DEADLY TRANS-FERAL: Experimenting on monkeys is cruel, and keeping them is a threat to public health
LISA JONES-ENGEL: There are three species of macaques — long-tailed, rhesus and pigtailed — that have been relentlessly targeted by the primate…
Roger Yates: Foul-mouthed veganism
ROGER YATES: The march to create a vegan movement that resembles the RSPCA (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) continues…
TOO LATE FOR TEARS: Hundreds of beagles suffered and died at animal testing breeding facility before U.S. government took action
RACHEL FOBAR: It took media attention to ‘chilling’ welfare violations and bipartisan calls for action before authorities intervened. On May 21, a…
SLAVES ‘TO FASHION’: Why dogs need more respect and agency over their lives
JESSICA PIERCE: The single most significant problem facing homed dogs right now it would be lack of adequate agency. Dogs have very little control…
‘BEATUS’ AMICUS NOSTER: Captive elephant contrary to Christian ethics, say theologians
ANDREW LINZEY: Two theologians have filed an amici brief in defense of “Happy” the elephant who has been kept in solitary confinement for 13 years.…
Bird Flu Outbreaks: When will we learn our lesson?
ERICA CIRINO: Since the new version of H5N1 first turned up, this highly transmissible and lethal strain of avian flu has circulated at high rates…
Are Insects Conscious?: The surprisingly sophisticated mind of an insect
CARRIE ARNOLD: A growing collection of new experiments is challenging the old consensus. Far from being six-legged automatons, insects can…
#FreeHappy: New York Court of Appeals hears historic case demanding personhood rights for Happy the elephant
MARISA IATI: Is an elephant legally a person? That’s the central question in a case that New York’s highest court considered Wednesday (May 18,…
‘BLOOD FARMS’: Iceland urged to ban cruel practice of extracting hormone from pregnant horses
ABBY YOUNG-POWELL: Iceland is under pressure to ban the production of a hormone extracted from pregnant horses, a practice that has been described…
‘BLOOD LIONS’: Report on captive lions reveal countless number of physical and mental problems
DON PINNOCK: In South Africa, up to 8,000 lions are being raised in nearly 400 commercial captive breeding facilities. Every now and then the NSPCA…