It’s time to reconsider the meaning of ‘animal welfare’
GARY FRANCIONE: 'Animal welfare organizations campaign against the ‘abuse’ of animals. But even if all of these abuses stopped and all animals were…
Animals to be banned from English circuses
CAROLINE MORTIMER: '"Wild" animals will be banned from circuses in England under plans reportedly due to be announced by Environment Secretary Michael…
Human Beasts and Helpless Animals
VIKRAM MUTHANNA: 'An eight-month-old elephant calf with fever strayed near a village in Gundulpet, India with its mother. The villagers raised a…
Animal Rights Activists in South Korea Want Dog Meat Banned Before the Winter Olympics
ELI MEIXLER: 'A Korean animals rights group is calling for a ban on the sale and consumption of dog meat ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next…
Here’s What Happened When I Tried to Rescue Piglets From a Factory Farm
JENNY MCQUEEN: 'Reading about the injustices meted out to food animals turned me into a vegan and then an animal rights activist. This was the 1990s,…
The rise of the vegans: Are we falling out of love with meat?
CEREN SENKUL: 'Each year, more and more people are going vegan. There are at least 542,000 vegans in the UK according to The Vegan Society, which…
Life In the Compassionoscene, Freedom and Justice For All
MARC BEKOFF: 'We're all living in the Anthropocene, often called "the age of humanity. In reality, it's more correctly called "the rage of…
Vegetarianism/Veganism and the Jewish Dietary (Kosher) Laws
RICHARD H. SCHWARTZ: 'In view of the importance of the dietary laws to Judaism, some might wonder if there is a danger of Jews making a religion of…
What Bat Quarrels Tell Us About Vocal Learning
KATARINA ZIMMER: 'New research shows humans aren't that different from our winged cousins. Scientists can trace the evolutionary histories of bats and…
India’s animal rights activists forced to “lie low”
BBC: 'The failed campaign to ban bull taming in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has dented support for the animal rights movement and forced…