THE ANTHROPOCENE: Harvest of domination
HIRANMAY KARLEKAR: One does not quite know what the shape of the world will be after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The several informed…
DEADSTOCK: 6,000 cows drown, as live transport ship capsizes off Japan
REUTERS: A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East…
Animal rights group sues to block aquarium from acquiring 5 beluga whales for research
DAVE COLLINS: An animals rights group is suing in federal court to stop a Connecticut aquarium from acquiring five more beluga whales for research,…
Argentina delays live export of pigs to China after huge animal rights protest
RUPTLY: Protesters marched through Buenos Aires to protest against the possible memorandum of understanding between Argentina and China for an…
HUMAN (DISG)RACE: Woman Holding Drugged Tiger’s Testicles at Thai Zoo Prompts Backlash
GAVIN BUTLER: Images of a woman fondling a tiger’s testicles at a zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand have sparked social media backlash and reaffirmed…
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: New European Union rule says cosmetics must be tested on animals
JON UNGOED-THOMAS: Eurocrats have torpedoed the sale of 'cruelty-free' cosmetics by insisting that chemicals used in many popular High Street brands…
DOES THE DOG DIE?: Fake Dogs, Real Emotions
BEN LINDBERGH: Is it rational to dread the death of a fictional character? Is it logical to dread the death of a fictional dog while, if anything,…
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Animal lovers furious as Instagram refuses to remove ‘vile’ videos of cruelty to creatures
JANE DALTON: Instagram is allowing videos and images of animal cruelty - some of them violent - on its website, masquerading as entertainment, it…
WHITEWASH: Two more monkeys die in ‘tragic accident’ at controversial OHSU primate research facility
K.RAMBO: Two more monkeys have died at the controversial OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center in what researchers described as a “tragic…
RESIDENT EVIL: Elon Musk Unveils Brain Computer Implanted in Pigs
ASHLEE VANCE: During an event at Neuralink’s headquarters in Fremont, California, Musk found himself hanging out with a passel of Yucatan swine.…