Millennials Going Sour on Vivisection
A new Gallup Poll shows that medical testing on nonhuman animals is increasingly unpopular among the Millennial Generation. [readon] Each year in May, Gallup conducts a…
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Ringling Caves!
The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
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Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety
It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
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Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…
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Do Pets Prevent Sudden Death in Children with Epilepsy?
A group of Brazilian researchers wondered if the presence of a pet in the home of a child with epilepsy might reduce their risk of dying from SUDEP. They found that of the 1,092…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
Kangaroo and Dog Playing Together
Sure, ideally kangaroos shouldn’t be in the backyard. But they’re no longer safe in the wild, either, and these guys seem happy enough together.
The Other Death Toll at Chinese Slaughterhouse
“China fire kills 120” … “More than 112 dead at China fire” … “Disaster kills 119 at China slaughterhouse.” There were hundreds more reports of this…
For the Love of Sloths
Monique Pool has up to 200 sloths at her sanctuary home in Paramaribo, Suriname. Outside of the city, the rain forest is being bulldozed for cattle…
Out of the Mouths of Babes …
Six-year-old Luiz Antonio struggles to understand how animals ended up in his dinner.
Dear Diary
Buzzfeed’s latest feline philosophy. “Like Sisyphus, I am bound to hell.”(For deep thoughts on why cats are better than dogs, go here.)
Dog Jewelry – 9,000 Years Ago
Most of us in the animal protection world don’t like the idea of people dressing up their dogs. Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell, who, for 47 years,…
Cockroaches Know Sweets Are Bad for Them
If you knew all those sweets and naked carbs you eat were killing you, would you stop eating them? But of course, we already know how…
Yet Another Delay for Toronto Elephants. Unbelievable!
It’s now just over two years (May 12th, 2011) since the board of the Toronto Zoo – and then the city council – ruled that the…
British Royals Warn of ‘Irreversible Tragedy’ They Helped Create
Britain’s Prince William joined his father, Prince Charles, at a conference at St. James’s Palace in saying that “stamping out the illegal wildlife trade needs to…
Tornado Dog Emerges from Debris
It happens, live on camera, as a woman being interviewed by CBS suddenly sees her dog trying to crawl out of the rubble of her house.
Living Up to Their Name!
World’s most slothful sloth. Chewbacca, from a volunteer at the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.
Questions from a High School Student
A high school student who’s giving a presentation to her class about sport hunting asked if I’d be up for answering some brief questions on the…
Why You Lie Like an Ape
Next time someone catches you telling a small fib, just explain that, as one of the great apes, it’s just part of your cooperative nature. After…
Are the Elephants Fighting Back?
It was just one small battle in a war that the elephants are losing, but the body of a poacher has been found at a National…
How a Tarantula Sheds Her Skin
This isn’t the tarantula; it’s what the tarantula leaves behind when she sheds her skin. Here’s a time lapse video of how she does it –…
Dog Saves Kitten in Ravine
Great story of a dog rescuing a kitten whom she found at the bottom of a ravine behind a Home Depot store in Anderson, South Carolina.…
Ex-RSPCA Officer Hanged Herself
A former inspector for the British Royal SPCA, who blew the whistle on how many dogs are routinely being killed by the animal charity, rather than…