FDA reviewing animal studies in wake of monkey deaths
JAQUELINE HOWARD: 'A decision by the US Food and Drug Administration to shut down a nicotine addiction study has stirred debate about what the future…
What Is Virginia Commonwealth University Doing to the Animals?
A. BARTON HINKLE: 'Last year stories about painful experiments on dogs conducted at the McGuire VA Medical Center came to light—prompting legislation…
More than a quarter of UK dinners have no meat or fish
BBC: 'More than a quarter of all evening meals in the UK are vegan or vegetarian, research shows. In the 12 weeks to the end of January, 29% of them…
Seeing the Sad Animals at America’s Worst Aquarium Broke My Heart
JAMIE LEE CURTIS TAETE: 'The Morro Bay Aquarium, on California's Central Coast, is scheduled to close in September of this year... One Yelp user…
Whale learning to speak human words is a ‘circus act’ to distract from the cruelty of her captivity
ALEXANDRA MA: 'Wikie, a 16-year-old orca in France, made headlines... after audio was released showing that she'd learned how to mimic human speech.…
Let the ‘SHAMELESS AND SILLY’ games begin: Winter Olympics shines spotlight on HORRIFIC dog-meat trade in South Korea
MARTIN ROGERS: 'Winter Olympics figure skater Meagan Duhamel still shudders to think the dog she rescued from South Korea might have ended up on…
Animals worldwide are giving up their ways and sticking closer to home as cities, farms and roads break up their natural habitat
HARRY PETTIT: 'A new study found mammals living in areas with high human activity move up to three times less far than animals in areas isolated from…
Lab Monkey Deaths Raise Questions About Animal Testing in the US
CHRISTIANNA REED: 'A study examining nicotine addiction has been shut down by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after four squirrel monkey test…
Ban dog shock collars: Vets and animal campaigners in the UK call for outlaw in training device
STUART WINTER: 'The pain-inflicting collars used to bring dogs to heel are blamed for causing distress in animals but can be bought on the open…
When the Law Recognizes Animals as People
SUZANNE MONYAK: 'Last year, the Illinois state house passed a law that would force divorce courts not just to divvy pets up between their “parents” in…