Is Seeing Believing? Not really, so animal welfare campaigns should take a different approach
PABLO P. CASTELLO: Social justice movements often allude to the idea that “seeing is believing,” meaning that if people are exposed to a given…
Dear Gen. Pershing: A letter from the war pigeon Cher Ami to the general who gave her a medal
Dear General John J. Pershing,
I am writing this letter to you since I feel the need to tell my own story. Even though you heard it before. Even…
William Schulz: Leading voice for human rights makes the case for animal personhood
WILLIAM SCHULZ: It’s pretty difficult to find people who support wanton cruelty to animals, as South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem recently discovered…
Avocados Are ‘Bad’ and Vegans Are ‘Ridiculous’: New study exposes how people justify eating meat
PHYS.ORG: Avocados are "bad" and vegans are ridiculous. My body needs meat. It's my partner who doesn't want to cut back on meat—not me. These are…
‘The Tame and the Wild’: How animals reshaped cultures on both sides of the Atlantic
MARC BEKOFF: Dr. Marcy Norton's new book 'The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492' on the history of human-animal relationships, places…
‘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…