Crabs and lobsters deserve protection from being cooked alive
JONATHAN BIRCH: ‘Crabs and lobsters have a tough time at the hands of humans. In most countries, they are excluded from the scope of animal welfare…
The ‘big game’ killing field: Sickening bloodlust of trophy hunters who kill endangered animals for sport
WARREN MANGER: ‘A trophy hunter poses with pride beside the young elephant he has just killed. Philip Glass shows no remorse and even boasts: “God…
Fewer than 30 vaquitas porpoises are left in the wild
LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA: ‘In the past five years, the vaquita population — which lives in only a sliver of water between Mexico’s mainland and Baja…
What Trophy Hunting Does to the Elephants It Leaves Behind
VIRGINIA MORELL: ‘The idea that killing more elephants will help save the species is counter-intuitive, and its line of reasoning is difficult for…
Public slaughter pits Swiss tradition against modern thinking
STEPHANIE HESS: ‘On a wet Saturday morning, the small village of Sissach in canton Basel Country in the north of Switzerland, sees two pigs publicly…
The biggest myths people use to justify meat-eating
ALEX MYLES: ‘Whether it is due to cognitive dissonance or a general unwillingness to become educated about factory farming, there is an incredible…
The rise of veganism: We are what we don’t eat
CATHERINE CLEARY: ‘Vegans and vegetarians are more visible and vocal now than ever before. If we are what we eat then some of us are becoming what we…
Selfie tourism is killing these incredibly cute creatures
ISOBEL HAMILTON:‘A small furry creature huddles close to a tree branch on the edge of the forest. Its large, globular eyes are shut (it’s daytime, and…
What is Ejiao? A traditional Chinese medicine for which donkeys are ‘beaten to death with hammers’
KAREN NORONHA: ‘In a gruesome video that emerged from China recently, a number of donkeys — some as young as five months old — are seen being killed…