animal welfare – Page 8 – People's World

Animals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals

March 12, 2014 By Rebecca Bolte

"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."

Dolphin slaughter stirs up wave of outrage

January 28, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Dolphin hunting is also known as drive hunting, and involves driving the animals together with boats and trapping them. It is increasingly seen as a cruel, inhumane, and entirely unnecessary practice.

Barn owls face armageddon

January 27, 2014 By Peter Frost

The barn owl population has declined from use of agricultural poisons and rat and mouse baits so popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

“We3”: Pro-animal comic book turns 10

January 21, 2014 By Jon Hochschartner

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of We3, a masterful comic book miniseries that considers human exploitation of animals.

West Hollywood becomes first U.S. city to ban sale of fur

September 27, 2013 By Blake Skylar

For the first time in this country's history, the Californian city of West Hollywood has banned the sale of fur, in keeping with its tradition of upholding the values of animals and their wellbeing.