Reasons for Hope: What went right for animals in 2022
MARC BEKOFF: Being deeply concerned about protecting the lives and interests of other animals—the belief that each individual has the right to live…
‘FIRST, DO HARM’: The bitter civil war dividing American veterinarians over cruel factory farm system
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the premier organization that represents most of America’s 121,000…
Dawn Evans: The commodification of non-human life is rarely taken seriously by the left, a dangerous mistake
DAWN EVANS: The rights of animals and their correlation to a healthy, sustainable environment have over recent years become a critical issue which…
Finding Sanctuary: Life After the Primate Pet Trade
BORN FREE USA: Across the United States, thousands of monkeys, apes, and other nonhuman primates are kept as pets in private homes. Finding…
NIH gave millions to research lab in Colombia accused of animal welfare violations while running drug development scam
CAITLIN DOORNBOS: The National Institutes of Health sent around $17 million to a consortium of Colombian companies accused of developing a…
DEATH SQUADS: Turkish authorities kill ‘stray’ dogs and dump the bodies into landfills
MAHMOUD NAFFAKH: Graphic photos and videos showing the bodies of stray dogs killed by the Turkish authorities and dumped into public landfills have…
Stephen F. Eisenman: Confessions of a vegan evangelist
STEPHEN F. EISENMAN: What omnivores complain about is true. Vegans are evangelical. Case in point: On the day I ate my last morsel of Parmigiano…
Karen Davis: Why are farmed animals forsaken by their advocates?
KAREN DAVIS: Today, most animal organizations in the U.S. include farmed animals, whose plight on factory farms they acknowledge. The question is,…
Animals and the Ethics of War: A call for an inclusive ‘Just War Theory’
JOSH MILBURN: Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, heartrending images of Ukrainian refugees and their companion animals…
INVESTIGATION: Undercover footage exposes the ‘cruelty’ of Britain’s salmon farms
STEPH SPYRO: A film, released in the run-up to Christmas, highlights shocking mortality rates, cross-contamination and pollution that fish are…