‘FREE RIDING’: The right response to the ‘causal inefficacy’ objection against ethical veganism
J. BARRETT & S. RASKOFF: The creation of animal products on factory farms causes animals a tremendous amount of pain and suffering. Learning…
COP-OUT MURDERS: When police kill dogs, who pays the price?
GINO FANELLI: On the morning of June 10, 2018, Marianne Anniszkiewicz called Rochester Animal Services and police to report that a pit bull was…
THE KITCHEN’S ‘PETRI’ DISH: Food from factory farming is the world’s most dangerous bioweapon
WAYNE HSIUNG: Pathogens such as H5N1, which kills 56% of infected human beings, are brewing in factory farms — and the industry knows this and yet…
The Walrus & The Whirlwind: In Search of the Transformative Turning Point in the Animal Freedom Movement
AAM: We’re sure about our vision to liberate animals, yet unsure how or when we’ll get there. Meanwhile, we continue to work in our own silos but…
THE TORTURE ‘R U.S. BILL: Legislation introduced to ban NIH from funding animal experiments in other countries
HENRY RODGERS: A bipartisan bill was introduced that would ban the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funding experiments involving animals in…
Lawsuit aims to reveal FBI’s close collaboration with animal agriculture industry to target animal rights activists
ANIMAL PARTISAN: Animal Partisan has filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).…
Zombie Chickens and Silent Lambs: Managing suffering is not animal liberation
LEE HALL: Will activists ever let go of the popular “reduce the suffering” model of animal activism, and their corresponding campaigns to score…
‘ALL IN FAVOR’: Acoustics used by members of the crow family to vote and make a group decision
BEKI HOOPER: If you live in Europe, northwest Africa or western Asia, it’s likely that you know of the jackdaw. They are the smallest member of the…
WICKED LIES: What’s worse than a cruel animal experiment? A cruel and fake animal experiment
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: Experimentation on live animals is a divisive, morally charged subject. Slightly more than half of Americans say they oppose…
THE SUPER-PREDATOR: Humans kill, collect, or otherwise use more wild species than any predator on Earth
EMILY HARWITZ: Some people may be picky eaters, but as a species we are not. Birds, bugs, whales, snails, we’ll eat them all. Yet our reliance on…