A HARVEST OF BLOOD: Only one cow that escaped slaughterhouse allowed to live in sanctuary, others ‘harvested’
CNS: The only surviving cow among a group of 40 bovines who escaped a Pico Rivera slaughterhouse has arrived at her new home at a Southland Farm…
SONO PERVERSE QUELLI ROMANI (SPQR): Roast pig statue in Rome draws animal rights protests
ELISABETTA PROVOLEDO: A sculpture of a roasted pig, a new public artwork installation paying tribute to the Italian capital, was removed on Friday…
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW: Dozens of cows escape slaughterhouse, but freedom in L.A. streets was short-lived
JUSTIN RAY: It was an unusual sight, especially for Los Angeles: a herd of cattle galloping through the streets of Pico Rivera for nearly an hour…
BANNED IN BRITAIN: Elephants in zoos or safari parks will be banned, suffer from mental illness in captivity
HELENA HORTON: Keeping elephants in zoos or safari parks is to be banned... Legislation will prohibit importation of any new animals and the…
Cinéma Vérité: How a captive whale documentary ended SeaWorld’s Orca breeding program
LAURA THOMAS-WALTERS: After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, the documentary Blackfish reached nearly 21 million viewers…
BITE BACK: Animals are ‘mad as hell’ as humans continue to transgress nature’s boundaries
AFP: The pandemic and climate change is testing as never before the delicate balance of human co-habitation with the natural world... Pandemic…
FACING THE HORROR: The promise and perils of using facial recognition technology on animals
LAURA BRIDGEMAN: Facial recognition technology is rapidly becoming ubiquitous, used in everything from security cameras to smartphones. But in the…
FATAL EXTRACTION: Animal rights group urges government to replace newborn calf serum in Covid-19 vaccine production
IANS: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India... has requested the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to replace Newborn Calf…
A BIRD’S NO-BRAINER: Crows understand the ‘concept of zero’
NICOLETTA LANESE: The concept of zero, as used in a number system, fully developed in human society around the fifth century A.D., or potentially a…
VIA DOLOROSA: Law, not science, impedes shift away from cruel and deadly animal testing
GARY MARCHANT: For decades, manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides and other commercial chemicals have dutifully tested their…