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Read articles that explore intersections of animals with aspects of human society in popular culture, media, science, ethics, philosophy, art and more.
Comment: The Slaughterhouse and the State
How normalized violence against animals prepares the moral ground for wider systems of domination. By Michael Corthell.
Tell it like it is: the case for honest labelling
Packaging often makes misleading claims about welfare. Advocates are calling for labels that tell the truth.
Hearts in the Crossfire: The Shared Fate of Communities and Their Animals
As war engulfs the Middle East, Jackson Zee of Four Paws considers its forgotten victims.
‘Revelatory and brutal’: HIDDEN memorialises animals in the anthropocene
Edited by Jo-Anne McArthur, HIDDEN confirms animal photojournalism as a vital force for resistance.
Why isn't animal freedom seen as a legitimate freedom struggle?
And how might our movement change that? By Natalie Braine from Project Phoenix.
Disappearing Kinship: How Growing Up Teaches Children to See Animals as ‘Other’
Children love animals. Until we tell them not to, finds Bel Jacobs
We Animals: Diana Hulet
The third of a series on We Animals features Colorado photojournalist Diana Hulet.
Why look at animals? Art for the rights of non-human lives
A seminal exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens explores humans’ knotty relationship with other species.
Empathy is the only way forward
All oppressions are connected, says Empathy Project founder Bel Jacobs.
In the hands of the Faroese
Change will be driven most effectively by islanders who share the vision of ending the famously brutal Grindadráp.
The Legal Revolution That Could Save Whales
A new movement, grounded in Indigenous law and legal precedent, seeks to grant whales the right to live, thrive and be heard.
Empathy has deep evolutionary roots
And it’s crucial for our social functioning, says new research by Dr Zanna Clay and Jake Brooker.
What is an Interspecies Council?
Considering the more-than-human leads to very different decision-making in Moral Imaginations.
The Mothers of Dairy
After Animal Justice Project’s harrowing undercover investigation of Lowsfields dairy farm, Bel Jacobs asks: is what we do to mother cows worth it?
First person: the right to bodily autonomy
As was true of my abuse, it is not that other animals have no right to bodily autonomy. It is that we are deeply wrong to deny it. By Emma Hakansson.
We Animals: Deniz Tapkan
The second of a series on We Animals features Istanbul photographer Deniz Tapkan Cengiz.
We Animals: Shatabdi Chakrabarti
The first of a series on We Animals features New Delhi photographer Shatabdi Chakrabarti
Rescuing Animals in Times of War
Sulala Animal Rescue’s work in Gaza is both profound and important.
A Reverent Tribute to Disappearing Creatures
Katherine Rundell makes a plea.
When Animals Escape
Why we need to listen when animals try to escape. By Bel Jacobs.