UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Why the anti-factory farming movement needs direct action
MARINA BOLOTNIKOVA: In January of this year, seven activists were driving through factory farm country in central Iowa. For those who have never…
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WITH PREJUDICE: The Vegan Society calls for UK Government’s human rights reform proposals to be abandoned
THE VEGAN SOCIETY: The Vegan Society called for the government’s reform proposals to the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1988), that would undermine or…
Geertrui Cazaux -Tierbefreiung: On animal resistance, human saviourism and challenging the speciesist ‘common sense’
TRUDI BRUGES: Last year, Geertrui Cazaux -Tierbefreiung was interviewed by the German animal rights magazine Tierbefreiung (Animal Liberation). It…
India High Court: Full disclosure of Veg/Non-Veg food a must, ‘affects fundamental rights’
PTI: There must be a complete disclosure regarding a food article being vegetarian or non-vegetarian as fundamental rights of every person are…
‘THINGS’: How farm animals became objectified and their feelings ignored
MARC BEKOFF: The field of animal law is rapidly growing globally because of the numerous issues that arise about the fair and just treatment of…
‘HOMO AHIMSA’: Truckers and Vegans for a free world
JUDY CARMAN: A few days ago in Canada an elderly man was pulled out of his vehicle, handcuffed and forcibly taken to jail. His crime? He honked in…
‘A Cow’s Life’: The BBC documentary everyone is talking about
JENNIFER MISHLER: A new BBC Panorama documentary has viewers taking to social media to decry the “shocking” and “inhumane” treatment of cows in the…
SCREAM-SCAPE: Phasing-out animal agriculture could stabilize climate change
ROBERT SANDERS: A new study of the climate impacts of raising animals for food concludes that phasing out all animal agriculture has the potential…
HOLY COW: New documentary transforms cows from ‘methane machines’ to sentient beings
CATHERINE OLIVER: After 90 grueling minutes, Luma — the bovine star of Andrea Arnold’s new documentary Cow — is led alone down a misty path to an…
Karen Davis: What does it mean to be an ‘animal lover’?
KAREN DAVIS: The term “animal lover” sounds like a relic of a bygone era, pre-1990s at least. For modern animal rights advocates, “animal lover”…
Will Tuttle: The pandemic and the goddesses of retribution
WILL TUTTLE: In ancient Greek mythology, the three Furies (the Erinyes) were goddesses of retribution who punished human beings for committing…
‘QUITTING DAIRY’: Dutch animal rights group banned from saying dairy causes serious animal suffering
DUTCH NEWS: Animal legal rights campaign group Dier & Recht must remove posters saying separating a calf from its mother at birth constitutes…
Vasu Murti: The animal rights movement is divided on abortion
MERRITT CLIFTON: The long-awaited introduction of RU-486-based contraceptive dog and cat food has been delayed for at least 36 years, and may have…
ROAD TO FREEDOM: 10 major victories for animal rights in 2021
ELISA ALLEN: These past 12 months have been quite a rollercoaster ride. But while we adjusted to the “new normal”, animal rights campaigners made…
Karen Davis: Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?
KAREN DAVIS: The fact that animals are suffering and dying for appetites that can be satisfied in many other ways makes some people, perhaps many,…
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…
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…
MASS APPEAL: Animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung plans to appeal guilty verdict for rescuing baby goat
ALEX PERRI: Animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung received a suspended sentence and supervised probation after being found guilty by a Transylvania…