CULTURE CROSSFIRE: What is standing in the way of plant-based meat receiving government support?
FRIDA GARZA: Just a few years ago, the alternative protein industry promised to revolutionize the way people eat burgers: They would still sizzle…
BREAKING POINTS: The relationships between animal rights activists and their families
TALI INBAR-FROHLICH: This phenomenological research examined family relationships among ideological nonhuman-animal rights activists, while…
Reuben Skeats: A day in the life of an animal rights activist
MILAN PERERA: When Reuben Skeats wakes up in the morning even he is not sure where the day will take him. It could be outside a local slaughterhouse…
#StopAnimalTesting: NIH loses lawsuit over censoring social media comments filed by animal rights groups
MEREDITH WADMAN: A U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C.,... found that the U.S. National Institutes of Health violated free speech protections…
Documentary explores the business behind the cruel and unnecessary surgery of cat ‘declawing’
MATTHEW CAREY: 'American Cats: The Good, The Bad & The Cuddly', a documentary premiering at the Hot Docs film festival, explores our love of the…
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson ambushed and arrested in Greenland
HELEN REGAN: Veteran environmentalist Paul Watson was arrested in Greenland on Sunday and faces possible extradition to Japan allegedly over…
CITIZEN ANIMAL: Animals deserve political rights and representation
BRANDON KEIM: At a gathering of scholars and activists called Minding Animals, there was an intellectual exuberance to the “animal turn,” as this…
Animal rights group urges ban on Olympics horse events after cruelty video release
MIKE HEUER: A video of an English horsewoman beating a horse while training it four years ago has spurred PETA senior vice president Kathy Guillermo…
‘Yo Galgo’: Documentary about an invisible genocide taking place while the authorities look the other way
MOONLEAKS: Yo Galgo is an award winning documentary film about an invisible genocide taking place while the authorities look the other way. It’s an…
Trump’s Threat to Animals?: Two sides, same coin.
JON HOCHSCHARTNER: I’ve been unsure how animal activists should orient themselves in the coming American presidential election... But should we do…