Despite a decade-old Supreme Court order, no state in India has an animal welfare board
MAYANK AGGARWAL: More than a decade since the Supreme Court directive for states to have an Animal Welfare Board was issued, states across India are…
How Animals Think, Feel, and Communicate Without Language
MARC BEKOFF: Dr. C. P. (Chuck) Rosenthal, is a professor of Narrative Writing and Theory at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angele and author of…
DISGRACEFUL: Environmental groups urge Americans to EAT MORE FISH in fight against virus
ROSANNA XIA: Environmental groups have long fought for animal rights (THIS IS FALSE), rallied against pollution and pushed back on overfishing, but…
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…