STUDY: Bystanders’ reactions to animal abuse in relation to psychopathy, empathy with people and empathy with nature
ANA M. MARTIN: Social and academic interest in animal abuse has recently increased thanks to greater awareness of the importance of biodiversity in…
‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’: Eco-thriller delves into animal rights with sharp wit
SANITA RAO: Does God really believe animals have no souls? Are they less important than humans? Why is hunting an animal deemed sport when killing a…
‘Animal Liberation NOW’: Peter Singer renews call for animal liberation with release of updated book
PETA: Almost 50 years after the publication of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation — the groundbreaking work that challenged the way humans view and…
A LINE IN THE SAND: Meet the animal rights activist drawing provocative sand art
KARLEIGH FRASER: A Yorkshire man has gained fame in the community after visitors to the region’s beaches have shared photographs of his provocative…
KAREN DAVIS: ‘Good’ anthropomorphism vs. ‘Bad’ anthropomorphism: What is the difference?
KAREN DAVIS: In 2004, a professor of agriculture at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, gave a talk in which he argued that the animal rights…
STUDY: Research shows giraffes can use statistical reasoning
SCARLETT HOWARD: Humans make decisions using statistical information every day... and as it turns out, humans aren’t alone in using statistical…
SLAVE TO BEAUTY: UK resumes animal tests for cosmetics after 25-year ban
BBC: The UK government has allowed animal testing for makeup ingredients to resume despite a 25-year ban. It changed a policy on animal testing to…
WITHOUT CONSENT: A vegan-theological argument against animal ownership
ALLISON J. VAN TILBORG: The fundamental issue of vegan ownership of animals is one of agency. There is no freedom without consent, and animals, by…
The Pain Principle: What if the animal rights movement abandoned its focus on suffering and appealed to a different set of human emotions?
MATTHEW DENTON-EDMUNDSON: In Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that racism and sexism and what he calls “speciesism” all rely on arbitrary…
Gaining Human Favor: Automated intelligence (AI) or animals?
DANIELA RIBITSCH: Last summer, Google fired Blake Lemoine, one of their software engineers, for publicly claiming that LaMDA, the company’s…