AITOR GARMENDIA: A journey to the frontlines of the fight for animal rights
ELLYN KAIL: 'The photojournalist Aitor Garmendia stands outside a farm in Italy, accompanied by investigators from the animal rights group Essere…
Vegans Begin to Stir the Pot in France
NADYA CHARVET: 'France has been slow in recognizing the vegan movement, which is not surprising given a renowned culinary tradition notable for fois…
Faunalytics Animal Tracker 2019: Importance Of Animal Protection
LINDA TYLER: 'Anyone who studies animal issues recognizes that there is a disparity between people’s attitudes on the one hand and behavior toward…
Holy cow: India allows German woman who cares for 1,800 sick and abandoned cows to stay
AFP: 'It’s a long way from Berlin to India, where Friederike Irina Bruning devotes her life to sick and abandoned cows. Now, after intervention from…
Animal rights groups slam South Korea lawmakers for not banning dog meat trade
LEE SUH-YOON: 'Animal rights groups have called on lawmakers to pass an amended Animal Protection Act banning dog meat consumption. During a rally…
Millions of Songbirds Do Not Need to Suffer Gruesome Deaths So the Olive Industry Can Save a Buck
ECOWATCH: 'It's an incredibly efficient way to harvest the olives destined for our cooking oil, martinis, and charcuterie platters. And according to…
#EndSpeciesism: PETA’s Campaign to End Speciesism
PETA: 'Speciesism - like sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination — is an oppressive belief system in which those with power draw…
Marc Bekoff: Dogs, Geese, Speciesism, and Compassionate Conservation
MARC BEKOFF: 'The mass killing of geese in Denver, Colorado, has attracted a lot of attention from around the world, much to the surprise of many…
EXPOSED: UK zoos starve birds-of-prey to make them perform circus-style tricks
JANE DALTON: 'Birds-of-prey are effectively starved to force them to obey human commands at zoos across the UK, investigators have found. To train…
For the Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation
MARC BEKOFF: 'Birds are amazing sentient and intelligent beings. Often written off as being dumb–hence the use of the pejorative phrase "bird…