A former UK police detective says abuse is tied to violent crimes like child abuse and sexual assault. Still, law enforcement agencies rarely prioritize animal protection.
The FDA believes that animal testing is necessary for effective medical research. But according to a new coalition of lawmakers, researchers, and scientists, that kind of thinking is holding us back.
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Akhtar about her work building a world where animal testing is no longer the default.
Decades of welfare violations at the National Primate Research Centers have led many in the scientific community to question the purpose of experimenting on animals.
Big Ag
Every second, 271 animals are killed for food in the U.S. Millions more are killed every day. Find out why so many animals are killed and how it happens.
Sentient Media recently sat down with Ryan Bethencourt, CEO of Wild Earth, to talk about how his company is shaking up the pet food industry.
At a small, family-run dairy farm near Bath, England, cows are suffering. You wouldn’t know that by looking at the label, though. In fact, you might think the opposite.
COVID-19
The leaders of pork company Smithfield Foods and chicken producer Perdue Farms were in regular contact with government officials as the coronavirus began sweeping through their plants.
A new Congressional report found that slaughterhouses owned by five major meatpacking companies accounted for at least 59,000 COVID-19 cases and 269 deaths.
Massive outbreaks of COVID-19 led to the permanent closure of fur farms in the Netherlands, Poland, and France, but the U.S. has yet to take action.
Environment
In Britain, a crowdfunding campaign called the Vegan Land Movement is buying out grazing land from farmers to rewild it. The transition is proving more complicated than they expected.
A new report from Collective Fashion Justice and the Center for Biological Diversity explores the wool industry’s “shear destruction” of indigenous plant and animal life.
COP26 chose to serve attendees some of the world’s most climate-damaging foods. A closer look at the menu reveals why.
Exclusive
Most funders and leaders in the farmed animal advocacy movement are white. That needs to change.
Animal liberation won’t happen until Black, Brown, and Indigenous people have equity in the animal protection movement.
What happens when a longtime animal activist begins to recognize their role in white supremacy culture? They decide to become part of the solution.
