Animal Rights

Jamie Bamber Shirtless For Bears In Latest PETA Ad

PETA UK | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green


Jamie Bamber has long been a firm favourite on the sci-fi scene, with his ever-exciting role as Lee "Apollo" Adama in Battlestar Galactica. And now he...

Creatures of the Wild

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living


Stephanie Gertler

Yes, there are animal rights issues concerning Travis the chimp, but what about the issue of Sandra Herold? What about her psyche and emotional state went unnoticed and unexamined?

PETA's Busy, Weird Start To 2009 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green


PETA's always up to something. President and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has now gone and willed her body to be used in many of the ways that she's spen...

Police Board Vegan Pirate Vessel, Seize Video

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green


SYDNEY — Police boarded the ship of a militant anti-whaling group and seized videotapes of violent clashes between the activists and Japanese wh...

Brigitte Bardot To Barack Obama: Save The Seals

AP | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green


PARIS — Brigitte Bardot wants President Barack Obama to save the world's seals. The French movie icon and longtime animal-rights activist has s...

Ringling Brothers Accused In Court Of Violating Endangered Species Act

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. of vio...

My Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


Hillary Rettig

A lot of people look at you weird when you tell them you're donating a kidney to a non-family member, just as they look at you weird when you tell them you're vegan.

Nepal's Monkey God for Experiments

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


Subhash Ghimire

The scientists and researchers who claim to be the savior of human kind are also the brutal and savage killers of animal species.

Sea Shepherds Offers Truce If Whalers Go To Court

Reuters | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Anti-whaling activists are prepared to end aggressive protests against Japan's scientific whale cull if Australia or New Zealand agree to challenge th...

Animal Rights Activists Jailed For "Urban Terrorism"

Yahoo! News | 6 Mins Ago | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Seven animal rights activists who conducted a six-year campaign against companies with links to an animal testing laboratory in Cambridge were on Wedn...

Our Change Agenda For Animals

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

When it comes to animal protection, more than a dozen federal agencies have a direct impact on the lives of millions of pets, farm animals, laboratory animals, and wildlife. It's time for change.

PETA Wants To Rename Fish "Sea Kittens"

canada.com | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched a marketing campaign to rebrand fish as "sea kittens," a name the organization hopes w...

The Kindest Cut

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

When it comes to human-wildlife conflicts, I am quite sure we can do better at the state and federal levels than the programs built around large-scale killing of wildlife.

Heather Mills Gives $1 Million Of Vegan Food To Bronx Kids: VIDEO

Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Former model and former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, Heather Mills doled out $1 million worth of vegan food to underprivileged children in the Bronx. T...

Nude Protesters From Spain Are All About Animal Rights (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green


Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a protest by AnimaNaturalis, an animal rights group from Spain, in which a semi-nude woman w...

A Hate Crime You Won't See in Statistics

Mikko Alanne | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living


Mikko Alanne

Each victim of a hate crime is equally precious. Each is equally deserving of protection and justice.

Eaten Into Extinction

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Michael Markarian

One principle of modern wildlife management is that wild animals, such as Florida's softshell turtles, are a public resource, and should not be killed for private commercial gain.

The Myth of the Wild

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living


Brenda Scott Royce

Most animal lovers would agree they'd prefer that exotic animals live in the wild than in captivity. But with our planet increasingly in peril, how many truly wild places remain?

Animal Rights 4 Guilty Of Terror Spree

The Independent | Robert Verkaik | Posted 01.24.2009 | World


Four animal rights activists face prison sentences after being found guilty of orchestrating a blackmail and terror campaign intended to close down th...

Vegan Living: Accidentally Vegan Shoes

Katie Molinaro | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living


Katie Molinaro

One of the most challenging things when I first became a vegan was finding shoes. And not just vegan shoes, but stylish, not made from hemp vegan shoes.

Please Forgive Us

Tri Robinson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living


Tri Robinson

I can only ask for forgiveness from those outside of the church for the church's lack of leadership on the issue of climate change and actively engage with you in making a difference.

Biden in the Doghouse

Cheri Shankar | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living


Cheri Shankar

While the news of Biden and his new cute-as-all-get-out purebred German Shepherd puppy is generating lots of positive reports, many of us in the animal community are concerned.

Vegan Living

Katie Molinaro | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living


Katie Molinaro

No matter where you live there are creative and thrifty ways to help animals, which will also help you and the planet.

Dog Rescues Dog?

Cheri Shankar | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living


Cheri Shankar

We've heard many stories of dogs protecting children or saving a family member from some sort of danger. But how do we explain the dog's motivation to do so?

Clever Chicken Hides Out In McDonald's Parking Lot (VIDEO)

ABC News | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green


A rooster escaped from a truck that was carting it to a chicken nugget factory, and sought immunity in a McDonald's parking lot. Luckily, the McDonald...