Patricia Piccinini: Exhibition of human-beast sculptures from artist evokes disgust and emotion
MABEL LUI: At first glance, Patricia Piccinini's hyperrealistic sculptures come across as creepy, unsettling and even repulsive. But look intently,…
FUTURE IMPERIUM: The futuristic fate of birds and the other earthlings
KAREN DAVIS: Ethical protest against the genetic engineering of birds and other animals has focused primarily on the violation of species integrity,…
Sea turtles given legal rights in Panama, boosting the ‘rights of nature’ movement
JENNIFER McDERMOTT: Students working under the guidance of Callie Veelenturf, who founded a group that works to protect leatherback turtles, pushed…
‘Citizen Animal’: Watch the documentary of a family that travelled throughout Europe asking ‘Do animals have civil rights?’
AV CLUB: "Do animals have Civil Rights?" An unusual and provoking question. The Pegasus family, have travelled more than 12.000 kilometers…
‘Thrill Kill’: New report explores the dark world of animal slaughter in the name of entertainment
BORN FREE USA: Leading animal welfare and conservation non-profit Born Free USA has today launched Thrill Kill: Recreational Animal Slaughter in the…
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming. But the pigs’ lives will still suck.
JUSTIN MARCEAU: The US Supreme Court rarely has occasion to hear an animal law case. Laws having to do with animal treatment are primarily matters…
Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’
ZOE CORBYN: Australian philosopher Peter Singer’s book Animal Liberation, published in 1975, exposed the realities of life for animals in factory…
Rats, Cocaine and Electroshock: University halts ‘barbaric’ animal experiment after complaint
AMANDA SHAW: The University of South Carolina said an experiment involving cocaine-addicted rats being electrically shocked has been stopped for…
EXPOSÉ: The NIH has finally ended U.S. taxpayer funding for animal tests at Wuhan Lab
WCW: It’s official: Following a three-year-plus White Coat Waste Project (WCW) campaign to defund the Wuhan lab that tortures animals and probably…
STUDY: Does sentience legislation help animals?
ANIMAL ASK: The sentience of animals has long been recognised and has continued to be demonstrated on ever firmer scientific grounds. From the…