Let the ‘SHAMELESS AND SILLY’ games begin: Winter Olympics shines spotlight on HORRIFIC dog-meat trade in South Korea
MARTIN ROGERS: 'Winter Olympics figure skater Meagan Duhamel still shudders to think the dog she rescued from South Korea might have ended up on…
Animals worldwide are giving up their ways and sticking closer to home as cities, farms and roads break up their natural habitat
HARRY PETTIT: 'A new study found mammals living in areas with high human activity move up to three times less far than animals in areas isolated from…
Lab Monkey Deaths Raise Questions About Animal Testing in the US
CHRISTIANNA REED: 'A study examining nicotine addiction has been shut down by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after four squirrel monkey test…
Ban dog shock collars: Vets and animal campaigners in the UK call for outlaw in training device
STUART WINTER: 'The pain-inflicting collars used to bring dogs to heel are blamed for causing distress in animals but can be bought on the open…
When the Law Recognizes Animals as People
SUZANNE MONYAK: 'Last year, the Illinois state house passed a law that would force divorce courts not just to divvy pets up between their “parents” in…
Abuse in Hollywood Extends to Performing Animals
LISA LANGE: 'The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) license of notorious Hollywood animal exhibitor Sidney Yost—who long made headlines for beating…
Letter #1 From the Front Lines of the Struggle for Nonhuman Rights: The First 50 Months
STEVEN M. WISE: 'As much of the work of the Nonhuman Rights Project is litigation, journalists often report our story in a binary way. We “lost.” We…
Fish Are Getting Their Animal Rights Moment
MARC GUNTHER: 'Life is improving for billions of farm animals. Pregnant pigs are being liberated from gestation crates. Laying hens have more room to…
Vegans go global to stake their claim to the high moral ground
ANDREW TATE: 'Vegan is not a dirty word – unless you’re being harassed while eating a steak... And it’s prompting debate about whether a new wave of…
Millions of dogs need homes. Why is it sometimes hard to adopt one?
ARIN GREENWOOD: 'At any given time, U.S. animal shelters and rescue groups house millions of homeless animals, and hundreds of thousands are…