animal welfare

New York Is Officially the First State to Ban Cat Declawing

New York Is Officially the First State to Ban Cat Declawing

New York is officially the first state in the union to ban cat declawing. The landmark bill passed the state legislature in June, but didn’t become law until Monday, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it, The New York Times reported. It goes into effect immediately. “Declawing is a cruel and painful procedure that can create […]

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    ‘Largest Undercover Dairy Investigation in History’ Uncovers Shocking Abuse at ‘Disneyland’ of Farms

    ‘Largest Undercover Dairy Investigation in History’ Uncovers Shocking Abuse at ‘Disneyland’ of Farms

    Police are investigating after an animal rights group released disturbing video footage showing workers mistreating calves at an Indiana farm that Food & Wine once dubbed the “Disneyland of agricultural tourism,” The Associated Press reported. The Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) released the footage Tuesday after what they said was the “largest undercover dairy investigation in […]

    Woman Abandons Puppies Near Dumpster in SoCal Heat

    Woman Abandons Puppies Near Dumpster in SoCal Heat

    A woman has been caught on camera dumping a bag of puppies near a dumpster in Coachella, California, CNN reported Sunday. The puppies, seven in all, were discovered by a passerby Thursday afternoon near a dumpster outside a Napa Auto Parts store. A store employee then contacted Riverside County Department of Animal Services, the department […]

    American Skyscrapers Kill an Estimated 600 Million Migratory Birds Each Year

    American Skyscrapers Kill an Estimated 600 Million Migratory Birds Each Year

    An estimated 600 million birds are killed every year from collisions with some of the country’s largest skyscrapers, according to research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Particularly deadly are those tall buildings found in three cities in particular. “Chicago, Houston, and Dallas are uniquely positioned in the heart of North America’s most trafficked aerial […]

    Which U.S. Cities Are the Most Dangerous for Migratory Birds?

    Which U.S. Cities Are the Most Dangerous for Migratory Birds?

    What are the most dangerous U.S. cities for migratory birds? That’s the question answered by a new study published last week in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, which looked at the problem of light pollution. Seventy percent of bird species present in the U.S. are migratory, and more than 80 percent of those species […]

    40+ Neglected Animals Evacuated From Gaza Zoo

    40+ Neglected Animals Evacuated From Gaza Zoo

    Nearly fifty animals were rescued from a zoo in Gaza Sunday where animals had died from exposure and starvation, Reuters reported. The animals, including five lions, five monkeys, four ostriches, three peacocks, two wolves and a hyena, were moved from a zoo in Rafah, Gaza to Jordan Sunday by the animal welfare charity Four Paws. […]

    USDA to Stop Killing Kittens for Research

    USDA to Stop Killing Kittens for Research

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will no longer conduct a controversial experiment that led to the deaths of thousands of cats beginning in 1982, NBC News reported. The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced Tuesday that it was stopping an experiment that used cats to study the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Its announcement comes weeks […]

    Burger King to Trial Meat-Free Impossible Whopper

    Burger King to Trial Meat-Free Impossible Whopper

    Burger King is helping to bring meatless meat into the mainstream. On Monday, the fast-food chain announced that it would begin testing the Impossible Whopper in 59 locations in St. Louis. The move is a partnership with Impossible Foods, a California-based company that uses a genetically-modified yeast to make its plant-based burgers taste and bleed […]