STUDY: Why Do We Feel Compassion and Empathy For Specific Animals?
MARC BEKOFF: A recent paper published in Scientific Reports by Aurélien Miralles, Michel Raymond & Guillaume Lecointre called "Empathy and…
FACT CHECK: Is COVID-19 caused by human consumption of animals? YES.
MATTHEW BROWN: On March 15, vegan influencer Ed Winters, who often goes by the name “Earthling Ed” on social media, posted a graphic to his…
Ve*gan, Activist, Radical: Social Identity and Farmed Animal Advocacy
JEANATTE SHUTAY: Support for factory farmed animals is driven by complex social contexts that have historically been examined in an overly…
Animal advocates set to appeal dismissal of challenge to Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ law
LINDA SATTER: Groups that challenged Arkansas' "ag-gag" law, a 2017 measure that allows civil penalties against anyone who exposes animal cruelty or…
Gregory Tague: An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood
MARC BEKOFF: Gregory Tague's book 'An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood'... argues that great apes are moral individuals because they engage…
Coronavirus vaccine: For once, the NIH isn’t waiting for cruel and pointless animal tests
KATHERINE SULLIVAN: 'Many scientists and experts agree, experiments on animals are pointless — they slow down the search for treatments and cures…
STUDY: The effectiveness of ‘extreme’ animal rights protests
SARA STREETER: 'Social movements exist to effect change. They seek to empower and enfranchise the disempowered and disenfranchised. Their tactics…
Protecting the most vulnerable: A proposed law to create animal advocates
MARGIT LIVINGSTON: 'As an animal law scholar and director of a university animal law center, I closely follow trends in how legislation and court…
VICTORY: Kenya Bans Donkey Slaughter for Chinese Medicine Ingredient ‘Ejiao’
PETA: 'Following nearly two years of pressure from PETA and our international affiliates—including more than 200,000 e-mails sent by kind people…
Mark Bekoff: It’s Time to Move-on From Nonhuman Animal Models
MARC BEKOFF: 'Many people are asking about the use of nonhuman animal models—simply referred to as "animal models"—as they relate to the pandemic…