Animal Rights

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

By Ingrid Newkirk / Independent Media Institute

Animals used in entertainment depend on those who work behind the scenes on movie, television and commercial productions to speak up about abuse.
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The Kangaroo Meat Industry Is Horrifyingly Popular in the U.S.

By Ondine Sherman / Independent Media Institute

When is it Ethical to Euthanize Your Pet?

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

By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute

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By Lydia Chodosh / Independent Media Institute

Animal Rights

  • 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

  • Should Farm Animals Be Genetically Modified to Remove Their Capacity to Feel Pain?

    Karen Davis / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 20:30

  • Study: Plant Fats Healthier Than Animal Fats

    Joe Loria / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 04/11/2018 - 20:30

  • You May Not Have Noticed, but Pigeons are Masterpieces of Nature

    Andrew Garn / powerHouse Books  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/10/2018 - 20:30

  • This New Study Is Further Proof That Going Vegan Is the Best Thing You Can Do for the Planet (Video)

    Joe Loria / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 04/08/2018 - 20:30

  • Trump Just Gave Factory Farms a Huge Break

    Gene Baur / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 04/07/2018 - 20:40

  • If You're Like Most Americans, You Think Farmed Animals Are Treated Well: That's Simply Not True

    Nate Lotze / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 04/06/2018 - 20:30

  • Our Appetite for Meat Isn't Just Destroying the Planet's Ecosystems—It's Changing the Face of Earth Itself

    Nil Zacharias, Gene Stone / Abrams Image

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 04/06/2018 - 12:00

  • Animal Rights Activists Target Slaughterhouses as Worldwide Movement Grows

    Carole Raphaelle Davis / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/05/2018 - 20:30

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