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Colombia has just approved a ban on bullfighting — but many traditions based on animal suffering are still authorized around the world. From whaling in the Faroe Islands to traditional Chinese medicine, we take an international look at where the conversation stands on rituals that involve animal cruelty.
Human-made shelters don’t always keep creatures out of harm’s way. Can technology help design a better protect birds and possums?
Memes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly
With the price of meat on the rise, Brazilians have turned to eggs. The country is now producing 55 billion eggs a year, presenting challenges for farmers and raising questions of animal welfare. And in Brazil’s “Egg Capital”, the climate crisis is complicating matters further.
October 29-30 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. Which carmaker became the latest major company to leave Russia over its invasion of Ukraine? 2. Why did Iran’s anti-government protesters hold a special rally 40 days after Mahsa Amini was killed by Iran police? 3. A day […]
Opening bee skulls. Electric shocks for cockroaches. Some researchers want to grant more invertebrates ethical consideration, questioning long-held assumptions on consciousness.
In the mountains of central Sardinia, the Giara horses are at risk again. The total population is estimated at around just 700 horses, and the breed has been considered at risk of extinction since 1971. Named for the Giara plateau on which they roam, the steep cliffs, difficulty of access and the isolated location have […]
It was just a month ago that public anger exploded in Colombia after reports of horses drawing tourist carriages being worked to death in the coastal city of Cartagena de Indias. Now, another bout of equine outrage is trending on social media sites after a picture surfaced of a dead horse left in a garbage […]
An orangutang at the Berlin zoo. Photo: achschav via Instagram Animal welfare groups and German zoos have been working together to fix minimum standards for the keeping of animals. An assessment, a kind of catalogue, launched earlier this month is meant to be the definitive reference point for German zoos both large and small, game […]