FREE TO BE: Orca from Russia’s infamous ‘whale jail’ spotted thriving in the wild
ROBYN WHITE: An orca that was freed from Russia's infamous whale jail has been spotted thriving in the wild. The 8-year-old orca named Zina, was…
OBJECTS IN ACTION: Dogs and humans interpret what they see differently
STANLEY COREN: For human beings, vision is the most important sensory system. Therefore our brains do more elaborate processing of visual…
SHOOT TO THRILL: U.S. Army secretly allows shooting dogs, cats for research
CAITLIN DOOMBOS: The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments despite a 1983…
Brian Kateman: Optimistic ‘longtermism’ is terrible for animals
BRIAN KATEMAN: Oxford philosopher William MacAskill’s new book, What We Owe the Future, caused quite a stir this month... MacAskill’s new tome makes…
Paul Watson v. Sea Shepherd: Standing up for direct action
GLEN BLACK: When Paul Watson posted on 28 July 2022 that “It is with great relief… I have ceased my employment and cut all ties with the Sea…
‘Animal Crisis’: Why self-centered human supremacism fails
MARC BEKOFF: A new book by eminent philosophers Drs. Alice Crary and Lori Gruen called Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory that offers a new ethic…
UN-GAGGED: U.S. federal judge strikes down latest version of Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ law
ROX LAIRD: A federal judge in Des Moines held... that the latest version of Iowa’ so-called “ag-gag” law aimed at preventing animal rights groups…
THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Switzerland votes against ban on factory farming; UK drops fur and foie gras import ban
POLLY FOREMAN: Switzerland voted against a ban on factory farming in a referendum held yesterday (Sunday, September 25). The country made history by…
UN-TRUSS-WORTHY: New UK Prime Minister about to embark on the greatest betrayal of animal rights imaginable
JANE DALTON: The new prime minister, Liz Truss, has a funny relationship with animals. She says she’s a cat lover, but she has previously called for…
FOR THE LOVE OF GRAZE: Why are wild horses brutally uprooted from public lands while private ‘livestock’ can stay?
GINGER FEDAK: Every year, thousands of wild horses and burros are chased by helicopters and ripped from their native land in terrifyingly brutal,…