Tag: animals
The lab mouse paradox: Why science still depends on animals who...
Despite significant advances in human-based research, millions of mice and rats are still used in U.S. laboratories each year—at immense ethical and scientific cost.
Nanonplstics not just in seafood, new study finds small plastic particles...
The study confirmed that humans and animals are consuming nanoplastics not just through seafood and water sources, but now through agriculture.
Ventilation shutdown is one of the cruelest ways to kill animals
The least humane way of culling poultry and pigs has become increasingly common.
The forgotten 10 billion lives: A tale of suffering, survival, and...
Photographs, storytelling, poetry, and well-documented research unveil the immense suffering, ecological devastation, worker exploitation, and economic injustice caused by the animal agricultural industry.
First pet treats made with lab-grown meat could ‘feed pets forever’...
The meat alternative is said to have all the vitamins, minerals, essential amino and fatty acids necessary for healthy pets.
The Gilded Age of animal advocacy: A transformative era for America’s...
Nineteenth-century activists revolutionized attitudes toward nonhuman animals amid cultural, economic, and moral shifts in a rapidly changing nation.
States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect...
Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.
Animal protection organizations provide life-saving aid for animals in LA fires
In Defense Animal Rescue is helping to support animal rescuers and provide life-saving aid for animals affected by the crisis.
New report reveals rise in antimicrobial use in animals
A possible contribution to rising rates of AMR is the overuse of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.
IUCN reports 44,000 species threatened with extinction on Earth
These species threatened with extinction were added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species and makes up 28 percent of the 157,190 species listed.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.