We often reduce farm animals to numbers: how many are raised, how many are killed, how much they produce. But behind each statistic is an individual, with their own personality and sense of being. What does it mean to live a life where your entire existence is reduced to profit? Let’s take a closer look.

Zoe Rosenberg faces up to five and a half years in prison after allegedly entering a California slaughterhouse and rescuing animals, a case that has drawn national attention to the treatment of farmed animals and the legal risks of open rescue activism.

The 17 remaining orcas in captivity in the United States are part of a generation that will be the last to endure life behind glass.

The Missouri woman, who starred in the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy, plead guilty to two counts of perjury and one of obstructing justice, after lying that a primate she was accused of mistreating had died.

Federal agents seized 190 dogs from Leshon Eugene Johnson’s Oklahoma home, the most ever taken from a single person in a federal dogfighting case.

Driven by Chef Alain Passard’s love of nature and commitment to sustainability, the celebrated Paris restaurant now joins a growing list of Michelin-starred venues embracing plant-based cuisine.

Campaigners say new legislation is meaningless without an immediate end to the daily mass killing of stray animals in preparation for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

The German zoo says the cull was necessary to control its captive baboon population and prevent overcrowding.

A pioneering South African project is using radioactive tagging to protect rhinos, making horns easier to trace and harder to traffic.

A new study shows the reintroduction of wolves is driving a long-awaited recovery of aspen trees, decades after the ecosystem fell out of balance.

Roadside zoos are a welfare nightmare for animals. They are typically small zoos where wild animals are confined in small cages and frequently forced to interact with visitors in stressful and unnatural ways.

A proposed bill on Jeju Island aims to designate dolphins as legal persons, a move environmentalists say would better protect the endangered animals from human-caused harm.

Tonia Haddix was taken into custody after defying court orders once again, as authorities discovered another chimpanzee hidden in the same tiny basement cage where she once kept Tonka.

PETA is taking the American Kennel Club to court, arguing that official breed standards are leading to a lifetime of pain, medical issues, and early deaths for some of the most popular dogs in America.

Ian McKeever was found not guilty of overdriving his horse, Ryder, who collapsed on August 2022 and was euthanized two months later. 

The Mexican gray wolf and her pups were set to be released in June, but conservationists fear that political influence is behind the unexplained delay, following objections from the livestock industry. 

The roundups of wild horses and burros conducted by low-flying helicopters could be phased-out by this legislation.

Mercedes-Benz has embraced an innovative animal-free leather for the seat pads of its CONCEPT AMG GT XX.

Jorge, taken from the wild in 1984, has travelled more than 2,700km since his release, offering hope for the future of other captive sea turtles.

The agency will now require that all funded projects consider human-relevant alternatives, signalling a landmark shift toward more ethical science.