We the Animals: Declaration of Rights and Independence for Animals
"To the animals who have been killed by human greed, selfishness, and bloodlust. In their names, and in the names of current and future generations of…
HELL FACTORY: Inside China’s secret slaughterhouse where stolen ‘pets’ are blowtorched
JOSH SAUNDERS: Lifeless bodies lay strewn across the blood-and-urine-drenched floor next to a tank filled with crimson-coloured water – it was…
WHERE LIFE IS CHEAP: Animal activists sue Costco after releasing chicken factory farm undercover video
LISA FICKENSCHER: Costco was slapped with a shareholder lawsuit alleging the popular low-cost rotisserie chickens sold by the wholesale club are…
Meat, Monopolies, Mega Farms: How the U.S. food system fuels climate crisis
AMANDA SCHUPAK: Food and the climate crisis are locked in a tangled web of cause and effect. Globally, food systems contribute about a third of all…
The Neural Cruelty of Captivity: Keeping animals in stressful captive environments damages their brain
BOB JACOBS: Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years, often in…
IN COLD BLOOD: Chimpanzee escapes from Athens Zoo, shot dead
ANNA WICHMANN: A male chimpanzee was shot dead after escaping from its enclosure at the Attica Zoological Park, which is located just outside of…
‘The Floating Peanut’: Great apes use water as a tool
JULIANE BRAUER: When I give talks about the outstanding cognitive skills in the animal kingdom, I always mention the orangutans... These intelligent…
‘Ways of Being’: Humans aren’t the smartest among earth’s diverse intelligences
MARC BEKOFF: One of the most original, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking books I’ve seen in a while is called Ways of Being: Animals, Plants,…
Gary L. Francione: Why morality requires veganism; the case against owning animals
GARY L. FRANCIONE: Before the 19th century, at least in the West, animals were largely excluded from the moral and legal community. They were…
Kathryn Parsons: Why Veganism Should Be Apolitical
KATHRYN PARSONS: In recent years, veganism as a phenomenon has accelerated its growth as a movement with tangible changes in society, on our high…