New research explores factors that lead people to moralize meat-eating
ART MARKMAN: 'There are many things we choose to do or not to do that don’t seem to tap into our moral sense... Many people choose to eat meat. For…
The Rich Emotional Lives of Chimpanzees and Goats
MARC BEKOFF: 'Studies of the emotional lives of numerous and diverse nonhuman animals (animals) consistently show that some humans wrongly…
No-Kill USA dashboard: See if the shelter in your community is No-Kill
BEST FRIENDS: 'Last year, about 733,000 dogs and cats were killed in USA’s animal shelters, simply because they didn’t have safe places to call home.…
UK’s PM says animal rights activists to be treated as domestic terrorists, BUT NOT climate change disruptors
MILKEY SMITH: 'Boris Johnson has suggested extremism rules developed to tackle domestic terrorism could be applied to anti-fox-hunting activists. Mr…
New York Is Officially the First State to Ban Cat’s Paw Amputation or Declawing
OLIVIA ROSANE: 'New York is officially the first state in the USA to ban cat declawing. The landmark bill passed the state legislature in June, but…
Selves Are Not Food: Christine Korsgaard’s Case for Animal Rights
PAUL J. GRIFFITHS: 'Christine Korsgaard argues in her book that we humans have obligations to other animals because life can go well or badly for…
The brutal battle for the soul of Veganism
TIM ELLIOTT: 'The Vegan Society defines Veganism as "a way of living which seeks to exclude – as far as is possible and practicable – all forms of…
Animal rights activists designated ‘domestic terrorists’ in Australia
ADAM FORREST: 'Animal rights activists who invade farms to stage protests will be hit with huge new fines in measures announced by Australia’s…
IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG: China planning to KILL 128 MILLION PIGS in order to contain disease
BLOOMBERG NEWS: 'An infectious disease has killed tens of thousands of pigs in China, which raises about half the world’s hogs. Worse still,…
It isn’t clear how the new bill against animal rights activists will protect Australia’s farmers
BETH DALEY: 'The Morrison government has introduced new legislation responding to recent protests by animal rights activists in Australia. The bill…