U.S. federal government slashes funding for medical research and testing on animals
The FDA, NIH, and VA are among the federal agencies promising to make a "paradigm shift" in animal research and testing by using new techniques like…
‘Animal Freedom Movement’: Are our messages as persuasive as we think?
Animal Think Tank launched a most ambitious public opinion study, testing 60+ of the most commonly used messages from the animal freedom movement –…
DEAD-ENDERS: What the murder of a leading conservative activist means for the animal rights movement
An ideology that holds "speech is violence, so therefore actual violence in response is justified" is a 100% dead-end ideology that will most…
THE ‘OTHERS’: Why rescuing animals should never be a crime
KRISTEN STILT: Imagine you see your neighbor’s dog drowning in their backyard pool. You call out for the neighbor and bang on their door, but no one…
Pets for Care, Not for Benefit: Why we should redefine our relationship with ‘pets’
ROLAND AZAR: In a world where there is increasing talk of animal welfare, the relationship between humans and pets is still governed by a…
Echoes of Oppression: Human slavery and animal exploitation
TOBIAS LEENAERT: In the very impressive Legacy Museum in Montgomery (AL), among the many testimonials from formerly enslaved people, it reads: “The…
‘The Real Cost of Eggs’: A global investigation exposes the hidden lives of caged hens
WE ANIMALS: From Brazil to Bulgaria, a new investigation lays bare the price hens —and humans—pay for cheap eggs. In collaboration with the Open…
Warped Logic: In Israel, veganism and genocide go hand-in-hand
ALEXANDRA ISFAHANI-HAMMOND: A lesser-known element of Israel... is its self-proclaimed status as the leading nation in animal rights. A rich body of…
BEYOND BARS: The humancentric hypocrisy of the Denmark Zoo controversy
ANGEL FLINN: A recent announcement from a Danish zoo has ignited a fiery ethical debate, raising important questions about how we interrelate with…
BEYOND MEAT: No, our ancestors weren’t the carnivorous cavemen we once thought
HATTY WILLMOTH: Data from Google Trends shows that searches for the term “carnivore diet” roughly tripled in the UK and US from 2022 to 2025, and…