‘Gunda’ Review: A Remarkable Pig’s-Eye View of the World
MANOHLA DARGIS: What do filmmakers see when they look at animals? Not much, apparently: For the most part, animals in movies are atmospheric…
Animal Dreams: How Humans Think and Write About Animals
MARC BEKOFF: Interview with David Brooks, one of Australia’s most skilled, unusual, and versatile writers, about his new book called Animal Dreams,…
ILLUSARY PROTECTION: Palliative animal law and the war on animal cruelty
JUSTIN MARCEAU: In 2019 President Donald Trump signed into law the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act... Although every state already…
INTERSECTIONALITY ANYONE?: Pig decapitated, head and blood used to vandalize home of witness in U.S. court case
KEITH GRIFFITH: Vandals have struck the former home of an expert witness who testified in Derek Chavin's defense, smearing it in blood and leaving a…
DON’T SWALLOW IT: French farmers outraged at UK’s plan to ban imports of ‘harmless’ foie gras
KIM WILLSHER: The head of France’s foie gras producers’ association has said she is “shocked and outraged” that the British government is…
Joaquin Phoenix: Documentary Gunda ‘Isn’t vegan propaganda. It’s just facts.’
MARK OLSEN: As he made his way through the pre-pandemic awards season last year, picking up trophies for his performance in “Joker,” actor Joaquin…
BABYLON’S FALLEN: First part-human, part-monkey embryo created by scientists amid ethics concerns
NILIMA MARSHALL: US scientists have grown human cells in monkey embryos in a bid to understand more about how cells develop and communicate with…
HIDDEN CRIES: Why animal photojournalism really matters right now
GRAEME GREEN: “Animal Photojournalism is extremely urgent and relevant to the issues of today,” says Jo-Anne McArthur, an award-winning Canadian…
END IT, DON’T MEND IT: Animal testing suspended at Spanish lab after ‘gratuitous cruelty’ footage
ASHIFA KASSAM: Regional officials in Spain have temporarily halted all activity at an animal testing facility after the publication of undercover…
THE APOTHEOSIS PROJECT: Transplanting lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ into animals
STACY LIBERATORE: As research involving transplanting lab-grown human 'mini-brains' into animals to study neurological diseases continues to expand,…