Judge Denies Motion to Reargue in Connecticut Elephant Rights Case
LAUREN CHOPLIN: 'Judge James Bentivegna of the Connecticut Superior Court, Litchfield County denied the Nonhuman Rights Project’s motion to reargue…
How The Travel Industry Is Responding To The Rising Demand For Vegan Vacations
KATRINA FOX: 'In 2004 travel firm VegVoyages launched, offering three trips in one country. Fourteen years later, the company, which specializes in…
Killing Floor: The Business of Animal Slaughter
PAUL TRITSCHLER: 'With the exception of India, where thirty percent of the population are vegetarian, the vast majority of people in almost every…
An inconvenient truth: Diet has more impact on climate change than transportation. Here’s how to fix that.
DEREK BERES: 'Environmental research has revealed much about the impact of our nutrition decisions. According to Ben Houl, director of the John Muir…
Report: US Army mistreated bomb-sniffing dogs, left in kennels for up to 11 months
SCOT PALTROW: 'They made up a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs that accompanied brigade combat teams on potentially lethal missions, sniffing out roadside…
Dog, Cats, and Humans: Shared Emotions Act As “Social Glue”
MARC BEKOFF: 'In an essay called "Animal Emotions and Beastly Passions: We're Not the Only Emotional Beings," I wrote: "Emotions have evolved as…
It’s official: “Wild” animals to be banned from circuses in England by 2020
LUCY PASHA-ROBINSON: 'The use of wild animals by travelling circuses will be banned from 2020, the Government has pledged, following a long-running…
Veganism is now more popular than vegetarianism, according to Google
CHASE PURDY: 'Veganism is creeping into the mainstream as multiple trends converge to create the perfect conditions for people to consider a lifestyle…
Animals Are Losing Their Vagility, or Ability to Roam Freely
JIM ROBBINS: 'Room to move is critical for a wide range of species, but it has long been difficult for researchers to capture where and when they…
Our treatment of animals is stalling human progress
JACY REESE: 'In Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, the Harvard professor catalogs reams of data to show that the world has actually gotten…