German ‘horror lab’ that strapped screaming monkeys in metal harnesses to shut-down
ELISA MENENDEZ: 'A German lab where undercover animal activists filmed monkeys screaming in pain while strapped in metal harnesses is being shut…
Newly elected Swiss politician battles to outlaw ‘factory farming’
TOTALLY VEGAN BUZZ: 'Swiss politician Meret Schneider, who was recently elected to the National Council, is fighting to ban factory farming in the…
Animal Rights Isn’t Getting More Extreme. It’s Getting More Personal.
MATTHEW ZAMPA: 'Eleven coach buses full of people. Animals in distress. Riot police. Shields. Batons. Sheriffs. Angry farmers. Press. Cameras…
Russia Frees Last of ‘Whale Jail’ Animals Into Wild in Far East
RADIO FREE EUROPE: 'Russian officials said on November 10 that they had released the last of dozens of beluga whales whose captivity alongside…
Why do people hate vegans? They can’t stand the truth.
GEORGE REYNOLDS: 'Once a niche interest group parodied in TV shows such as The Simpsons (in which a character describes himself as a “level five…
ANIMAL vs. ROBOT RIGHTS: Why your cat is lousy at chess, yet way smarter than even the most advanced AI
CATESBY HOLMES: 'If you share your home with a dog or a cat, look at it carefully and you will get a good overview of everything we don’t know how…
I AM WOMAN: Orangutan Sandra granted legal personhood in Argentina moves to Florida
MARIKA MALAEA: 'An orangutan who was granted legal personhood in a landmark 2015 ruling has moved into the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.…
Honoring the death of ‘pets’ inspired Animal Requiem by Rachel Fuller
PETER LARSEN: 'Composer Rachel Fuller didn’t get her first dog until she was 26 — she’d had cats as a kid — but one led to another and another and…
Staff at German Animal Testing Lab Where Monkeys Scream in Pain Say Test Results Were Falsified
LUCY CONNOLLY: 'Staff at the German laboratory where monkeys were filmed screaming in pain have said the cruel tests were pointless anyway because…
Fish should be part of the animal welfare conversation
JESSICA SCOTT-REID: 'Fish feel pain, and the way we catch and kill them for food may actually be cruel. This evolution in understanding of the…