Giraffe Parts Sales Are Booming in the U.S., and It’s Legal
KAREN WEINTRAUB: 'At a time when the giraffe population is plummeting in the wild, the sale of products made with giraffe skin and bone is booming.…
Belgium Bans Halal Slaughter, BUT Muslims in Capital Brussels Are Exempt
CHRIS TOMLINSON: 'As of next year, Belgium is banning the practice of Halal slaughter, which involves slitting the throat of an animal and letting…
Animal Cruelty and Neglect Found at San Diego Medical Research Facility
JW AUGUST: 'A lab that uses animals for research has been the subject of a series of critical reports by inspectors from the United States…
WeWork Was Right To Go Vegetarian
JEFF McMAHON: 'Writing for NBC, the science journalist Erin Biba criticizes WeWork for taking its communal workplaces vegetarian, on the grounds…
Majority of Americans Now Oppose Experiments on Animals, Survey Shows
ZACHARY TOLIVER: 'For the first time ever, a majority of Americans oppose the use of animals in experiments, according to a new Pew Research Center…
12000 Texas physicians accuse cattle industry of false ‘beef advertising’ claims
LYNN BREZOSKY: 'The Texas Beef Council trumpets its message in colorful brochures designed for doctor’s offices across Texas and internet searches…
Heartbreaking moment orphaned orangutan is rescued from palm oil plantation
JANE WHARTON: 'A plantation worker called Rahman found the adorable ape crying in the bushes and reported the discovery to his manager. Thinking the…
How Orca Whales Went from Hated, to Adored, to Endangered
SIMON WORRALL: 'It was not so long ago that "killer" whales were reviled as vicious pests, shot, harpooned, and even machine-gunned by whalers,…
Software beats animal tests at predicting toxicity of chemicals
RICHARD VAN NOORDEN: 'Machine-learning software trained on masses of chemical-safety data is so good at predicting some kinds of toxicity that it…
Eating Meat: What Do Philosophers Say?
JOAN McGREGOR: 'WeWork, a co-working and office space company, recently made a company policy not to serve or reimburse meals that include meat...…