INJUSTICE #1: New Jersey woman sentenced to jail for helping crying bear cub escape trap
ARIS FOLLEY: 'A New Jersey woman was reportedly sentenced to 15 days in jail for helping a crying bear cub escape a trap. Catherine McCartney, a…
Why the horse racing scandal should be a wake-up call to Australia’s cruellest animal industries
ANIMALS AUSTRALIA: 'Every day on racetracks around Australia exhausted horses are beaten with whips in a bid to make them run faster, or rather, to…
Award-winning vegan film ’73 Cows’ to be shown to EU Parliament to try and ‘inspire change’
JO-ANNE ROWNEY: 'The BAFTA-winning documentary '73 Cows' will be shown to policy makers in Brussels in March. The short film shows the struggle of…
Russian government needs to act towards release of orcas and beluga whales
MARK J. PALMER: 'There have been several important developments in the race to find a solution to the problem of 87 beluga whales and 11 orcas now…
Chimpanzee Sign Language Study Reveals Uncanny Parallels to Human Speech
SARAH SLOAT: 'Scientists have identified 66 gestures that chimps use to communicate, theorizing that they resemble human language. Now, a new study…
Vegan activist charged with trespass after sneaking into a pig farm to live broadcast
NIC WHITE: 'A vegan activist who allegedly snuck into a farm to show how pigs are treated has been charged with trespassing. James Warden streamed…
The mirror test for animal self-awareness reflects the limits of human cognition
EPHRAT LIVNI: 'The mirror test is often used as a way of measuring whether animals possess self-awareness. But now that a species of fish — the…
“Self-Aware” Fish Raise Questions About Animal Cognition
JASON DALEY: 'For the last few decades, researchers have used a technique called the mirror recognition test to study self-awareness in animals.…
Brexit: Ministers warned not to weaken animal welfare laws after UK leaves EU
JANE DALTON: 'Ministers have been warned not to water down animal protection laws after Brexit, as a poll found eight in 10 people believed they…
Wellington Zoo euthanizes four male baboons due to ‘fighting’: If we could only apply this logic to humans
NEWS NOW: 'Wellington Zoo's "extremely difficult" decision to euthanise a group of four male baboons has come under fire from Animal rights group…