No jail time for two men who plead guilty to slitting a dog’s throat on Snapchat
SHARON CUMMINGS: 'The two Arkansas men who plead guilty to slitting a dog's throat on Snapchat will not serve jail time. "They got a slap on the…
More tigers live in US back yards than in the wild. Is this a catastrophe?
PHILIP HOARE: 'According to estimates, the population of tigers in people’s back gardens in the US outnumbers those in the wild. Seven thousand of…
Yulin dog eating festival: Thousands of dogs skinned alive, blow-torched then served-up as food
STUART WINTER: 'On June 21, 2018 thousands of dogs – many stolen family pets – will be butchered, blow-torched to death and thrown in abject terror…
May they rot in hell: Dog with legs amputated by evil scum becomes Turkish election issue
STUART WINTER: 'Sickening images of a maimed puppy with its four paws and tail chopped off have become a major political issue in Turkey’s…
Undercover footage shows chicks being bashed to death at Polish poultry farm
THE INDEPENDENT: 'Undercover footage of an industrial chicken farm in Poland has revealed staff boasting about killing sick animals "just like…
Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts
WILLIAM D. COHAN: 'In early 2017, the Food and Drug Administration enacted rules banning the use of human antibiotics purely for growth promotion in…
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…