An extraordinary international conference will be taking place in Palestine in May. During the three-day event, organised by the Palestinian Animal League (PAL), participants will not just focus on the plight of […]
Article updated to include new motion filed on behalf of elephants Beulah, Karen, and Minnie and the landmark opinion issued by New York Court of Appeals judge, Eugene M. Fahey in the case of […]
The international team investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 four years ago today has released a new interim statement that Chinese next-of-kin say is “perfunctory”. The statement is just three […]
Next of kin of passengers and crew who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 held their fourth remembrance event in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (Saturday). It was an afternoon of mixed emotions: […]
Lawyers from the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in the United States have filed a motion for permission to appeal in the cases of captive chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko, and a group of prominent philosophers¹ have submitted […]
Delegates at the 9th World Urban Forum were urged to see urbanisation, migration, and diversity as realities to be managed, not problems to be solved. Empowering women and young people and […]
The number of orangutans on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo plummeted between 1999 and 2015, according to a new report. The population decreased by more than 140,000 over the period, scientists […]
Combating climate change was the subject of one of the keynote sessions on the third day of the 9th World Urban Forum (WUF9), being held in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. In a session […]
The 9th World Urban Forum (WUF9) is underway in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, and, on the first day, there were impassioned debates in the Women’s Assembly and an assembly focused on young […]
The 11th Jaipur Literature Festival took attendees on an eclectic, five-day journey of discovery that spanned continents, genres, and an impressive diversity of subjects. Politics, the environment, the plight of wildlife, the […]
KATHMANDU CONFERENCE, PART TWO. Nepal was the host country for the 10th Asia for Animals (AfA) conference. It’s a nation known for its achievements in nature conservation, but animal welfare activists are facing serious […]
The 11th edition of India’s renowned Jaipur Literature Festival will get underway in the Pink City this coming Thursday, with more than 350 speakers on the programme and nearly 200 sessions spanning […]
Article has been updated (new motion filed on 18/4/2018). Lawyers from the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in the United States have filed a motion to reargue in their battle to obtain a writ of […]
The rapid expansion of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland’s Darling Downs¹ has been accompanied by a dramatic rise in local hospital admissions for circulatory and respiratory conditions, according to report […]
Palm oil is the most ubiquitous edible oil on the planet. It is found in products ranging from soap, cosmetics, and cleaning products to candles, chocolate, and ice cream, and it is […]
The Malaysian government has agreed to pay the American private seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it finds the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH370 within ninety days of […]
The Malaysian government has accepted a “no cure, no fee” offer by the American private seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity to conduct a new search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. […]
A judge in the United States has dismissed the world’s first petition for a common law writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of elephants, but the lawyers remain undeterred and say […]
A new report by the monitoring network TRAFFIC documents the “industrial-scale” trade in pangolins in Indonesia and states that up to 10,000 of the trafficked animals are being seized by the Indonesian […]
KATHMANDU CONFERENCE, PART ONE. Delegates to the 10th Asia for Animals (AfA) conference grappled with the issue of changing human behaviour, which was the theme of this year’s gathering. There were inspiring presentations about […]
