Unpalatable Truths: Commitment to eating meat is associated with ‘strategic’ ignorance of food-animal minds
STEFAN LEACH: Animal minds are of central importance to debates about their rights and welfare. Remaining ignorant of evidence that animals have…
Speciesism ‘Socio-Zoologic Scale’: The genius of Banksy’s London animal murals
NICHOLAS JENKINS: Banksy fans were delighted in August, as nine animal-themed murals by the street artist appeared across London in as many days.…
BEAGLE-GATE: Biden State Department, NIH, and media coordinated cover-up of Fauci’s cruel dog experiments
ALLISON McDONALD: In 2021, White Coat Waste Project’s Beagle-gate campaign followed the money to a Tunisian dog lab where Dr. Fauci funded…
ANIMAL RIGHTS 3.0: ‘Animal Rights 1.0’ activists had a lot of moxie; here’s how to get it back
CRYSTAL HEATH: Many people think of animal rights and veganism, at least in the West, as a relatively contemporary phenomenon — and a niche one at…
Palitana: The first city in the world to impose a complete ban on the sale and consumption of animals
TIMES OF INDIA: Palitana, a vegetarian city located in the western Indian state of Gujarat, remains a hidden gem off the usual tourist routes.…
THEY HAVE ‘BALLS’: Fox hunters demand ‘minority’ protection from animal rights groups
ABAGAIL BUCHANAN: Under the UK's 2010 Equality Act, discrimination on the basis of characteristics including age, sex, religion or belief –…
R.I.P. Frans de Waal: Primatologist who brought us closer to our nonhuman relatives passed away
JOSHUA M. PLOTNIK: Frans B. M. de Waal, one of the giants in the study of primate behavior and a remarkably prolific scientific and popular book…
‘DEAL’ OR ‘NO DEAL’: Is the animal rights/welfare movement united in getting things done?
KELSEY PIPER: It’s one of those facts of the world that most people know but don’t really want to know: Billions of animals on factory farms live…
The ‘Internet of Animals’: A new satellite-based system could transform what we know about wildlife
HILLARY ROSNER: Back in 2001, sitting on a porch one evening in Panama, the German ornithologist had the germ of an idea for an “internet of…
Callous Carnivores: Do only jerks eat meat?
SOPHIE ATTWOOD: Much has been written on the link between the 'OCEAN' model and diet, with personality, particularly higher neuroticism and lower…