‘We’ll Be Back’: Animal liberation activists free 40,000 minks from fur farm in Ohio
SOPHIE HIRSH: When speaking about the animal agriculture industry (and its horrific impacts on the environment and animals), the focus is typically…
‘Punk Rock Vegan Movie’: Moby to open film festival with animal rights movie then give it away for free
JEREMY KAY: Musician and animal rights activist Moby will open the 29th Slamdance Film Festival with his feature directorial debut Punk Rock Vegan…
THE MONEY-K: British government hands £700,000 contract to firm that tortured and killed dogs
JOHN STEVENS: A taxpayer-funded contract worth nearly £700,000 has been handed to a firm just months after it was found to have tortured and killed…
‘The Capabilities Approach’: Justice for animals means freedom to do what comes naturally
MARC BEKOFF: Dr. Martha C. Nussbaum's landmark new book 'Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility' offers a revolutionary theory and call…
Karen Davis: Our violence toward nature and animals permeates everything
KAREN DAVIS: Most people Left, Right, Center are dissociated from the world that exists outside our parochial domain. Environmentalists too are…
INVESTIGATION: Monkey slave labor is rampant on Thailand’s coconut farms
LISA FICKENSCHER: Forced monkey labor on coconut plantations in Thailand is more widespread than previously known — and some US brands and retailers…
Jo Frederiks: The use of art to make a powerful statement
STACI-LEE SHERWOOD: Art can take many forms, from literature and paintings to film and theatre. It has the power to transform us to other places and…
‘The Land of Ahimsa’: New vegan documentary deep-dives into India’s complicated history with food and peace
PLANT BASED NEWS: A new feature-length documentary aims to restore the meaning of ahimsa – respect and non-violence towards all living beings –…
Profit, Pain and Puppies: Inside the rescue of nearly 4,000 beagles
LIZZIE JOHNSON: The first beagle out that day had brown eyes and a chunk missing from his left ear. His tail was a nub. It went from tan to white,…
‘Barn 8’: The story of a band of animal activists who plan a heist to free 900,00 chickens
SARX: Deb Olin Unferth, American short-story writer, novelist, and memoirist is interviewed on her latest novel Barn 8, the enthralling story of a…