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Animal ethics – Analysis and Comment
The welfare of wild animals is severely compromised to sustain grouse shooting in Scotland.
When Peter Singer first published Animal Liberation in 1975, he wasn’t aware of climate change. But the new book, Animal Liberation Now, argues eating plants will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Behavior-based interventions could boost conservation efforts, but raise their own set of tricky ethical issues.
For animals to find the motivation to forage and mate, life must be at least slightly positive.
Octopuses are enigmatic beings whose experiences of industrial farming are likely to be profound.
Although there are rules that govern animal research, they don’t answer one important question: when are the gains from research enough to justify the harms it may inflict?
When it comes to our ethical duties to animals, representation and respect should go hand in hoof.
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.
Egg production standards are about more than just a happy compromise. Hens are sentient, intelligent beings. Like us, they deserve a good life.
New research showing clear similarities between pain receptors in human and horses’ skin raises fresh questions about whether the widespread practice is ethical or even effective.
As the Melbourne Cup approaches, new research shows whipping horses really doesn’t offer the benefits its proponents claim.
We enjoy and appreciate animals and are disturbed by violence against them. But we also perpetrate this violence, and that needs to change.
US federal regulations say little about how animals on organic farms should be treated. So if you’re planning to serve an ethical holiday dinner, you’ll have to do some research.
The new legislation will give harsher punishment to people who incite others to trespass on farms.
Animal-rights protesters have grabbed headlines this week, but research shows antagonism is not always effective.
The cruel link between economics and animal welfare.
The humble carrier pigeon played a huge role in World War I and saved many lives. But despite huge technological advances, animals are still suffering and dying in modern wars.
Many shoppers choose free-range eggs because they think they are tastier and healthier, rather than being motivated purely by concerns for hens’ welfare, a new study has found.
There is a history of mistreatment of animals in the name of art. But isn’t it about time artists made their point about human domination without themselves asserting dominance over beasts?
Two animal rights experts see little reason to cheer that a circus is closing, as long as humans keep eating meat and dairy products.
Human-animal hybrids - or ‘chimeras’ - might sound strange, but they offer great hope for new life saving therapies, as long as key ethical boundaries are respected.
With circuses on the wane, are our attitudes towards animals improving?
Despite strict rules on the use of the whip in Australian horse racing, some riders still breach them.
Free range, sow stall free - you’ll find a number of different types of ham on the market this Christmas. But what do they mean?