WHY-DUNIT: She took sick chickens from a slaughterhouse; was it a rescue or a crime?
Over the years, animal rights groups have gained a reputation for using confrontational tactics – such as PETAs campaign comparing meat consumption to…
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PROJECT PHOENIX: Have we lost our nerve as an animal rights movement?
Is the animal rights movement spending too much energy making exploitation a little less cruel by working for welfare reforms? Welfare reforms can…
‘Voices of the Herd’: New book explores the social and emotional lives of cows
Cows are intellectually curious and emotionally complex. They have rich emotional lives: They form lifelong friendships, grieve losses, protect…
JUMPING THE GUN: A post-mortem on veganism and plant-based meat is premature
“Plant-based eating has lost its appeal", “Vegan burgers are losing the culture war over meat", and “Why the vegans lost”. These eulogies for veganism…
It’s Asymmetry: When animal rights advocacy is expected to carry human struggles (and not vice versa)
Animal rights activists are expected to center human struggles — whether through labor justice, racial equity, or anti-colonial narratives — to be…
Got Truth?: Milk is a biological liquid that is not suitable for humans
Cow's milk contains hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, enzymes and proteins designed for rapid calf growth. These components are incompatible…
VICTORY: Vogue magazine publisher Condé Nast stops showing fur in all editorial and advertising
Condé Nast’s decision to stop featuring animal fur in its publications came after a nine-month campaign by the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade…
FIVE DECADES: U.S. animal rights movement celebrates golden anniversary
October 2nd is celebrated each year as International Day of Non-Violence. This year, it also marks the golden anniversary of the U.S. Animal Rights…
A Rock-Solid Case: Why all progressives must be vegan
In every sphere that matters to progressives — justice, equity, sustainability, health, and non-violence — animal agriculture is one of the world’s…
Shifting Tactics: Could the fight against animal testing help farm animals?
The push to reduce the number of animals used for scientific tests and experiments is several decades in the making. The movement has found…
‘Animal Freedom Movement’: Are our messages as persuasive as we think?
Animal Think Tank launched a most ambitious public opinion study, testing 60+ of the most commonly used messages from the animal freedom movement –…
DEAD-ENDERS: What the murder of a leading conservative activist means for the animal rights movement
An ideology that holds "speech is violence, so therefore actual violence in response is justified" is a 100% dead-end ideology that will most…
Echoes of Oppression: Human slavery and animal exploitation
TOBIAS LEENAERT: In the very impressive Legacy Museum in Montgomery (AL), among the many testimonials from formerly enslaved people, it reads: “The…
‘The Real Cost of Eggs’: A global investigation exposes the hidden lives of caged hens
WE ANIMALS: From Brazil to Bulgaria, a new investigation lays bare the price hens —and humans—pay for cheap eggs. In collaboration with the Open…
Warped Logic: In Israel, veganism and genocide go hand-in-hand
ALEXANDRA ISFAHANI-HAMMOND: A lesser-known element of Israel... is its self-proclaimed status as the leading nation in animal rights. A rich body of…
BEYOND MEAT: No, our ancestors weren’t the carnivorous cavemen we once thought
HATTY WILLMOTH: Data from Google Trends shows that searches for the term “carnivore diet” roughly tripled in the UK and US from 2022 to 2025, and…
Tactics In Practice: The impact of vegan documentary and video
Björn Ólafsson: Footage of animal suffering taken in factory farms, slaughterhouses, or other contexts is undoubtedly controversial — but is it…
HELL ON EARTH: The bone-chilling evil of factory farming
BENTHAM'S BULLDOG: Extreme suffering is bad. Anyone who has been tortured, beaten, or severely hurt in some other way knows that. Its badness…