Proposed ‘trespassing’ legislation unfairly target Ontario’s animal rights activists
ROBERT BENZIE: 'Protecting food safety and farmers’ property rights? Or targeting animal rights activists, agricultural whistleblowers, and…
Record number of live lambs and calves exported from Australia to Israel for meat in 2019
SUE SURKES: 'A record-breaking 691,327 live lambs and calves were transported to Israel for fattening and slaughter last year, the Israeli animal…
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND: Nearly 200 people arrested for deliberately lighting bushfires that have killed a half-billion animals
KATABELLA ROBERTS: 'State authorities in Australia have arrested nearly 200 people for alleged arson since the devastating bushfires began... In…
BITE BACK: Veganuary campaign bus ads reinstated after complaints
ROSIE GREENAWAY: 'Two advertisements promoting Veganism which were removed from public transport by bus company Arriva are to be reinstated after…
A call to boycott ALL zoos after fire kills animals in Germany
WILL TAYLOR: 'Animal rights group PETA has urged potential customers to stop going to zoos after a fire killed dozens of animals in one yesterday.…
German apes likely traumatized after animal deaths in Krefeld Zoo fire
DW: 'The cause of the fire that destroyed the Great Ape House at the Krefeld Zoo in Germany on New Year's Eve seems to have been found. On Thursday,…
FRANS DE WAAL: We know more about animal cognition than ever — it’s time to consider the moral implications
FRANS DE WAAL: 'Changes in our attitude towards animals are long overdue. This applies equally to certain academic disciplines, which still place…
Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates
CHRIS BARANIUK: 'New Caledonian crows belong to the corvid family of birds – as do jackdaws, rooks, jays, magpies and ravens. In recent years, the…
VICTORY: Ethical Vegans deserve same legal protection as religious people, UK judge rules
AMY WOODYATT: 'A judge has ruled that Ethical Veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief protected under UK law. Jordi Casamitjana, an "ethical…
LIGHT A FIRE UNDER: Thousands of farm animals are killed after suffering horrific burns in Australia bushfires
LOUISE AYLING: 'Thousands of cattle and sheep will be "put down" after suffering serious burns in the latest bushfires between the New South Wales…