Gregory F. Tague: An evolutionary case for veganism
GREGORY F. TAGUE: Genetically, morphologically, and behaviorally humans are similar to great apes since we are apes. Michael Wilson (2021) believes…
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS: If animals are persons, should they bear criminal responsibility?
ED SIMON: If you were an animal in need of legal representation in early 16th-century Burgundy – a horse that had trampled its owner, a sow that had…
NONE BUT THE SLAVE: Thailand’s only surviving gorilla doomed to life behind bars in horror zoo
ALICE PEACOCK: Thailand’s only surviving gorilla Bua Noi dubbed the 'world’s loneliest gorilla ' is doomed to life in captivity as activists’…
HUMANIMAL RIGHTS: New open-access book provides an in-depth discussion of animal rights as new human rights
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The new year brings us a new open access book by Visiting Scholar Dr. Saskia Stucki, which she wrote during her time with the…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: What humans owe animals
MARTHA NUSSBAUM: Animals are in trouble all over the world. Our world is dominated by humans everywhere: on land, in the seas, and in the air. No…
Reasons for Hope: What went right for animals in 2022
MARC BEKOFF: Being deeply concerned about protecting the lives and interests of other animals—the belief that each individual has the right to live…
‘FIRST, DO HARM’: The bitter civil war dividing American veterinarians over cruel factory farm system
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the premier organization that represents most of America’s 121,000…
Dawn Evans: The commodification of non-human life is rarely taken seriously by the left, a dangerous mistake
DAWN EVANS: The rights of animals and their correlation to a healthy, sustainable environment have over recent years become a critical issue which…
Finding Sanctuary: Life After the Primate Pet Trade
BORN FREE USA: Across the United States, thousands of monkeys, apes, and other nonhuman primates are kept as pets in private homes. Finding…
NIH gave millions to research lab in Colombia accused of animal welfare violations while running drug development scam
CAITLIN DOORNBOS: The National Institutes of Health sent around $17 million to a consortium of Colombian companies accused of developing a…