If you don’t like noise, imagine how pets and other animals feel about it.
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Noise can be so unpleasant that we regulate construction work and music concerts - but we only consider human hearing ranges.
Pigeons are widely treated with contempt by the public.
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Pigeons simply don’t deserve the bad press they get.
Jordan Peele’s latest horror film challenges viewers to consider technology, surveillance, other worldly life and the making of spectacle through different lenses — including the eyes of animals.
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When it comes to our ethical duties to animals, representation and respect should go hand in hoof.
We shouldn’t breed dogs with health problems for their cute appeal.
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A new study shows bulldogs have a life expectancy five years lower than the average dog.
Interior view of Polito’s Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, Westminster, London, 1812.
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Historians aren’t sure exactly when the first zoo was built, but it’s clear humans have kept exotic animals for thousands of years.
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Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
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Although cats are evolved for night-time activity, during domestication they have adapted to human lifestyles. There’s plenty you can do to try and get your cat to stop waking you in the wee hours.
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Slow progress may be better than none at all for animals living in the UK.
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A proposed new large-scale octopus farm in Spain is a huge risk to the welfare of this sentient and intelligent animal.
Integrating trees, grasses and other vegetation with grazing domesticated animals could be a solution to many of the issues associated with raising livestock.
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The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.
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Psychologists have described a ‘meat paradox’ in the minds of meat-eating animal lovers.
Luma in a still from Andrea Arnold’s Cow (2021).
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Andrea Arnold’s new film chronicles the daily strife of Luma – a dairy cow and mother.
Climbers must climb, diggers must dig and runners must run.
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A fundamental change in how North American zoos and aquariums are accredited supports their animal conservation and species survival work.
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Octopus, crabs, prawns demonstrate clear signs of emotion, such as pain and ‘anxiety-like’ behaviour.
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New research shows gambling participation in Australia is dropping.
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The plan to criminalise pet theft is more about pet owners’ wellbeing than for the animals themselves.
Geronimo is an eight year-old alpaca who has twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.
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Boats and companies have been treated as legal persons in the past. Why not an alpaca?
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Proposed legislation would required the government to consider how all of its policies affect animal welfare.
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Pescatarians might frustrate purist vegetarians, but the issues surrounding fish are quite different to meat.
Animal welfare protesters rally in front of a live export ship in Fremantle harbour, June last year.
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Advocacy groups play a crucial and neglected role in revealing systemic animal mistreatment. We need to make their actions unnecessary by with better transparency in the industries.