Unlike Humans, Bonobos Shun Helpers And Befriend The Bullies
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE: 'Even very young babies can tell the difference between someone who's helpful and someone who's mean — and lab studies show that…
Swedish zoo admits it has killed nine healthy lion cubs because it could not afford to keep them
IAIN BURNS: 'A Swedish zoo has killed nine healthy lion cubs over the last six years because they became 'surplus animals', its CEO has revealed. Bo…
New Jersey Just Became the First US State to Ban All Wild Animals in Circuses
ALICIA GRAEF: 'Animal advocates are celebrating an epic win with the passage of Nosey’s Law in New Jersey, which makes it the first state in the U.S.…
Canadian Restaurants Caught Mutilating and Serving Live Animals
PETA: 'On the heels of groundbreaking investigations into restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles that serve live animals, PETA has revealed that…
Gove says ‘Frankencows’ could be allowed after Brexit to help farmers produce ‘more valuable’ animals
TIM SCULTHORPE: 'Genetically modified animals could be allowed in Britain after Brexit to help farmers produce more valuable livestock, Michael Gove…
It’s time to reconsider the meaning of ‘animal welfare’
GARY FRANCIONE: 'Animal welfare organizations campaign against the ‘abuse’ of animals. But even if all of these abuses stopped and all animals were…
Animals to be banned from English circuses
CAROLINE MORTIMER: '"Wild" animals will be banned from circuses in England under plans reportedly due to be announced by Environment Secretary Michael…
Human Beasts and Helpless Animals
VIKRAM MUTHANNA: 'An eight-month-old elephant calf with fever strayed near a village in Gundulpet, India with its mother. The villagers raised a…
Animal Rights Activists in South Korea Want Dog Meat Banned Before the Winter Olympics
ELI MEIXLER: 'A Korean animals rights group is calling for a ban on the sale and consumption of dog meat ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next…
Here’s What Happened When I Tried to Rescue Piglets From a Factory Farm
JENNY MCQUEEN: 'Reading about the injustices meted out to food animals turned me into a vegan and then an animal rights activist. This was the 1990s,…