K.T. Sonnenblume: We Should Stop Insulting Animals and Own Our Own Humanity
KOLLIBRI TERRE SONNENBLUME: 'The English language contains hundreds of idioms that mention animals: ants in your pants, bull in a china shop... and…
PET HATE: The shocking rise of YouTube animal cruelty
ALEX BELLOTTI: 'Our social media feeds may be dominated by cat memes and adorable puppy videos, but beneath the surface a more disturbing animal…
Feeling Sad About the Amazon Fires? Go Vegan
EDOARDO LIOTTA: 'The struggle with “Climate Despair” is real. That is anxiety and depression caused by news of environmental degradation. Right now,…
Animal rights activists chain themselves in abattoir, won’t leave unless sheep are given to sanctuary
TERRI-ANN WILLIAMS: 'A group of activists has taken over a meat factory in Kent, demanding the animals be released to a sanctuary. In the early…
What the Amazon fires mean for wild animals
NATASHA DALY: 'The Amazon rainforest—home to one in 10 species on Earth—is on fire. As of last week, 9,000 wildfires were raging simultaneously…
Activists rescue chickens from slaughterhouse in Toronto
BLOGTO: 'The latest in a string of recent animal rights protests across Toronto saw activists storm Toronto's Maple Leaf Foods poultry…
Elephant Tikiiri broken by neglect looks close to death in harrowing new image
POPPY DENBY: 'Broken by neglect, Tikiiri the elephant looks close to death as she lies on the ground surrounded by men unwilling, or unable, to…
Marc Bekoff: Why Are Cages Bad for Nonhumans and OK for Humans?
MARC BEKOFF: 'I recently learned of a book titled Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment by Justin Marceau, Professor of Law and the…
Animal rights advocates take a page from environmentalists’ playbook
THOMAS WALKOM: 'Activists borrow from one another. In the past, radical environmentalists borrowed from the animal liberation movement. Now animal…
The U.S. Constitution, the Endangered Species Act, and Animal Agriculture
RON MAXWELL & BRUCE FEIN: 'It appears that the Trump administration is saluting Obama’s ill-conceived precedent when it comes to weakening the…