THE BIG LIE: Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?
MELANIE FLYNN: 'The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reports that between 2004 and 2014, a total of 107 countries participated in the…
11 more beluga whales from Srednyaya Bay released in Russia
KAZINFORM: ' "On October 18, the sixth stage to carry out the plan of the marine mammals’ release from the Srednyaya Bay to the wild started... Like…
WHERE ARE THEY?: Anger over Australia’s 4000 ‘disappeared’ (killed) greyhounds
CHARIS CHANG: 'Troubling analysis just released has raised questions about Australia’s missing greyhounds, with animal rights groups estimating more…
Capuchin and rhesus monkeys but not humans show cognitive flexibility in an optional-switch task
JULIA WATZEK: 'Learned rules help us accurately solve many problems, but by blindly following a strategy, we sometimes fail to find more efficient…
INVESTIGATION: Hundreds of racehorses sent to slaughterhouses in Australia
CARO MELDRUM-HANNA: 'Hundreds of registered racehorses are being discarded at slaughterhouses in Australia, in contravention of racing rules,…
Nonhuman Rights Project Wins Order, Argues for Happy the Elephant Rights in Bronx Court
NHRP: 'Arguments in support of the right to liberty of an elephant named Happy — held alone in captivity at the Bronx Zoo—were heard for a second…
YOU BET THEY DIE: Santa Anita Park has second horse death this Fall, 34th since December
ERIC LEVINSON: 'A horse racing at California's Santa Anita Park on Saturday broke his left front ankle and was euthanized by doctors -- the 34th…
FREE MINNIE: Connecticut Court Allows Supplemental Brief in Elephant Rights Case
NHRP: 'The Connecticut Appellate Court has granted the NhRP (Non-Human Rights Project) permission to file a supplemental brief in our second…
Corrupt Iowa Politicians Protect Meat Industry by Criminalizing Activists
LEIGHTON AKIO WOODHOUSE: 'The meat industry depends, more than anything else, on walls. The walls of farms and slaughterhouses prevent consumers…
Newly released video from German laboratory shows poisoned dogs slowly dying in pools of blood
RAVEN SAUNT: 'A new video has emerged of dogs bleeding to death on the floor in the same German toxicology laboratory where monkeys were filmed…