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…
Abuse in Hollywood Extends to Performing Animals
LISA LANGE: 'The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) license of notorious Hollywood animal exhibitor Sidney Yost—who long made headlines for beating…
Letter #1 From the Front Lines of the Struggle for Nonhuman Rights: The First 50 Months
STEVEN M. WISE: 'As much of the work of the Nonhuman Rights Project is litigation, journalists often report our story in a binary way. We “lost.” We…
Fish Are Getting Their Animal Rights Moment
MARC GUNTHER: 'Life is improving for billions of farm animals. Pregnant pigs are being liberated from gestation crates. Laying hens have more room to…
Vegans go global to stake their claim to the high moral ground
ANDREW TATE: 'Vegan is not a dirty word – unless you’re being harassed while eating a steak... And it’s prompting debate about whether a new wave of…
Millions of dogs need homes. Why is it sometimes hard to adopt one?
ARIN GREENWOOD: 'At any given time, U.S. animal shelters and rescue groups house millions of homeless animals, and hundreds of thousands are…
New laws in Victoria (Australia) to recognise pain and fear suffered by animals
BENJAMIN PREISS: 'Animal cruelty laws in Victoria will soon recognise for the first time that animals suffer pain and fear. The state government's…
Why we must respect the rights of ALL sentient animals
GARY FRANCIONE & ANNA CHARLTON: 'Society extends the right not to be property to all people irrespective of their intelligence, beauty, strength…