Justice

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Factory Farms Are Sourcing Their Cheap Labor From Prisons

A new research project illuminates the connection between prisons and meat processors, and how both benefit from incarcerated labor.

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What Is Animal Welfare?
Do Circuses Still Abuse Animals?
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Entertainment

Do Circuses Still Abuse Animals?
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New Study Highlights Harms of Captive Lion Cub Tourism
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Elephants Thrive in Sanctuaries Over Zoos, Research Shows
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Groupon Boosts Attendance at ‘Notorious’ Zoos and Aquariums
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These Big-Budget TV Shows Won’t Admit Where Your Meat Comes From

Sanctuaries

What Is a Microsanctuary
4 Principles of the Microsanctuary Movement
bear
Can Vietnam’s ‘Last Bear Sanctuary’ Help End the Bile Trade?
animal caregiver
Animal Sanctuaries Face a New Threat — Compassion Fatigue
rooster sanctuary
How a Latinx-led Rescue Group Is Changing the Sanctuary Movement
cows
Animal Sanctuary Founder Jailed After Taking in Wandering Cows

Law & Policy

meat companies turn to prison labor
Factory Farms Are Sourcing Their Cheap Labor From Prisons
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What Is Animal Welfare?
UK government mulls law to engineer animals
Can Precision Breeding Be Good for Animal Welfare? It’s Complicated.
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Two Recent Court Cases Shift the Future of the Animal Rights Movement
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Ag-Gag Laws: What Are They and Which States Still Have Them?

Reflections

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Should Animal Protection Groups Serve Meat?
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Could Veganism Solve World Hunger?
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What an Animal Investigator Learned From 50 Years of Undercover Work
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Sentient Media Podcast: Progression Over Perfection with Monique Koch
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Sentient Media Joins Lush Cosmetics Charity Pots Program

Workers

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Join Sentient Media’s New Course: Labor Rights Within Animal Protection
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Sentient Media Podcast: No One Wants to Work in a Slaughterhouse, with Undercover Investigator Pete Paxton
Dutch farmer protest
What the Media Missed Covering Dutch Livestock Farmer Protests
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Europe’s Chicken Supply Chain Has a Human Rights Problem
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‘We’re Not Terrible People’: Animal Farmers Find Their Voice

Sport

bullfighting
Is Bullfighting Cruel to the Bull?
wolf
Is Hunting a Sport?
sled dog
The Iditarod: How Long Is It and How Many Dogs Die in the Race?
coyote
New Coalition Aims to Outlaw ‘Barbaric’ Wildlife Killing Contests
black bears
North Carolina Lifts Hunting Ban in Bear Sanctuaries

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