Smithfield Foods Ordered To Pay $473.5 Millions In Damages To Neighbors Of Hog Factory Farms
ALEX DEROSIER: 'A federal jury decided Friday that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina…
How veganism changes your body from day one
SOPHIE MEDLIN: 'A 2016 Roy Morgan poll found 2.1 million Australians (11.2 per cent of the population) followed a vegetarian diet, up from 1.7…
Dog eating on the RISE across Europe
CHARLOTTE IKONEN: 'International canine welfare group, the World Dog Alliance (WDA), is launching a campaign in the UK this Autumn for a full ban on…
Death by command: “Bad” dogs die young, many from euthanasia, British study says
AP: 'According to a British study that says aggression, excessive barking and disobedience are among behaviors that can doom canine pets to an early…
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Trophy Hunting Council
KIRSTEN PEEK: 'Conservation and animal protection groups sued the Trump administration today for illegally establishing the “International Wildlife…
Can we really ever know if animals are happy?
ANNA BROOKS: 'In his paper “What is it like to be a bat?”, philosopher Thomas Nagel wrote that even if we spent our days “hanging upside-down by…
Florida Judge Throws Dog Racing Ban Off November Ballot, Calling It “Outright Trickeration”
DARA KAM: 'A circuit judge knocked a greyhound-racing ban off the November ballot, calling the proposed constitutional amendment misleading and…
Real pony carousel in Brussels sparks outrage
ALICE CUDDY: 'A "carousel" at a fair in Brussels has sparked outrage on social media for using real ponies. A Twitter user posted a video of the…
VR Docu-Series Explores The Lives Of Chimps Freed From Research Lab
KYLE MELNICK: 'In 2009, two chimpanzees originating from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, were…
Dogs will do whatever they can to cheer you up when you’re upset
ELLEN SCOTT: 'Ever noticed that your dog seems to appear just when you need them most? You’re not imagining things – dogs really do care when their…