A Stampede of Meatless Products Overrun Grocery Store Meat Cases
JACOB BUNGE: 'For thousands of years, meat came from slaughtered animals, and milk was squeezed from cows. Tech-style disruptions are now upending…
Caught In The Crosshairs: Animals and Rhetoric During The Culture Wars
ROLAND VINCENT: 'Last January Ingrid Newkirk was scheduled to give a talk at Google, sponsored by Googlers for Animals. However, when Newkirk…
Animal Rights Group Revives Claim Seeking Elephants’ Release
ROBERT STORACE: 'A Florida-based animal rights group has filed a second habeas corpus petition on behalf of three elephants living in a Goshen…
Do Animals ‘Talk’ to Each Other? Yes, and They Take Turns Just like Humans
ARISTOS GEORGIOU: 'Language is perhaps the most distinctive of human traits, but its evolution remains a mystery. Our communication is underpinned…
Legal personhood for non-human animals (Part 2)
LINDA ROLAND DUNILL: 'One of the things that is implied in the refusal to grant personhood to non-human animals, in my view, is the strong aversion…
Feds Weigh Proposals To Ship Wild Horses Overseas
CHRIS D'ANGELO: 'The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing a pair of proposals to relocate wild horses from the western United States to Guyana and…
Legal personhood for non-human animals (Part 1)
LINDA ROLAND DANILL: 'The lawsuits initiated by the NhRP bring the focus to animals’ rights, rather than their welfare, as is generally the focus…
Sharks Possess Extraordinary Electrical ‘Sixth Sense’
BEN RENNER: 'Sharks are one of the most fearsome predators on the planet. Their bodies and their senses — from smell to sight to touch — are all…
Animal Rights Activists Face Multiple Felony Charges, Brought by Prosecutors With Ties to Smithfield Foods
GLENN GREENWALD: 'Six animal rights activists in California have been charged with multiple felony counts in two separate criminal cases brought by…
Bees May Understand Zero, a Concept That Took Humans Millennia to Grasp
KATE KELLER: 'Despite their sesame-seed-sized brains, honey bees have proven themselves the prodigies of the insect world. Researcher has found that…