Animal Rights

Animal Rights

  • Humane Society: The Trump Administration Is Eroding Protections for Endangered Animals in New Attack on Wildlife

    Kitty Block / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 07/03/2018 - 23:30

  • Animal Shelters Are Buying Dogs from Puppy Mills and Passing Them Off As Rescues

    Lynn Hamilton / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 07/02/2018 - 23:30

  • Remembering Koko — The Gorilla Who Taught Us What It Means to Be Human

    Nicole Karlis / Salon

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/22/2018 - 02:26

  • Whistleblowers in the Entertainment Industry Help Expose Animal Abuse on Film Sets: PETA

    Ingrid Newkirk / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 06/12/2018 - 23:30

  • The Kangaroo Meat Industry Is Horrifyingly Popular in the U.S.

    Ondine Sherman / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/08/2018 - 23:30

  • When is it Ethical to Euthanize Your Pet?

    The Conversation  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/07/2018 - 06:24

  • Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely

    Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 06/04/2018 - 23:30

  • Here's How the Burger Is Being Reinvented and Changing the Way America Eats

    Lydia Chodosh / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/25/2018 - 23:30

  • Selective Sympathy: Endangered Species Considered 'Cute' Get More Donations Than Others

    Laura Dzwonczyk / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/22/2018 - 02:40

  • What Would a Mother 'Food' Cow Tell Us About Her Children?

    Dr. Marc Bekoff / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 05/13/2018 - 23:30

  • Want to Help the Planet? Here Are 5 Tech Tools to Lighten Your Environmental Footprint

    Mary Mazzoni / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/10/2018 - 23:30

  • Here's Why the 'Monkey Selfie' Case Is Actually a Legal Step Forward for Animal Rights

    Jeffrey S. Kerr, Esq. / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/01/2018 - 23:30

  • If We're Truly Honest About Gun Violence, We Must Acknowledge That Non-Human Animals Are Also Victims

    Robert Grillo / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 04/28/2018 - 23:30

  • I Know Just How Incredible Chickens Are: I've Spent More Than Thirty Years Getting to Know Them

    Karen Davis / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/26/2018 - 23:30

  • How Science-Based Policy and International Cooperation Can Protect Marine Ecosystems—and the Human Food Supply

    Amy McDermott / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/26/2018 - 20:30

  • 6 Labels That Let You Know You're Buying Good Food

    Traia Thiel / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 04/25/2018 - 20:30

  • Trump Is Threatening the Future of Our Children and Planet Through Family Planning Position

    Rebecca Cross / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 04/25/2018 - 20:30

  • Could This Device End the Use of Animals in Medical Research?

    Peggy Cunniff / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 04/23/2018 - 20:45

  • Here Are 13 Transformational Bills in Congress That Could Change America as We Know It

    Richard Greene / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/19/2018 - 20:30

  • A Truckload of Plastic Enters Our Oceans Every Single Minute—This Has to Stop

    Kate Melges / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 04/18/2018 - 20:45

  • What's Really in McDonald's Happy Meals? Here's the Awful Truth

    David Coman-Hidy / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/17/2018 - 20:45

  • Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder Than Losing a Friend or a Relative

    The Conversation

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 04/16/2018 - 08:38

  • Victory! Puppies Will No Longer Be Tortured at Veterans Affairs Labs

    Kari Den Otter / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 04/13/2018 - 20:30

  • Drake Says He Doesn't Eat Animals Anymore: Now He Should Cut Ties With Canada Goose, Which Brutally Kills Animals for Fur and Down

    Katherine Sullivan / Independent Media Institute

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 04/13/2018 - 20:30

  • Chris Darwin Would Really Love It If You'd Eat Less Meat: An Exclusive Interview With Charles Darwin's Great-Great-Grandson

    Matthew Ponsford / Independent Media Institute  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 20:37

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