Giving Dogs Psychedelics: Practices in Indigenous Tribes

Some indigenous tribes practice giving dogs psychedelics to improve hunting and protection abilities. But should you give your pet psychedelics?

From Citibank to Vegan Activism: A Talk with Philip Wollen

I discovered Philip Wollen by watching the video of a debate called “Animals Should Be Off the Menu” last May. I was mesmerized by his oratory skills and the passion in which he described the absolute horror that animals live under all over the world.

Rights Aren’t Just for Humans, Anymore

Using cognitive ability as justification for civil rights for humans, animals, and machines – how do we decide who deserves them?

Victory for Bees: EU Passes Insecticide Ban

In a victory for bees, the EU passes the world's first continent-wide ban on harmful insecticides. 

Cry, Wolf

For decades, the Rocky
Mountain states have been the center of an extreme right-wing culture that celebrates the image of man as "warrior." Now, a campaign of intimidation and disinformation has led to the gray wolf's removal from the Endangered Species List. Wolf blood will flow across the Rockies this
fall and winter, but the killing might backfire.

Are Dolphins “Non-human Persons”?

Scientists have declared that dolphins are the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans.