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 […]
When Kindness Becomes a Crime: Violence against animal-lovers in Turkey
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 unchecked, this will silence kindness and drive caregivers away. Protecting animal defenders is essential for a humane society. Compassion must never be treated as a crime… In a disturbing incident in Ankara, a woman was beaten because she was caring for stray cats in her apartment building’s garden. Her nose was broken, and she had been repeatedly threatened and harassed for years. This shocking story is not an isolated one. Rather, it offers a painful window into […]
