‘Checkpoint Zoo’: New documentary retraces the evacuation of zoo animals from the Russia-Ukraine War.
NICOLAS RAPOLD: “Checkpoint Zoo” spotlights a (mostly) four-legged group that has also been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war: animals at Feldman…
Noël Sweeney: Barrister blends law and poetry in a call for animal justice
MILAN PERERA: Noël Sweeney, a barrister, poet and lifelong advocate for animal rights poses a question with moral weight: is our treatment of…
From Margins to Mercy: Why marginalized communities are uniquely positioned to embrace veganism
NANCY ARENAS: Veganism isn’t just about food. It’s about refusing to participate in systems of exploitation — systems that, when we look closely,…
Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
STEVE COOKE: An important reason why progress towards justice for nonhuman animals has been slow concerns how animals are constructed in our…
The ‘Franken Salmon’ is dead in the water, but other GM animals thrive
MARTHA ROSENBERG: AquaBounty Technologies, the company that produced the genetic modified (GM) AquAdvantage salmon “Frankenfish,” has shut down,…
‘Zoothanasia’: Killing healthy animals and feeding pets to zoo residents raise serious ethical questions
MARC BEKOFF: Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days…
CO-OPTATION: Purge or embrace? The tension that can make or break a movement
WAYNE HSIUNG: Movements are driven by two competing forces: the drive to embrace defectors, and the drive to purge co-opters. The first force seeks…
SICK PSYCOPATHS: A Danish zoo is seeking ‘unwanted pets’ to feed to its predators
ANNABELLE TIMSIT: A zoo in Denmark has put out a call for people to donate unwanted pets and animals — including chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs —…
Peace Begins Where Countries End: No borders. No armies. No blood.
ROLAND AZAR: We were born into borders we never consented to. Lines carved by conquest, guarded by fear, and worshipped like gods. Yet the sky…
FUR-EVER CRUEL: How animal activism and ‘faux fur’ took down one of the cruelest industries
KENNY TORRELLA: In just one decade, a longtime fashion mainstay has been relegated to the sidelines of both haute couture runways and bargain…