Bred to Suffer: Glenn Greenwald on the ‘Morally Unconscionable’ U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation
DEMOCRACY NOW: 'Animal experimentation is on the rise in the United States. The Department of Agriculture reports that nearly 61,000 dogs were used…
Crayfish cuts off own claw to escape being boiled alive in bowl of soup
TIM WYATT: 'This is the remarkable moment a crayfish escaped certain death in a bowl of soup - by chopping off one of its claws. A video posted on…
Madrid sees massive protest against bullfighting
ANNE SEWELL: 'The hashtag #TauroMaquiaEsViolencia is trending in Spain after tens of thousands of Madrid residents took to the streets to protest…
Volkswagen Vows to End Experiments on Animals
PRASHANT S. RAO: 'The German automaker Volkswagen is promising that it will no longer support the use of animals in testing the effects of diesel…
The heartbreaking moment an orangutan tries to save its tree from loggers
JESSICA GREEN: 'This is the harrowing moment an orangutan tries to defend its forest by grabbing at a digger... Footage shows the vulnerable…
Personhood for Animals? This Collective is Fighting to Make This a Reality!
LEKSHMI PRIYA S: 'In the race to satisfy our needs and more often than not, our greed, we have essentially lost sight on one crucial fact — that…
A Teacher Who Fed A Puppy To A Turtle In Front Of Students Was Charged With Animal Cruelty
TALAL ANSARI: 'A junior high school science teacher in Idaho has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly feeding a puppy to a snapping…
Is Russia killing stray dogs ahead of the World Cup?
HOWARD AMOS: 'After the mass culls before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, animal rights activists in the World Cup cities of Sochi and Yekaterinburg…
Humans Are Dumb At Figuring Out How Smart Animals Are
MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER: 'The case for giving the chimps a human right like freedom from unlawful incarceration is based on their similarity to humans —…
In Cities, Wildlife Evolves Astonishingly Fast
SIMON WORRALL: 'Most naturalists turn up their noses at cities, regarding them as anti-nature — sterile wastelands of concrete and steel. But…