THE PAIN OF OUTSOURCING: NIH funded animal experiments in Chinese, Russian labs get scrutiny by U.S. Congress and GAO
TOM HOWELL: Global crises involving authoritarian states and concerns about animal cruelty are prompting Congress to scrutinize U.S.-funded research…
FISH CAN’T CRY: How silently suffering animals mirror humanity’s moral failings
MONISHA RAVISETTI: There was a time when doctors performed surgery on infants without anesthesia. And I don't mean centuries ago. This happened in…
Bias, Politics and Protests: How human laws constrain and sometimes liberate animals
SIOBHAN O'SULLIVAN: Guilty Pigs traverses the world of nonhuman animals – and their human owners, guardians, and policy makers – as they brush up…
COME HELL OR HIGH-WATER: Jail time and bigger fines aimed at Australian animal activists over farm trespass, under new laws
CHRIS McLENNAN: Animal activists face much bigger fines if they trespass onto Australian farms... The Victorian government this week claimed its new…
‘I AM SOMEBODY’: Constitutional Court of Ecuador recognizes animal rights in landmark ruling
PR NEWSWIRE: For the first time, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has recognized the legal rights of nonhuman animals. The ruling not only…
THE ‘THING’ ABOUT ANIMALS: U.S. state of Idaho’s legislation would bar non-human animals from ‘personhood’
REBECCA BOONE: A bill that would prevent animals, natural resources and artificial intelligence from being granted “personhood status” in Idaho was…
‘TRAPPED’: Undercover investigation exposes the shocking violence and reality of animal trapping in the U.S.
BORN FREE USA: In 2021, Born Free USA, working in collaboration with Humane Society International (HSI) and Humane Society of the United States…
THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS: Hundreds of wild horses to be captured by U.S. Forest Services and sold at public auction for slaughter
JIM HEADLEY: The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) issued a statement Monday in response to the U.S. Forest Service’s last-minute…
Australian Alliance for Animals: Senior RSPCA officers resign to launch independent national animal welfare commission
CALLA WAHLQUIST: Two RSPCA animal welfare experts have left the organisation to campaign for a national independent animal welfare commission,…
THEATER OF BLOOD: Bullfighting still benefits from millions of euros a year in EU farming subsidies
ASHIFA KASSAM: Bullfighting across Europe is being kept alive by millions of euros paid out by the EU, claim campaigners, despite attempts by MEPs…