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Pets
fromLos Angeles Times
3 hours ago

Baby mountain lion orphaned and left to starve in Southern California is rescued

A rescued baby mountain lion named Crimson requires intensive care and monitoring after losing toes and being orphaned in Southern California.
#earth-day-2026
Environment
fromEarth911
2 hours ago

Earth911 Inspiration: Show Up for Planet Earth

Make Earth Day 2026 a pivotal response to environmental damage from recent U.S. policy reversals.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 days ago

Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet Is A Call To Activism

Earth Day 2026 emphasizes civic action and political engagement in response to environmental rollbacks, shifting focus from personal lifestyle changes.
Dining
fromMail Online
2 days ago

Woke scientists want photos of ANIMALS on menus to put diners off meat

Adding photos of animals to menus increases the likelihood of diners choosing vegetarian options over meat dishes.
Berlin food
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The Anti-Meat Optimist

Bruce Friedrich advocates for alternative protein production methods to satisfy humanity's meat cravings without changing dietary habits.
#reproductive-rights
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago
Media industry

Debate erupts over wolves in captivity after animal park euthanises entire pack

The Independent emphasizes the importance of accessible journalism and the need for on-ground reporting in critical societal issues.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Trail-hunting set to be banned in landmark crackdown

The Independent provides critical journalism on various issues, emphasizing the importance of accessible reporting without paywalls.
Media industry
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Debate erupts over wolves in captivity after animal park euthanises entire pack

The Independent emphasizes the importance of accessible journalism and the need for on-ground reporting in critical societal issues.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Trail-hunting set to be banned in landmark crackdown

The Independent provides critical journalism on various issues, emphasizing the importance of accessible reporting without paywalls.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Healthy hedgehogs are best left in the wild | Letters

Hedgehogs are wild animals that should not be kept as pets; they thrive best in their natural habitat.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Why Seven Dogs Escaping Captivity Gives Hope to Us All

Resilience and leadership can emerge from unexpected sources, as demonstrated by a group of dogs navigating challenges together.
#animal-rescue
fromSFGATE
1 week ago
Los Angeles

Massive animal rescue operation in California seizes over 300 dogs and cats

Los Angeles
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Massive animal rescue operation in California seizes over 300 dogs and cats

A large-scale animal rescue operation in Lake Hughes led to the seizure of approximately 250 dogs and 66 cats due to animal welfare violations.
Pets
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Animal rescue says dogs injured during massive L.A. County animal enforcement operation

Animal Care and Control workers allegedly injured dogs during a large-scale animal seizure operation in Los Angeles County.
Pets
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 week ago

Dozens Of Neglected Dogs Rescued In Brooklyn

More than 20 dogs rescued from unsanitary conditions in Brooklyn are now being placed in adoptive homes after a court granted custody to the ASPCA.
#wolf-euthanasia
Pets
fromMail Online
2 days ago

Adopters say they weren't warned before pack of wolves was euthanised

Animal lovers were not informed before a pack of adopted wolves was euthanized due to severe aggression and injuries among them.
Pets
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Scientists explain why entire pack of wolves needed to be euthanised

An entire pack of wolves was euthanised due to severe aggression and deteriorating quality of life, despite public outcry for alternatives.
Pets
fromMail Online
2 days ago

Adopters say they weren't warned before pack of wolves was euthanised

Animal lovers were not informed before a pack of adopted wolves was euthanized due to severe aggression and injuries among them.
Pets
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Scientists explain why entire pack of wolves needed to be euthanised

An entire pack of wolves was euthanised due to severe aggression and deteriorating quality of life, despite public outcry for alternatives.
#animal-welfare
Media industry
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Animal park euthanises entire wolf pack after vicious infighting

Wildwood animal park euthanised its entire pack of European grey wolves due to severe aggression and life-threatening injuries among the animals.
Pets
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

As former L.A. Zoo elephant Tina falls ill, Samuel L. Jackson and activists call for sanctuary

Animal welfare activists advocate for relocating former L.A. Zoo elephants Billy and Tina to a sanctuary due to health concerns.
Pets
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

PETA offers reward for tips on South L.A. cat shootings

PETA offers a $5,000 reward for information on a shooter targeting cats in South L.A.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I just wish they'd let me feed my cats': how council ban made one woman an animal welfare icon

A woman banned from feeding feral cats she cared for 20 years receives overwhelming community support after a neighboring business complained to the council about cat feces.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

Why I Left Health Tech to Fix Our Broken Pet Adoption System

Neglected industries with real pain points and low software adoption offer better opportunities for founders than crowded, well-funded markets with established competition.
fromOpen Culture
2 weeks ago

In Her Final Reflections, Jane Goodall Issues a Warning: "Without Hope, We Fall Into Apathy"

Somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times, because without hope, we fall into apathy and do nothing, and in the dark times that we are living in now, if people don't have hope, we're doomed. How can we bring little children into this dark world we've created and let them be surrounded by people who've given up?
Writing
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Swifts spark joy!' Why these beautiful birds need our help and 10 ways to give it

Swifts are declining in population due to habitat loss and reduced insect availability, necessitating conservation efforts.
fromMail Online
2 days ago

Britain has just 20 years to save its wildlife, experts warn

'Our results show that the next 20 years are critical,' lead author Dr Rob Cooke told the Daily Mail. 'By around 2050, we reach a point where the choices we make on emissions and land use will largely determine whether Britain moves towards a much more degraded or a much more nature‑positive future.'
Environment
#veterinary-care
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Reforms must be fair tovets and pet owners | Letters

Increased veterinary costs and reduced services threaten the availability of essential pet care for owners.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Profit prioritised over welfare': UK's premier exotic animal hospital to close

The UK's premier parrot surgery is closing due to a corporate buyout, raising concerns about the future of avian care.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Reforms must be fair tovets and pet owners | Letters

Increased veterinary costs and reduced services threaten the availability of essential pet care for owners.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Profit prioritised over welfare': UK's premier exotic animal hospital to close

The UK's premier parrot surgery is closing due to a corporate buyout, raising concerns about the future of avian care.
Online Community Development
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Vegans have four 'special skills' - including occasionally eating MEAT

Vegans employ four adaptive strategies—decoding, decoupling, divesting, and chameleoning—to navigate social situations and reduce conflict with non-vegans.
NYC politics
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

New NYC Council caucus must crack down on animal sacrifices after number of 'horrific cases': Queens pol

A Queens councilwoman joins a new animal welfare caucus to push for stricter laws against ritualistic animal sacrifice, which has plagued her district.
#animal-cruelty
Pets
fromLady Freethinker
2 days ago

Detroit Police Appoint First Officer Dedicated to Animal Cruelty Cases

Detroit Police Department has appointed its first officer dedicated to investigating animal cruelty cases.
Pets
fromLady Freethinker
2 days ago

Detroit Police Appoint First Officer Dedicated to Animal Cruelty Cases

Detroit Police Department has appointed its first officer dedicated to investigating animal cruelty cases.
Pets
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Dogs, Cats, and Other Nonhumans Are Not 'Just Animals'

A new book challenges speciesist narratives and promotes deeper respect for animals as sentient beings with powerful social bonds.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science

Hero-villain narratives in ecology oversimplify complex ecological stories and inappropriately impose human moral frameworks onto non-moral natural processes and species.
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: The new alternatives to animal testing

Mini 3D 'organoids' are slowly phasing out animal testing in some areas of research. These laboratory-grown tissue structures can model human biology more accurately than traditional animal models, reducing the need for animal experimentation while providing more relevant data for drug development and disease research.
Science
Pets
fromNature
6 days ago

A Career in Wildlife Medicine Is Its Own Reward | Blog | Nature | PBS

Working as a Licensed Veterinary Technician at a zoo is rewarding, combining joy and challenges while contributing to wildlife conservation.
Environment
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Environmental Activists Say the FBI May Be Investigating Them

FBI counterterror investigators are scrutinizing nonviolent climate activist groups like Extinction Rebellion NYC, raising concerns about federal law enforcement targeting constitutionally protected protest and free speech activities.
fromNature
1 month ago

The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies on dogs should be slashed by 2030. The long-term vision is 'a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances'.
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on vets: there is nothing cuddly about this under-regulated market | Editorial

The Competition and Markets Authority found that consumers have overpaid roughly £1 billion in veterinary fees over five years, highlighting a significant issue in the market.
Pets
Environment
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Oregon's Wildlife is at Risk. Increasing the State's Lodging Tax Could Help

Oregon's House Bill 4134 would increase the lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.75%, directing additional revenue to wildlife conservation for imperiled non-game species.
Pets
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Plan to round up millions of dogs sparks 'global health' warning

India's Supreme Court-ordered mega shelter plan for stray dogs risks creating a public health disaster by concentrating diseased animals in high-density facilities, potentially triggering zoonotic disease outbreaks with global consequences.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Hidden Lives of Lab Animals and the Need for Reform

Countless millions of nonhuman animals (animals) of all sorts are used in a diverse array of laboratory research. Their treatment varies from being unspeakably inhumanely abused to being treated with kindness, depending on the questions at hand and the values and attitudes of the researchers themselves. The lives of these animals truly are hidden, and most people are incredulous when they learn that laboratory rats and mice still are not considered "animals" under the current federal Animal Welfare Act.
Science
Food & drink
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The world against vegans: can the movement withstand the reactionary wave and its own crisis of faith?

Veganism faces a modest decline with qualitative shifts: some businesses and high-profile individuals reintroducing animal products while overall veggie numbers remain largely unchanged.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'You can't cut costs with animal welfare': The British zoos fighting for survival

Jersey's Durrell Zoo faces severe financial strain, risking closure within three years and forcing conservation and animal care cuts despite rising sector-wide budget pressures.
Left-wing politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary

Wayne Hsiung, founder of Direct Action Everywhere, shifted from disruptive direct-action and legal confrontations to enrolling in seminary to build sustainable communal support for animal rights.
Yoga
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Yoga: The Essence of Animal Ethics, Kinship, and Rewilding

Yoga's ethical teachings can reorient human-animal relationships, fostering kinship and devotional practices that extend care to nonhuman beings and the environment.
fromEuro Weekly News
1 month ago

A court finds missing work to care for a dying pet to be justified

A court in Barcelona has ruled that a worker's absence from her job to take her critically ill dog to be euthanised was justified on humane grounds, overturning her dismissal and highlighting evolving legal recognition of the bond between people and their companion animals. The Social Court No. 25 of Barcelona declared the disciplinary dismissal of a teleoperator improper after she missed several days of work, including one absence specifically to attend to her dog's urgent medical needs.
Barcelona
Philosophy
fromLady Freethinker
2 months ago

When 'Cow' Becomes 'Beef': How Language Shapes the Way We Treat Animals

Language shapes moral perception of animals, reducing individuality through labels and justifying harm, thereby influencing empathy and societal treatment.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I love vultures, mosquitoes and, yes, even wasps. This is why you should too | Jo Wimpenny

Humans hold irrational emotional biases toward animals; wasps deserve reconsideration as valuable pollinators and pest controllers despite negative perceptions.
Social justice
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

A framework for addressing racial and related inequities in conservation

Conservation often violates Indigenous rights, perpetuates racial injustice and violence, and requires community-based standards, anti-racist reforms, and accountability measures.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Labour MPs plan to oppose move to restrict protest at animal testing sites

Ministers propose reclassifying life-science facilities as key infrastructure to criminalize disruptive protests, prompting cross-party opposition over civil liberties and limited parliamentary scrutiny.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington

Veganuary retail excitement contrasts with a muted, shrinking vegan movement marked by restaurant closures, stagnant vegan identification, and a resurgence of meat consumption.
Public health
fromNature
2 months ago

Street-dog policy in India is barking up the wrong tree

Relocating and banning feeding of street dogs in Delhi likely fails to prevent rabies deaths because dogs obtain food from waste points and feeding stations.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

The truth behind wildlife tourism

Wildlife tourism in Kenya and Tanzania threatens migration corridors and Maasai land rights, requiring integrated approaches to reconcile conservation, community livelihoods and economic benefits.
Science
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

It's Time to Celebrate Animal Sentience and Stop Squabbling

Many nonhuman animals, including insects, are sentient and experience emotions such as joy and pain, and sentience should be recognized broadly.
fromMindful
1 month ago

Can Compassion Save the Planet?

When British author Karen Armstrong won the TED prize in 2008, she used the money to convene a group of religious thinkers from a wide range of faiths to craft an updated version of the Golden Rule for the 21st century. What emerged was the Charter for Compassion, which calls on people around the world "to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the center of our world and put another there, and to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect."
Philosophy
Environment
fromFortune
1 month ago

Animal behavioralists saved a rhino with bleeding eyes by giving it eye drops, in a "ridiculous idea" gone right | Fortune

Voluntary training allowed caretakers to safely administer eyedrops to an endangered white rhino in Zimbabwe, preserving vision and protecting a community reintroduction program.
Science
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

5 unlikely animal friendships that prove connection has no species barrier - Silicon Canals

Animals form deep, unexpected interspecies bonds that transcend instinct, demonstrating that genuine connection can override species boundaries and learned categories.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Holy cow! Cattle may be a lot smarter than we thought

The 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow lives in the village of Notsch at the foot of the Carinthia mountains in southern Austria. She's kept as a pet by a local farmer, and can roam her meadow to her heart's delight. Like many other pets, she likes to have her back scratched. If no friendly humans are around to do the job, that's not a problem Veronika uses a brush or stick to do it herself.
Science
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

The business of saving nature

The world spends 30 times more money destroying nature than protecting it. That's according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that exposes a massive gulf between so-called "harmful investments" and financing that promotes nature preservation. The global environment agency's latest "State of Finance for Nature" (SNF) report is calling to phase out the US$7.3 trillion (6.2 trillion) in global investments that damage nature including into high-emissions energy infrastructure and manufacturing, for example.
Environment
Environment
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Rewilding Rejects the We're-So-Special Exceptionalism

Rewilding requires rehabilitating human hearts, overcoming self-centeredness, and treating nature with compassion so ecosystems and nonhuman lives can flourish.
Pets
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Do Dogs and Other Pets Feel About Their Captive Lives?

Many companion animals often experience compromised well-being; owners must learn animal communication and provide appropriate enrichment to ensure pets thrive.
Pets
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

For Your Pet To Thrive, Listen to What They're Asking of You

A love-centered, consent-based, animal-perspective holistic approach unlocks pets' natural healing, fostering vitality, balance, and empowered human-animal relationships.
#peta
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