THE HIDDEN: ‘Some of the darkest places in the world’
OLIVIA WILSON: Slumped in the darkness of a narrow corridor lies a pig with hopeless eyes. Each strand of hair is defined, and every line, wrinkle…
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VEGANISM
THE VEGANS’ DILEMMA: How to deal with the suffering of wild animals
JORDI CASAMITJANA: In the wild, many animals suffer a great deal due to disease, injury, parasitism, starvation, extreme weather, natural disasters,…
KAREN DAVIS: Can killing an animal be compensated for by the creation of a new animal?
KAREN DAVIS: There is a line of thought in moral philosophy that says “yes” to killing an animal, so long as the animal lived a pleasant life and…
ThanksVegan: The campaign to show people how to enjoy Thanksgiving and leave animals in peace
CNS: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is launching a nationwide campaign called "ThanksVegan." The animal rights group is spending…
IS IT VEGAN?: Animal testing raises the ethical question of the Covid-19 vaccine
CHARLES WAIJER: Vaccine development can be thought of as the process of separating the parts of an infectious agent that make us sick, from those…
THE LAMB OF GOD: Can you be a good Christian and eat meat?
DW: On the outskirts of Münster lies the Institute for Theological Zoology. It is run by... Rainer Hagencord and is home to several animals,…
THE ONE AND THE MANY: The moral conflict between Environmentalism and Animal Welfare
DAVID EGAN: “I love animals, that’s why I like to kill 'em,” growls a faux-Australian Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s mosquito hunter sketch. This…
THE WHEAT AND THE CHAFF: Will ‘Vegans’ take the Coronavirus vaccine?
CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN: The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine has been horrendous for some animals. As part of the drive to save human lives, thousands of…
JUST LIKE US: ‘Gunda’, Joaquin Phoenix’s new ground-breaking animal rights documentary
JUDE DRY: Gunda is an experimental black-and-white film about the life of farm animals that took this year’s Berlin Film Festival by storm. “Gunda”…
‘The conditions are catastrophic’: Inside Germany’s factory farms
DW: From cramming livestock together in crates to needlessly brutal methods of slaughter, the factory farming industry has repeatedly been accused…
POLITICAL ANIMALS: Meet the animal rights advocates running for office in U.S. election
ANIMALS 24-7: While the races for the U.S. Presidency, control of the Senate and House of Representatives grip the nation on Election Day 2020,…
Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals
GARY FRANCIONE: 'Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. The rest often think of veganism as an extreme position. They…
WHY (NOT) VEGAN?: What philosopher Peter Singer has learned in 45 years of advocating for animals
KELSEY PIPER: Forty-five years ago, Australian philosopher Peter Singer published the book Animal Liberation. The arguments it made — that animals…
Why Israelis are leading the vegan revolution
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN: On November 1, World Vegan Day will kick off World Vegan Month, aimed at raising awareness of the health, environmental and…
AG-GAG’S SURVEILLANCE STATE: How the animal agriculture industry uses U.S. spy agencies to monitor and punish critics
GLENN GREENWALD: Animal agriculture industry groups defending factory farms engage in campaigns of surveillance, reputation destruction, and other…
WAYNE HSIUNG: He put his freedom on the line to rescue animals, now wants to be Berkeley’s next mayor
FRANCES DINKELSPIEL: In 2016, Wayne Hsiung moved to Berkeley with the explicit intent of using the city as a lever for the liberation of animals.…
MATTHEW SCULLY: The Animal Protection Movement is everything that Social Justice ‘Woke’ activism isn’t
MATTHEW SCULLY: Going back to the 1990s, I have often advocated for reforms in law to assure animal protection, a cause I consider underrated by…
STUDY: Perspectives On India’s Animal Advocacy
TERESA GALLO: The relationship between humans and non-human animals can be influenced by different cultural, historical, and religious viewpoints.…