R.I.P. Jane Goodall: A look back at her incredible life
R.I.P. Jane Goodall: A look back at her incredible life
Jane Goodall, a British conservationist and animal rights activist who dedicated over 60 years of her life to studying chimpanzees, not only as a species, but also as individuals with emotions and long-term bonds, died at the age of 91. Goodall’s dedication to her work and the health of the planet even trickled down to her diet. “I stopped eating meat some 50 years ago when I looked at the pork chop on my plate and thought: this represents fear, pain, death,” she wrote in an essay in 2017. “That did it, and I went plant-based instantly”… The British animal […]
STUDY: How animal agriculture and hunting reshaped the animal world across the globe
STUDY: How animal agriculture and hunting reshaped the animal world across the globe
After farming began about 10,000 years ago, just a handful of livestock species spread along with humans and scrambled natural boundaries forever. Examining archaeological records, the researchers found just 12 domesticated species — including cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys, goats, and some birds — fundamentally altered the composition of animal communities. Since domesticated farm animals monopolize food resources wherever they are in high numbers, many wild mammals went extinct… New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil bones from six […]
FIVE DECADES: U.S. animal rights movement celebrates golden anniversary
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 Movement, the ultimate celebration of non-violence. Since 1975, visionary leaders and countless grassroots advocates carried forward a simple but powerful principle: animals are not ours to exploit for food, fashion, research, or entertainment… Established in 2007 by the United Nations General Assembly, 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 Movement, the ultimate celebration of non-violence. Two important events marked […]
