VET MIND-SET: Probe into Australia’s New South Wales veterinarian training program reveal shocking animal cruelty
CATIE McLEOD: Veterinarians slaughtered 12 sheep by cutting their throats without stunning them first as part of a training program two top NSW…
Seagulls, Songbirds and Parrots: What new research tells us about their cognitive ability
CLAUDIA WASCHER: It isn’t that easy to assess how an animal perceives information from the environment, processes it and decides to act. But…
A RACE TO THE DEATH: The death of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit illuminates the cruelty of horse racing
MEREDITH CASH: Medina Spirit, the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby who was shrouded in controversy following a failed drug test, died... The…
PEAK CRUELTY: Christmas has become a celebration of animal abuse
CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN: It’s often said that turkeys wouldn’t vote for Christmas. But why would any animal put a tick in that box? The 12 days have…
‘The Animal That Therefore I Am’: The silence of the beasts and the words of fools
SHANNON BAILEY: One can say about animals what Nietzsche said about books (at least about all the books he wrote before him), that is, they suspect…
THE ELEPHANT IN THE POOL: The cruelty and exploitation of elephant tourism in Thailand
DAVID LUEKENS: An Asian elephant struts into the pool and dips its head beneath the surface, using the tip of its trunk like a snorkel. Standing on…
FUR-EVER FREE: Italy and France set to ban fur farming immediately
ENS: The Budget Committee of the Italy’s Senate today voted to approve an amendment to the budget law which will see the country’s 10 remaining mink…
FAREWELL TO ARMS: World’s first octopus farm poised to open in Spain, widely denounced as ‘ethically unjustified’
CLAIRE MARSHALL: News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and…
WAILING WALLS: Research center withdraws campus expansion funding request amid public outcry over primate experiments
GARRETT BRNGER: The Texas Biomedical Research Institute has withdrawn its $11 million request for bond funding in the face of public outcry over…
Ezra Klein: ‘We will look back on this age of cruelty to animals in horror’
EZRA KLEIN: It’s hard to know where your charitable dollars will do the most good. This year, I’ll focus most of my giving... to the world’s poorest…