The Supreme Court’s ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming. But the pigs’ lives will still suck.
JUSTIN MARCEAU: The US Supreme Court rarely has occasion to hear an animal law case. Laws having to do with animal treatment are primarily matters…
Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’
ZOE CORBYN: Australian philosopher Peter Singer’s book Animal Liberation, published in 1975, exposed the realities of life for animals in factory…
Rats, Cocaine and Electroshock: University halts ‘barbaric’ animal experiment after complaint
AMANDA SHAW: The University of South Carolina said an experiment involving cocaine-addicted rats being electrically shocked has been stopped for…
EXPOSÉ: The NIH has finally ended U.S. taxpayer funding for animal tests at Wuhan Lab
WCW: It’s official: Following a three-year-plus White Coat Waste Project (WCW) campaign to defund the Wuhan lab that tortures animals and probably…
STUDY: Does sentience legislation help animals?
ANIMAL ASK: The sentience of animals has long been recognised and has continued to be demonstrated on ever firmer scientific grounds. From the…
Peter Singer: Think humans’ treatment of animals has improved in 50 years? Think again
PETER SINGER: Fifty years ago, my first article arguing that it is wrong to treat animals as we do appeared in the New York Review of Books. Two…
No Animal Left Behind: Investigations disclose the shocking experiences of Europe’s farmed fish
ESSERI ANIMALI: Do you know how fish are farmed? While many of us can evoke pictures of chicken or dairy farms, fish farms have gone under the…
THE JOY OF LIVING: What is life like as a wild animal? Probably nicer than you think
HEATHER BROWNING: If you know anything about the experiences of animals reared in captivity for food, fur or human amusement, you might imagine that…
STUDY: Bystanders’ reactions to animal abuse in relation to psychopathy, empathy with people and empathy with nature
ANA M. MARTIN: Social and academic interest in animal abuse has recently increased thanks to greater awareness of the importance of biodiversity in…
‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’: Eco-thriller delves into animal rights with sharp wit
SANITA RAO: Does God really believe animals have no souls? Are they less important than humans? Why is hunting an animal deemed sport when killing a…