DEAD TO RIGHTS: Man who captured Lolita says he has ‘no regrets’ after orca’s death
LYNDA V. MAPES: After spending more than five decades imprisoned by the Miami Seaquarium in the smallest, bleakest orca tank in the world, deprived…
‘Oh Brother Wolf’: Christian leaders’ silence on animal welfare is scandalous
JOYCE D'SILVA: We sincerely love our companion animals and most of us do our very best by them. Which is beautiful. One would rather be a much-loved…
The ‘Cheese Paradox’: How do vegetarians justify consuming non-meat animal products
PHYS.ORG: A new study by the University of Stirling has sought to understand why vegetarians consume non-meat animal products (NMAPs), despite their…
‘The Golden Ass’ and the measure of moral progress
PETER SINGER: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress,” Mahatma Gandhi said, “can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” If we…
THE ‘SICK’ ROAD: Camels at tourist site in China resume after claims some died of exhaustion
ALICE YAN: Famous Silk Road site in China is under fire after footage showed camels used for tourist rides unable to stand and crying in pain while…
DOWN ON THE FARM: Animal rights activist group shares anonymous video showing thousands of minks released
SAM SHILTS: A suspect has broken into a mink farm in Trempealeau County and released approximately 3,000 animals. In a statewide incident…
CROSS-SPECIES RIGHTS: ‘The planet does not belong to the people’
HANS MONATH: Professor Amrita Narlikar (President of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies) advocates cross-species rights – not just to…
‘Invisibles’: New Argentinian documentary that raises a debate about veganism and speciesism
NOELIA GOMEZ: The global pandemic not only brought with it health and social challenges, but also triggered a wave of reflection on our food choices…
TERROR IN PLAIN SIGHT: U.S. federal agency accused of blocking public’s view of massive wild horse roundup
AWHC: The American Wild Horse Campaign is demanding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) immediately correct restrictions to public viewing…
US AND THEM: Would we still see ourselves as ‘Human’ if other Hominin species hadn’t gone extinct?
NICHOLAS R. LONGRICH: In the modern human origin story of evolution, there’s no defining moment of creation. Instead, humans emerged gradually,…