Personhood for Animals? This Collective is Fighting to Make This a Reality!
LEKSHMI PRIYA S: 'In the race to satisfy our needs and more often than not, our greed, we have essentially lost sight on one crucial fact — that…
A Teacher Who Fed A Puppy To A Turtle In Front Of Students Was Charged With Animal Cruelty
TALAL ANSARI: 'A junior high school science teacher in Idaho has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly feeding a puppy to a snapping…
Is Russia killing stray dogs ahead of the World Cup?
HOWARD AMOS: 'After the mass culls before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, animal rights activists in the World Cup cities of Sochi and Yekaterinburg…
Humans Are Dumb At Figuring Out How Smart Animals Are
MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER: 'The case for giving the chimps a human right like freedom from unlawful incarceration is based on their similarity to humans —…
In Cities, Wildlife Evolves Astonishingly Fast
SIMON WORRALL: 'Most naturalists turn up their noses at cities, regarding them as anti-nature — sterile wastelands of concrete and steel. But…
Big game hunter gored to death by buffalo moments after shooting another member of herd
TOM BARNES: 'A big game hunter was reportedly gored to death by a wild buffalo moments after he had killed another member of its herd. Professional…
Four farm workers sacked after undercover footage shows pigs being kicked in the face and spray-painted up nose
PAUL WHITELAM: 'Workers on a Lincolnshire farm kicked pigs in the face and jabbed them with forks as they subjected them to horrific abuse,…
‘Horrendous and grotesque’ Bali slammed as worst destination for animal cruelty
JOE GAMP: 'A new global World Animal Protection (WAP) report... has slammed the Indonesian islands of Bali, Lombok and Gili Trawangan, claiming the…
Maryland bans pigeon shoots: Groups push to end ‘incredibly cruel’ tradition in Pennsylvania
TOM KNAPP: 'Maryland has banned live pigeon shoots, and some animal welfare advocates say that puts pressure on Pennsylvania to do the…
‘Chopping up animal corpses is barbaric’: Vegan activists threaten to petrol bomb UK butchers
RT NEWS: 'Activists spray painted ‘Stop Killing Animals. Go vegan’ and the logo of the Animal Liberation Front across the front of Marlow Butchers…