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.…
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…
When Kindness Becomes a Crime: Violence against animal-lovers in Turkey
When people are punished, beaten, or threatened for caring for stray animals, it sends a chilling message: that kindness can be criminalized. If…
‘The Arrogant Ape’: A strong case against human superiority
Human exceptionalism lies at the root of the ecological crisis. This pervasive mindset gives humans a sense of dominion over the rest of nature,…
STUDY: Naturalized Rights of Animals, Animalized Rights of Nature
The 'Rights of Nature' movement is growing quickly worldwide, while animal rights is advancing at a much slower pace. Animals are part of nature —…
‘How to Make Drugs’: New controversial documentary film about animal testing set for release
HOW TO MAKE DRUGS and feel great about everything, is a new feature documentary from Keegan Kuhn, co-producer/co-director of the hit films on Netflix;…
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…
U.S. federal government slashes funding for medical research and testing on animals
The FDA, NIH, and VA are among the federal agencies promising to make a "paradigm shift" in animal research and testing by using new techniques like…
‘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 –…