Hundreds of thousands of cows drown in Northern Australia
ADAM FORREST: 'Hundreds of thousands of cows are believed to have died in floods in northern Australia after the state of Queensland was hit by record…
Japan begins killing thousands of pigs as swine fever spreads
THE STRAITS TIMES: 'Japanese soldiers and local government officials began slaughtering around 6,600 pigs at a farm in Toyota City in Aichi prefecture…
LSU vet school improperly bought shelter animals for lab use, PETA says in complaint to USDA
KIM CHATELAIN: 'The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is the target of a complaint filed by a national animal rights group claiming the school may…
How ‘bodies on a chip’ can transform animal welfare
RACHEL NUWER: 'It was animal welfare, not conservation, that originally prompted Ken-Ichiro Kamei, a microengineer at Kyoto University, to look…
Vegan filmmaker nominated for British Bafta award for ’73 Cows’ documentary
GRAHAM YOUNG: 'Filmmaker Alex Lockwood is off to mingle with the cream of Hollywood at the Royal Albert Hall - after his no-budget 'moovie' called…
RIP ‘Gaja Muthassi’: After a lifetime of pain and suffering, oldest elephant in captivity has died aged 88
AFP NEWS: 'An Asian elephant believed to be the oldest ever in captivity has died aged 88 in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Awarded the title…
Unlimited Brutality: ‘Coyote Whacking’ Legal in Wyoming, Lawmakers Don’t Seem To Care
BETH DALBEY: 'It's stunning to animal rights activists and others that it is perfectly legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes down on snowmobiles until…
No Longer a ‘Cereal’ Killer: Kellogg to End Animal Tests
ZACHARY TOLIVER: 'After extensive discussions with PETA, the world’s largest cereal maker, Kellogg Company, has adopted a new public policy…
The vile cruelty behind the snakeskin industry exposed
JANE FRYER: 'Deep in the Indonesian jungle, reticulated pythons are being slaughtered by the thousands. Not quickly, or humanely — but…
Swiss Canton to Hold Referendum on Giving Primates Basic Rights
SPUTNIK: 'Basel-Stadt, one of 26 cantons in Switzerland, is considering granting fundamental rights to life to non-human primates following a court…