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,…
BRAIN LUST: China bets big on brain research with massive funding of cruel monkey experiments
DENNIS NORMILE: After 5 years of planning and debate, China has finally launched its ambitious contribution to neuroscience, the China Brain Project…
STUDY: Just like puppies and kittens, young chickens like to play too
DEVATA P. NAIR: When we think about animals at play, we tend to think of cats and dogs — the two most popular companion animals. But a recent study…
TRADING ‘LEFTOVERS’ : The dark side of zoos in Japan
MASAHIKO OHTA: At Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park, a male lion cub named Earth once ruled like the king of the beasts, adored by visitors. But in…
ASSASSI-NATION: How the media failed Freya the Walrus
CLAIRE HAMLETT: Animal euthanasia is supposed to be an act of mercy. When animals are suffering from illness or injury and their quality of life is…
FREEDOM IN DEATH: Tilikum’s daughter Kohana, torn from mother and forced to breed at young age, dies in captivity
JESS THOMSON: A female orca has died in a theme park aged only twenty years old. Kohana was the daughter of Tilikum, the subject of the documentary…
‘Wolves and Dogs’: Domestication, cognition, and socio-ecology
MARC BEKOFF: In their new book by Drs. Friederike Range and Sarah Marshall-Pescini titled 'Wolves and Dogs between Myth and Science' the authors…
#BanFactoryFarming: Switzerland to vote on abolition of factory farming
MARIE VUILLEUMIER: On September 25, Swiss citizens will vote on a ban on intensive livestock farming... Animal rights and animal welfare…
PANDAMONIUM: The plight of two Pandas lays bare the flaws of animals in zoos
FLORENCE FOO: Animals in zoos suffer greatly and are exploited for entertainment under the guise of education and conservation... Small areas and…