‘Zoothanasia’: Killing healthy animals and feeding pets to zoo residents raise serious ethical questions
MARC BEKOFF: Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days…
CO-OPTATION: Purge or embrace? The tension that can make or break a movement
WAYNE HSIUNG: Movements are driven by two competing forces: the drive to embrace defectors, and the drive to purge co-opters. The first force seeks…
SICK PSYCOPATHS: A Danish zoo is seeking ‘unwanted pets’ to feed to its predators
ANNABELLE TIMSIT: A zoo in Denmark has put out a call for people to donate unwanted pets and animals — including chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs —…
Peace Begins Where Countries End: No borders. No armies. No blood.
ROLAND AZAR: We were born into borders we never consented to. Lines carved by conquest, guarded by fear, and worshipped like gods. Yet the sky…
FUR-EVER CRUEL: How animal activism and ‘faux fur’ took down one of the cruelest industries
KENNY TORRELLA: In just one decade, a longtime fashion mainstay has been relegated to the sidelines of both haute couture runways and bargain…
A Moral Misfire: The insect deaths argument against veganism
ROLAND AZAR: There’s a familiar critique that often poses as ethical concern when confronting the vegan message: “Veganism is hypocritical — you…
DEGENERATE SPECTATOR: Mocking compassion is the real problem, veganism isn’t
ALEX GAUTHIER: The Spectator published a piece by Katie Glass ridiculing Billie Eilish’s decision to make her O2 Arena concerts fully plant-based.…
Simply ‘Surplus’: German zoo faces backlash after killing 12 healthy baboons
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns…
BEEN THERE?: The pathetic attempts of dairy farmers and other animal exploiters to discredit activists
UNPARALLELED SUFFERING: Animal abusers who “farm” animals have a large arsenal of excuses, arguments, and propaganda tactics to appease their own…
Of Mice and Monkeys: Facial expressions reveal internal cognitive states in mice and monkeys
NICOLAS DAVIDENKO: Long-standing research in human psychology has claimed that certain facial expressions of emotion are universal across cultures.…