Australians join battle to stop brutal dolphin slaughter in Japan
JAKE STURMER: 'With dolphin-hunting season in full swing in Japan, Australian and Japanese environmentalists have launched legal action to try to…
Playing with God: Are GM mosquitoes the only way to wipe out malaria?
SOPHIE ARIE: 'Target Malaria, the name of the Imperial College-led research consortium, is just one of many projects exploring ways to engineer…
Animal Rights Group NhRP Dealt Another Blow in Fight to Free Elephants
ROBERT STORACE: 'The founder and president of an animal rights group that is trying to remove three elephants from a Connecticut-based petting zoo…
Congress must stop USDA’s animal experiments, says whistleblower
JIM KEEN: 'In December 2018, the US Senate introduced legislation called the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now (KITTEN) Act, the companion to a…
Fury at Swedish university which plans to MURDER 6 Labradors for dental implant experiment
CLAIRE GILBODY-DICKERSON: 'Thousands are protesting against six Labradors being killed as part of a lab experiment aimed at developing teeth…
Farmer fires gun shots at peaceful vegan protesters in Western Australia, police says that’s OK
PHOEBE LOOMES: 'An Australian farmer who fired shots after vegans filming his grazing calves refused to leave his rural WA property will not be…
Texas big game hunter paid Pakistani government $110,000 to kill a rare Himalayan goat
MEGAN SHEETS: 'A big game trophy hunter from Texas paid $110,000 to kill a rare Himalayan mountain goat as part of a conservation program that aims…
Spelling bees? No, but they can do arithmetic, say researchers
NICOLA DAVIS: 'Honeybees can learn to add and subtract, according to research showing that while the insects have tiny brains, they are still…
In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals’ feelings
BRONWYN ORR: 'The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) is currently considering legislation that would enshrine animal “sentience” in the law, which…
MARC BEKOFF: Here’s what you need to know about the emotional lives of animals
MARC BEKOFF: 'Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Dogs are able…