TTC green lights vegan subway ads after conflict with animal rights group
MOSES MONTERROZA: 'A series of ads promoting the vegan lifestyle are up in Toronto subway stations, months after an animal rights organization…
Sea turtles offer dire warning of oceans’ crisis
DAHR JAMAIL: 'Wallace Nichols, a marine biologist who has been studying sea turtles and plastic pollution in the oceans for nearly 25 years, is…
Crushed lambs and dehydrated pigs: Research animal deaths at North Dakota State University prompt complaints
PATRICK SPRINGER: 'Eleven lambs died when they were packed into a holding pen this spring at North Dakota State University in a manner that they…
As Bear Bile Farms Close, Captive Animals at Risk
ANNIE ROTH: 'The lives of nearly 1,000 captive bears have been put in jeopardy by the decline of Vietnam’s bile farming industry. A study led by the…
Indonesian mob slaughters hundreds of crocodiles in revenge attack
AFP: 'A mob wielding clubs and machetes in Indonesia butchered nearly 300 crocodiles in an act of revenge after a local man was killed by one of the…
Humans are causing animals and plants to go extinct 1,000 times faster than their natural rate, warn scientists
DAVID REDDING & ELIZABETH BOAKES: 'When Sudan the white rhino was put down by his carers earlier this year, it confirmed the extinction of one…
Priscilla Presley, Kim Basinger protest dog-meat trade by holding actual dead dogs
MARIA PUENTE: 'The animal-rights movement is deploying a dramatic tactic in its battle against the Asian dog-meat trade, sending celebrities like…
Global office-sharing company goes meat-free ‘to leave a better world’
THOMSON REUTERS: 'Global office-sharing company WeWork, which operates in 22 countries, is going meat-free and will ban staff from expensing meals…
Fifty-five animals died in Dublin Zoo in 2016, including several members of near-extinct species
DARRAGH McDONAGH: 'A number of critically endangered and near-extinct species were among 55 animals that died at Dublin Zoo in 2016, according to…
Demand for big cat parts fueling lion killings
ADRIAN BLOMFIELD: 'A surge in demand for big cat body parts on South Africa’s black market is endangering the future of the country’s captive lion…