That Python in the Pet Store? It May Have Been Snatched From the Wild
RACHEL NUWER: 'In the market for a new pet? Maybe something a bit exotic? For many consumers, reptiles and amphibians are just the thing: geckos,…
Government crackdown on Egypt’s animal-drawn cart owners intensifies
MENNA A. FAROUK: 'Egypt’s animal-drawn cart owners are struggling as the government has intensified its crackdown on them in the last few months in…
NO amount of alcohol, sausage or bacon is safe according to cancer experts
MARTIN BAGOT: 'No amount of alcohol, sausage or bacon is safe according to a new global blueprint on how to beat cancer. Even small amounts of…
Animal rights group blasts Indiana University medical school for killing 116 lab animals
SHARI RUDAVSKI: 'An Ohio-based animal rights group is calling upon the Indiana University School of Medicine to fire staff and conduct an…
The ethics of wearing feathers: It’s not just live-plucking that’s a problem
SCARLETT CONLON: 'Feathers are suddenly everywhere again not only in the wardrobes of glossy style icons, but also... in a sizeable proportion of…
Wildlife tourism: Holiday giants including TUI and TripAdvisor profiting from animal cruelty
JANE DALTON: 'Some of the world’s best known names in travel... are accused of profiting from animal cruelty by promoting attractions worldwide…
The killer scorpions and poisonous frogs being mailed to China to feed exotic pet craze
NEIL CONNOR: 'Exotic animals including ‘killer scorpions’ and poisonous frogs are being mailed into China alive in regular parcels to feed a boom in…
Why is there still no vegan revolution?: Against a local and relative morality
GRAMSHACKLE: 'Can vegans coexist with non-vegans? From a non-vegan perspective, the answer would obviously be yes. I’m here to argue, from the…
PETA sues USDA over roadside zoo licensing
CRAIG HLAVATY: 'An animal rights group has sued U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue over roadside zoo licensing across the country, including…
10 surprising facts about chimpanzees
NOEL KIRKPATRICK: 'Chimpanzees are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, genetically speaking. We share between 95 and 98 percent of DNA with…