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Animal Cruelty
September 26, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
How the GOP Became the Party of Pet Slaughter
What is it with Republicans and dog killing?
August 8, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Anti-Trump Republican Hilariously Hits Back at Tim Walz Attacks
Former Representative Adam Kinzinger came to Walz’s defense.
August 8, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
RFK Jr. Just Made His Dead Bear Cub Story Even Weirder
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently has a habit of picking up roadkill.
August 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
You Have to See This Disturbing Photo of RFK Jr. and a Dead Baby Bear
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s choice of pose has to be seen to be believed.
December 6, 2022
Tori Otten
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse
Musk reportedly pressured staff, telling them to “imagine they had a bomb strapped to their heads,” leading to rushed animal testing.
August 17, 2022
Matt Ford
Wildlife Shouldn’t Suffer Because of Human Stupidity
Freya the Walrus was just living her best life in Norway until the local government decided she had to die.
March 23, 2021
Jan Dutkiewicz
Banning Chicken Cages Won’t Make Eggs Humane
Utah’s new law mandating cage-free egg production by 2025 is, well, chickenshit.
October 10, 2019
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Rachel Riederer
Olga Tokarczuk’s Gripping Eco-Mystery
The Nobel Prize–winning novelist recasts our relationship with the environment.
March 14, 2019
Emily Atkin
Why Animal Rights Is the Next Frontier for the Left
As the left hardens its commitment to fighting climate change, social injustice, and rampant capitalism, the question of what to do about animals will become inescapable.
February 2, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
When the Law Recognizes Animals as People
Two states have taken steps towards treating animals as individuals, a shift in their legal rights that could have wide repercussions.
August 6, 2015
Corby Kummer
Eat Meat?
Put your morals where your mouth is
March 5, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Ringling Brothers Will Stop Using Elephants by 2018. (Your Move, SeaWorld.)
November 25, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Hollywood's Animal-Cruelty Problem Must Look Familiar to the NFL and U.S. Military
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