The messed-up and exploited lives of “famous” animals
BRIAN STEELE: 'Youth may be wasted on the young, but fame is definitely wasted on the animals. Whether they're a sitcom star or a big screen scene…
Lion ‘murdered’ after escape in Belgian zoo
BISHR EL-TOUNI: 'A lion on the loose forced the evacuation of one Belgium's most famous zoos... When it got close to an area with visitors, the…
RIP (you will always be in our hearts): Famous gorilla Koko who could do sign language has died at the age of 46
TANVEER MANN: 'The popular gorilla, known for her extraordinary mastery of sign language, has passed away at the age of 46. Koko died in her sleep.…
No jail time for two men who plead guilty to slitting a dog’s throat on Snapchat
SHARON CUMMINGS: 'The two Arkansas men who plead guilty to slitting a dog's throat on Snapchat will not serve jail time. "They got a slap on the…
More tigers live in US back yards than in the wild. Is this a catastrophe?
PHILIP HOARE: 'According to estimates, the population of tigers in people’s back gardens in the US outnumbers those in the wild. Seven thousand of…
Yulin dog eating festival: Thousands of dogs skinned alive, blow-torched then served-up as food
STUART WINTER: 'On June 21, 2018 thousands of dogs – many stolen family pets – will be butchered, blow-torched to death and thrown in abject terror…
May they rot in hell: Dog with legs amputated by evil scum becomes Turkish election issue
STUART WINTER: 'Sickening images of a maimed puppy with its four paws and tail chopped off have become a major political issue in Turkey’s…
Undercover footage shows chicks being bashed to death at Polish poultry farm
THE INDEPENDENT: 'Undercover footage of an industrial chicken farm in Poland has revealed staff boasting about killing sick animals "just like…
Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts
WILLIAM D. COHAN: 'In early 2017, the Food and Drug Administration enacted rules banning the use of human antibiotics purely for growth promotion in…
A Stampede of Meatless Products Overrun Grocery Store Meat Cases
JACOB BUNGE: 'For thousands of years, meat came from slaughtered animals, and milk was squeezed from cows. Tech-style disruptions are now upending…