GREAT VICTORY: Animals accorded same rights as humans in Indian state
SAPTARSHI RAY: 'An Indian court has ruled that all animals should enjoy the same rights as human beings, saying “they have distinct personas with…
Milk may need a makeover: Alternatives to dairy are increasingly winning over consumers
LAUREN HIRSCH: 'Consumers are shying away from milk, turning instead to dairy alternatives made from soy, rice and oats, and other crops. Those…
Horses can make facial expressions just like humans
BIANCA BRITTON: 'It turns out horses are capable of pulling faces just like humans, which may shed more light on what they're feeling. In fact,…
Can more candor win back support for animal research? NO
DAVID GRIMM: 'In the early 2000s, animal rights groups got wind of a lab at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson that used…
A Practical Guide For Dealing With People That Give You a Hard Time For Being Vegan
LAURA RODRIGUEZ: 'If you're vegan, you've more likely than not experienced some form of unkind comments and unsolicited "advice" about your eating…
RIP Mandela: Just months after vets saved his life, bile farm survivor finally succumbs to lifetime of injuries
ANIMALS ASIA: 'More than a decade after being rescued from a horrific bear bile farm in 2005, moon bear Mandela has passed away peacefully at…
1.385 billion pounds of pain and suffering: America has a record high stockpile of cheese
WXYZ DETROIT: 'America's stockpile of cheese is at its highest in more than 100 years, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.…
British animal rights campaigners outraged as just 5% of ‘illegal’ hunters arrested
BEN GLAZE: 'Police have received 1,600 reports of illegal hunting in five years but have arrested just 83 people and charged only 30. That means…
US Interior Department plans to let people kill endangered red wolves
DARRYL FEARS: 'In a proposal that would essentially end a 30-year effort to reestablish critically endangered American red wolves in North Carolina,…
‘I began having nightmares’: Former animal tester reveals the reality of working in animal research
CBC: 'Growing up, Michael Slusher loved animals. He had pet rats, lizards, and the typical dog and cat. So when he decided to combine that affinity…