JOHANNESBURG — Namibia's annual commercial seal hunt will go on despite objections by animal welfare groups, a government official said Monday. ...
Jason Mannino | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
Michael Jackson's legacy will not only live on through his music and the people who love him, but also through the animals who love him.
Donna Albergotti | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living
This book serves as inspiration and it's the consummate reference manual for making the world a more compassionate place for all living beings.
Shaun Monson | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
To label the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society "terrorists" is a very bold statement, and a reckless one at that. After all, it is a curious terrorist organization that hasn't actually killed anybody.
Penelope Andrew | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment
There are certain actors we encounter as children having grown up on classic film who have a profound impact on us, and no one knows this better than David Kaufman, author of Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
Can snakes and turtles feel love? I suppose I'd have to be a snake or a turtle to be sure, and therein lies the rub.
Julia Gorin | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy
Nothing says too fat and not famous enough like being excluded from the angry-sex fantasies of a liberal who despises conservative women.
Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green
This week, Sir Paul McCartney and his daughter Stella introduced the concept of "Meat-Free Mondays." It's a message that I wish I'd heard far earlier.
Russell Simmons | Posted 07.16.2009 | Style
Last week marks a shift in human consciousness. We are finally, after years of going head to head with the fur industry, changing the way the world views fur.
Carrie Pollare | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
Breed-Specific Legislation means entire breeds of dogs are being banned from cities and states, or even worse, euthanized because of the acts of a few "dangerous" dogs. It's not the solution.
The Moscow Times | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
Moscow dogcatchers resorted to poisoning and beating stray dogs to death as they followed orders from City Hall to clean up the streets ahead of the E...
Guardian | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
Protesters descend on Australian army base as marksmen slaughter kangaroos to protect other species...
Jaclyn Simon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green
There are differences between human rights and animal rights, but they are related. We are all fighting the same beast, and progressive goals aren't a zero-sum game.
Patt Morrison | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
The Supreme Court will hear the case of a man appealing his conviction for selling videos of pit bulls fighting. Is it a classic First Amendment conundrum or just a shield for murder?
Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media
Under the dizzying spell of modernity's promises and consumerism's illusions, we see animals as mere objects, either as commodities for our consumption or as blank slates for us to write our fantasies and fears upon.
AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Two animal rights activists were charged Monday with conspiracy, stalking and other crimes against researchers at University of Ca...
washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green
My hakapik -- a phrase I never expected to utter -- has a 42-inch long handle with a combo hammerhead/spike on the end. The hammer portion is used, th...
Donna Albergotti | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
The Animal Activists' Handbook is a quick one- to two-sitting read that could inspire its readers to a lifetime of activism in behalf of human and nonhuman animals.
AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
TORONTO — Canada's annual seal hunt started Monday, under pressure from a possible European Union ban on imported seal products. The world's la...
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Animal rights activists and Ringling Bros. argued in court Wednesday over the use of metal-tipped prods and chains to control eleph...
AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's capital is plagued by too many kangaroos, and the best solution is to shoot them, an official said Tuesday. Ho...
Michael Markarian | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green
We've seen time and time again that the animals' fate is intertwined with our own, and that addressing animal welfare policies helps to safeguard all of us.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media
While the NYT signals that all is well in Congo because the mountain gorilla is well fed, a woman places her newborn baby on a tattered piece of cloth covering a bed of grass on lava rock.
AFP | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green
Two-time Grammy winner Pink, in Paris on Monday for Fashion Week, said she would never befriend a designer who used fur as she joined Stella McCartney...
AP | ERIC OLSON | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green
OMAHA, Neb. — A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges _ and catcalls from a...
AP | MICHELLE THERIAULT | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green