Animal Protection

“I’ll say this to anybody who thinks they can’t as a single voice make a difference: Some guy who ate a bat that had been in a cage with a pangolin in China sure made a difference.” It was a shockingly stark thing to hear in the middle of an…

The head of China's CDC has claimed that he had never said there was no human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus as he defended Beijing's handling of the pandemic.The Chinese government has been accused of providing misleading information in the early days of the crisis after it stressed no evidence…

Humane Society International and its rescue partner Vshine are celebrating the rescue of 423 dogs from a slaughterhouse in Henan, China. According to a spokesperson from HSI, 423 canines were found and pulled from an illegal slaughterhouse by Vshine, after the facility was reported to local police. Get push notifications…

The Calgary Humane Society is investigating after someone tied a dog to a bench outside its headquarters early Friday and then drove away, leaving the animal unsheltered in the cold for hours.The Calgary Humane Society is looking for the person who tied this dog to a bench outside its headquarters…

The Humane Society Legislative Fund was launched in 2004 as a political voice for three animal-protection groups: The Doris Day Animal League, The Fund for Animals, and, of course, The Humane Society of the United States. I’m a big fan of HSLF. I subscribe to their email blasts; I’ve used…

Mike Weaver is a trailblazer, boldly speaking out against the very industry that provided his livelihood. In 2016, he exposed the inhumane conditions and unfair labor practices that hold many farmers prisoners inside big animal agriculture farms, and found a way out, transitioning from chicken farming to hemp production. There are…

A second city in China has permanently banned the consumption of dog and cat meat in a move that has been welcomed by animal rights campaigners. The city of Zhuhai in China's southern Guangdong province follows the example of Shenzhen, which also announced a ban on eating cat and dog…

Netflix Joe Exotic in Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. What would Netflix's Tiger King be like as a musical? That's what Ingrid Michaelson and Broadway star Will Chase set out to discover. The couple uploaded an incredible video called "Tigers and Young Men" on Tuesday (April 14), in which they…

Netflix Joe Exotic in Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. What would Netflix's Tiger King be like as a musical? That's what Ingrid Michaelson and Broadway star Will Chase set out to discover. The couple uploaded an incredible video called "Tigers and Young Men" on Tuesday (April 14), in which they…

China is inching closer to the end of the legal human consumption of dog meat, multiple outlets report. On Wednesday, the country’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs announced that it would no longer classify dogs as livestock, meaning the animal can’t be bred for food, milk or fur, according…