Trump Administration Reverses Promise To Ban Elephant Hunt Trophies
NICK VISSER: 'The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has quietly begun allowing more trophy hunting of African elephants, despite President Donald Trump’s…
Ranchers set to fight back against vegetarian ‘fake meat’
JADEN URBI: 'Companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are combining plant-based ingredients and science, rather than animals, to create…
California legislation would prohibit sale of animal-tested cosmetics
THE PRESS: 'Senator Cathleen Galgiani (D-Stockton) introduced the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, SB 1249, in the California State Legislature.…
5 Artists and Photographers Who Are Fighting for Farmed Animals With Their Work
AISLING MARIA CRONIN: 'In the factory farming system, animals such as goats, chickens, pigs, and cows are rarely considered as anything other than a…
Are Conditions Ripe For Animal Rights Vegan Activism?
NICK PENDERGRAST: 'In traditional, mainstream media such as widely watched television programs and popular newspapers, the animal welfare view of…
Judge Denies Motion to Reargue in Connecticut Elephant Rights Case
LAUREN CHOPLIN: 'Judge James Bentivegna of the Connecticut Superior Court, Litchfield County denied the Nonhuman Rights Project’s motion to reargue…
How The Travel Industry Is Responding To The Rising Demand For Vegan Vacations
KATRINA FOX: 'In 2004 travel firm VegVoyages launched, offering three trips in one country. Fourteen years later, the company, which specializes in…
Killing Floor: The Business of Animal Slaughter
PAUL TRITSCHLER: 'With the exception of India, where thirty percent of the population are vegetarian, the vast majority of people in almost every…
An inconvenient truth: Diet has more impact on climate change than transportation. Here’s how to fix that.
DEREK BERES: 'Environmental research has revealed much about the impact of our nutrition decisions. According to Ben Houl, director of the John Muir…
Report: US Army mistreated bomb-sniffing dogs, left in kennels for up to 11 months
SCOT PALTROW: 'They made up a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs that accompanied brigade combat teams on potentially lethal missions, sniffing out roadside…