Gary L. Francione: Why I did not sign the ‘Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation’
GARY L. FRANCIONE: I was invited on several occasions to sign the Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation. I appreciate that the drafters asked…
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THE ‘RIGHT TO RESCUE’: In historic case, animal rights activists acquitted for rescuing dying piglets from factory farm
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: In a historic trial over the 2017 removal of two sick and dying piglets from Utah’s Smithfield Foods factory farm, two animal…
‘Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation’: Hundreds of academics sign statement opposing animal exploitation
LE DEVOIR: Over 450 academics, many of whom work in moral and political philosophy, have signed onto the “Montreal Declaration on Animal…
INVESTIGATION: ‘Workers’ charged with horrific animal cruelty at turkey farms
MICHAEL RUBINKAM: Eleven people working for one of the nation’s leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after…
WHALE OF PAIN: Heartbreaking story of whale Hugo who killed himself by repeatedly ramming head against tank
HENRY HOLLOWAY: Hugo the whale was said to have been so unhappy in his captivity at an aquarium that he slammed his head into the wall of his tank…
‘Their Lives for Your Likes’: New report reveals the abuse and exploitation of wild animals on social media
BORN FREE USA: Leading animal welfare and conservation nonprofit Born Free USA has today released a new report exploring the abuse of wild animals…
DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Trial begins amid controversy for animal rights activists who rescued two sick piglets
DAVID DeMILLE: Five years after they allegedly snuck into a Utah pig farm and recorded video of themselves smuggling two piglets away from what they…
FREE TO BE: Orca from Russia’s infamous ‘whale jail’ spotted thriving in the wild
ROBYN WHITE: An orca that was freed from Russia's infamous whale jail has been spotted thriving in the wild. The 8-year-old orca named Zina, was…
OBJECTS IN ACTION: Dogs and humans interpret what they see differently
STANLEY COREN: For human beings, vision is the most important sensory system. Therefore our brains do more elaborate processing of visual…
SHOOT TO THRILL: U.S. Army secretly allows shooting dogs, cats for research
CAITLIN DOOMBOS: The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments despite a 1983…