The Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop the understanding of how animal minds work to help inspire new policies and laws to help care for them.

The lawsuit alleged that customers were duped into paying for products harvested from mink fur farms. 

If passed, the legislation would help counter the disturbing, rising interest in farming octopus for human consumption.

The company is taking legal action against Florida, after the state introduced a first-in-the-nation ban on cultivated meat last year.

Following years of advocacy and public pressure, the university’s surgery training program has announced it will no longer cut into live pigs and will use modern, human-relevant methods instead.

A new study has revealed a landmark process that can now create bigger pieces of whole meat - without needing to farm an animal.

Food guidelines around the world are updating their advice to to help people incorporate more plant-based proteins into their diets.

The twin two-year-old bears Daisy and River are currently kept in a small, concrete enclosure at the Three Bears General Store.

Known as the heaviest invertebrate on the planet, the elusive species has never been seen in the wild - until now.

The move, reportedly due to unfavourable market conditions, means that the country’s fin whales will be safe from whaling this year.

Evaluating drugs with cutting-edge technology instead of animal testing will improve drug safety and cut development times, the agency said as it reveals a roadmap to increase non-animal research techniques.

The initiative, which aims to increase the uptake of healthier, plant-forward meals, is now being rolled out further by a leading catering company which serves 290,000 meals to patients every day.

The transfer comes after pressure from animal welfare organizations helped secure a sanctuary retirement for the animals.

The measure would have outlawed hound hunting to kill large mammals, a practise which critics say is cruel and endangers non-target wildlife.

The image of a rugged man grilling steaks or devouring a burger has been so deeply ingrained in our cultural psyche that it's rarely questioned. But it's time we did, says Ben Williamson, the Executive Director of Animal Outlook.

The ASPCA, who assisted state authorities in the huge rescue operation, warn that the illegal act of dogfighting still occurs all over the country.

Most of the rescued animals are believed to have been formerly owned by Tiger King’s Joe Exotic.

The pioneering company behind the product is set to launch a nutritionally complete cat food made almost entirely from cell-cultured mouse.

The controversial marine park is accused of not properly protecting the worker, who was in further danger of being bitten, struck or drowned by the whale.

Described as the “future” of high-performance textiles, the durable mushroom leather is a more sustainable alternative to traditional animal and plastic derived leather.