which…
‘When Animals Rescue’: Reflections on Kindness and Morality
MARC BEKOFF: If you thought that only humans were capable of virtuous behavior, think again. Belinda Recio's new book, When Animals Rescue: Amazing…
EXPOSED: USDA now only partially inspects some lab animal facilities, internal documents reveal
DAVID GRIMM: In February 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a significant — and apparently secret — change to how it oversees…
#FreeHappy: New York’s highest court will hear ‘Habeas Corpus’ case on behalf of imprisoned elephant
COLIN KALMBACHER: The New York Court of Appeals – the highest court in the Empire State–agreed to hear a major animal rights case... The decision…
THE LION AND THE LAMB: God’s plan for animals is a theology that we can all understand
CHARLES C. CAMOSY: Over the past decade in Christian theological circles, there’s been an explosion of concern for nonhuman animals... While much of…
THE RIGHT TO BE WILD: Should humans try harder to protect ‘wild’ animals from predators and disease?
DYLAN MATTHEWS: Agricultural scientists working in the industry or at research universities have learned tremendous amounts about how farmed animals…
SMALL WONDERS: Let Us Now Praise Tiny Ants
BROOKE JARVIS: It is telling, the entomologist Eleanor Spicer Rice writes in her introduction to a new book of ant photography by Eduard Florin…
KINDRED SPIRITS: Oscar-winning documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’ celebrates worth of other species
JEN REEDER: In the opening moments of the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Teacher” — which took home a 2021 Oscar for best documentary feature — an…
R.I.P. Elliot Katz: Fervent animal rights activist who was arrested 37 times is dead
LILA SEIDMAN: Dr. Elliot Katz, a fierce animal rights activist and veterinarian who helped shape the modern movement with his advocacy group In…