MORALIZED MINORITY: What can we learn from studying anti-vegan groups online
REBECCA GREGSON: Vegans are examples of “moralised minority practice identities” (or “moral-identity minorities” for short): small segments of the…
ESCAPE FROM THE DEVIL’S DEN: Three chimps shot dead and four on the loose after ‘mysterious’ zoo escape
BEN TURNER: 'Three chimpanzees have been shot dead and four remain on the loose after mysteriously escaping from their enclosure in Sweden's Furuvik…
‘Move Fast and Break Things’: Neuralink shows what happens when you bring Silicon Valley ethos to animal research
KENNY TORRELLA: Among the many grievances people harbor toward Elon Musk, add one more: alleged animal cruelty. Neuralink, a startup co-founded by…
UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY: The escalating fight against animal agriculture
NORA KELLY: At 6 a.m. on April 28, 2019, two school buses stopped on Harris Road in the heart of Abbotsford farm country. The doors opened and out…
U$DA CORRUPTION: Critics slam USDA’s fines for animal welfare violations
RACHEL FOBAR: Three dead bats were found in a washroom at Colorado State University, where researchers study bat-borne viral diseases. A shade cloth…
Animal rights group appeals dismissal of lawsuit against university’s censorship of primate research criticism
ALDF: The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a notice of appeal with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the dismissal of a lawsuit filed…
INDOMITABLE GLUTTONY: ‘Ethical Meat’ can’t solve the problem of animal cruelty
WAYNE HSIUNG: Leighton Woodhouse is a dedicated animal rights supporter. He’s covered some of the most important issues relating to the movement in…
‘Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains’
MARC BEKOFF: Our relationships with nonhuman animals (animals) are complex, challenging, and paradoxical. We allow dogs and cats to breed themselves…
IN MEMORIAM: Help animals on ‘International Animal Rights Day’
ANIMAL EQUALITY: On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to…
GRIEF. GUILT. REGRET: Why mourning a ‘pet’ can be harder than grieving for a person
SAM CARR: Many pet owners know that our connections with animals can be on an emotional par with those we share with other humans – and scientific…