‘He Whakaputanga Moana’: Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific
ELLIOT DOORNBOS: Whales and dolphins have been officially recognised as “legal persons” in a new treaty formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from…
When Animals Die: Examining Justifications and Envisioning Justice
MARC BEKOFF: Nonhuman animals (animals) and human animals are constantly dying for a wide variety of reasons. Each individual's death is a loss, and…
‘Was Blind But Now I See’: Animal liberation documentaries’ deconstruction of barriers to witnessing injustice
CARRIE P. FREEMAN: Many pro-animal documentaries are built around footage taken by undercover animal activists uncovering abuses in industries such…
EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?: Debate about the strategy to be used to implement animal rights in society
ABOLITIONIST STRATEGY: Gary Francione is a Professor of Law opposed to speciesism, he debated online with an animal rights activist regarding the…
NOT QUITE FINE: Research animal breeder fined record-setting $35 million over mistreating thousands of beagles
SARAH N. LYNCH: Research animal breeder Envigo pleaded guilty in Virginia on Monday to federal animal welfare and environmental crimes, resolving a…
‘Vanguardism’: Who can lead the animal rights movement to the ‘promised land’?
NICO MULLER: How can and should systems of animal exploitation be dismantled? Philosophers in the past have sometimes brushed this off as “to a…
NARD 14: National Animal Rights Day (June 2, 2024)
NARD: The National Animal Rights Day (NARD) is an annual day observed in more than 50 countries around the world, on the first Sunday in June, for the…
STUDY: International survey of animal advocacy groups’ strategies and needs
FAUNALYTICS: Animal advocacy organizations employ diverse strategies to support farmed animals that range from individual action all the way up to…
RIGHT TO EXIST: If corporations are people, then animals should be too
LYDIA MILLET: The terrifying truth of the climate and mass extinction crises is that we don’t understand all that we stand to lose... So we need to…
VARC 2024: Inaugural ‘Vegan and Animal Rights Conference’ held on April 23-24 (Manchester, UK)
VARC: The inaugural Vegan and Animal Rights Conference (VARC) was held on April 13-14, 2024 in Manchester, UK. The aim of the conference is to create…