With two million ostriches killed for fashion every year, one inventive designer has created ‘ethical plumes’ that mimic ostrich feathers - without slaughtering an animal.

Utah signs landmark bill mandating the use of humane euthanasia methods in animal shelters, following years of advocacy and education efforts by animal advocacy organizations.

Cultivated meat - meat grown from animal cells rather than from a farmed animal -  is one of the leading solutions to creating a more sustainable food system. But Italy’s rightwing government, backed by the country’s biggest farmer’s association, says it is a threat to the traditional meat industry and wants it outlawed.

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The cultivated meat is developed from rooster cells - rather than a farmed animal - and its color, smell, and flavor is said to be near-identical to traditional chicken.

After being confined to a small tank for over fifty years, Lolita, the last surviving orca from her kidnapped pod, is set to finally be released back into her home waters in the Pacific Northwest with the help of a non-profit organization and philanthropist funding.

Nueva Pescanova plans to slaughter up to one million of the aquatic animals every year by freezing them to death in "ice slurry" tanks, with the commercial farm set to open this year.

Four-month-old calf was filmed dodging traffic and evading catchers on a Brooklyn street before eventually being returned to the slaughterhouse. But public support and an offer from an animal sanctuary have resulted in a second chance for the animal.

As more and more consumers seek out sustainable and ethical fashion options, plant-based leathers have become increasingly popular as an alternative to traditional animal-derived materials.

Emissions for the five companies is equivalent to 36.4 million cars on the road, according to a new report that examines how factory farming is meeting the world’s demand for meat. 

Charles River Laboratories intends to send the juvenile macaques back to Cambodia, despite calls from PETA and Born Free USA to release the monkeys to a sanctuary.

The case is a significant development for the ‘right to rescue’ movement, which seeks to expand the law so that any animal in need of rescue - regardless of species - can be legally rescued.

San Francisco-based food technology company, GOOD Meat, has become the second US company to gain clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its cell-based meat.

South-East Asia’s biggest city has outlawed the dog and cat meat trade in what campaigners are calling a “watershed” moment.

Originally taken from the wild back in 1979, Kiska spent over four decades in a tank at Canada’s Marineland.  

The competition featured categories such as ‘the smallest kill’, with participants seen celebrating amount piles of dead coyotes.

Reese’s peanut butter cups and Hershey’s chocolate go plant-based, as the Hershey Company says more and more people are choosing animal-free alternatives.

If passed, the legislation will outlaw the keeping of elephants in zoos in the city, and will require current captive elephants - like Happy in Bronx Zoo - to be transported to a sanctuary. 

Primate experts are calling for the government-funded cull to be replaced with a humane sterilization program.

New study shows that global food production alone will add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100 - but also outlines how four collective and individual actions can help halve emissions.