"Once anybody starts thinking seriously about animals, it goes places." — @marisul.bsky.social New episode of Rising Anxieties is out now, and it's something a little different. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep923

"The decision is said to follow a 58-day campaign led by CAFT that included more than 50 protests of Etsy and its affiliates across 17 cities" 

At some point, people decided that force feeding ducks and geese by sticking tubes down their throat to ultimately eat what "is quite literally diseased liver" was a good thing. Foie gras is banned in NYC (again). #animalrights #animalwelfare

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙫𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙙 𝙄𝙩 with dog testing. Jennifer Welch and Wayne Hsiung name names, shame do-nothing democrats, and discuss the upcoming April 19th #beagle rescue (sign up at savethedogs.io). www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsR-...

"For the most part, the only statistically meaningful ill health effects come from ultra-processed foods that contain the things we already know are bad for us: too much salt, sugar, and fat."

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Never Give Up! Every Ton of Carbon We Can Cut Still Matters - Legal Planet legal-planet.org/2026/04/06/w...

CIWF's Joyce D'Silva will be joining an incredible panel of scientists and thinkers to explore animal cognition, consciousness, sentience, and ethics as part of a series celebrating the legacy of Jane Goodall. April 9, 2026, 10am ET Register now 👇 https://bit.ly/47zJ3VR

We just filed an emergency legal motion today alongside Alaska Wildlife Alliance seeking to prevent the state from killing an unlimited number of brown and black bears across roughly 40,000 square miles in southwest #Alaska this summer. More info: biodiv.us/48y8reW

Etsy has announced a full ban on the sale of animal fur, effective August 2026, following a 58-day campaign by the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade" https://the-ethos.co/etsy-bans-animal-fur/ #animalrights

Half of all agricultural land is used not for human food but for animal feed, ethanol and other uses. Grossly environmentally destructive and inefficient. New paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Good news for animals. New Zealand will keep its ban on live animal exports by sea, protecting animals from long, cruel journeys. A powerful step toward a more compassionate future. ladyfreethinker.org/good-news-ne...

The Latest Animal Research News: —Days after beagle rescue, Ridglan peddles dogs at ToxExpo; —New UW primate lab footage; —Electroshock fear experiments on mice; —FL monkey importer charged after monkey dumped alive at Miami waste facility; —And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-ap... #animalrights

People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas, and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role: https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/04/cafos-cancer-pollution/

In a major victory for North Carolina’s Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, a federal court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act when creating their controversial forest management plan. Learn more! dfnd.us/4vaERps 🌲

Right now, the aquaculture industry is gearing up to do something that should stop every one of us in our tracks — factory farm octopuses. These are some of the most intelligent, sensitive, and ecologically vital animals on the planet. #WorldAquaticAnimalsDay

This study explores how farmers and industry experts interpret the term “positive animal welfare,” revealing gaps between scientific definitions and how welfare is understood and discussed in everyday farm practice. https://faunalytics.org/what-does-positive-animal-welfare-mean-to-farmers/

i’ll say that the morningstar “chicken” nuggets are legit and i prefer them to actual chicken (my kids eat them)

Urge your members of Congress to introduce legislation enacting Research Modernization NOW, which would mandate that U.S. biomedical research focus on non-animal research methods! www.peta.vg/46vm

The CA Horse Racing Board reports 8 at Santa Anita Park & 5 at Los Alamitos Race Course. All for the sake of ‘entertainment.’ This pastime needs to be put to bed. Help us demand an end to the deadly horse racing industry. 🏇Do not attend/bet on horse races 📢Speak out on socials

Our Hen House interview drops Friday. Bruce Friedrich of The Good Food Institute makes the case for why the future of food is closer than you think — and why it matters for all of us. Don't miss it.

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

Rochester Institute of Technology is the first university in New York state to reach a major dining milestone, achieving a campuswide menu that is now 50% plant-based. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/roch...

This report deconstructs five myths used by the aquaculture industry to greenwash its ecological harms and public health risks. https://faunalytics.org/fish-farmings-false-promise-of-saving-the-oceans/

Thank you to the hundreds of students from around the world who participated in our sixth Animal Rights Law Essay Competition! (1/5)

Need some help getting that book started? Here's your chance...

Science points in one direction, lobbying in the other. Crucial but grim reporting by @zdboren.bsky.social. "Ministers are rewriting planning rules to make it easier to build intensive livestock farms despite concerns ..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New Hen Report! Should vegans watch graphic footage? Is "vegan" getting in the way of animal rights? And why did Ted Cruz call someone a freak for caring about animals? Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep921

BREAKING UPDATE 🚨 A judge has ordered that the ~240 goats seized from Grand Barr Dairy are forfeited to the county after PETA investigations exposed severe neglect. Tell the sheriff to send everyone to reputable sanctuaries for the care they deserve! www.peta.vg/46vh

Why don’t more consumers choose plant-based meat? For many, they're unfamiliar with the products & don’t have a strong reason to buy them, making messaging a critical tool to increase adoption. Join us April 9 to unpack new research on which messages drive consumer interest → https://bit.ly/416mvsd

We’re delighted to be featured in People Magazine for our work helping animals in Ukraine. Together with our partners, we’ve provided 100 insulated doghouses to protect vulnerable dogs living through war. 👇 people.com/stray-dogs-i...

Explore all the latest news in human-centric, non-animal science from the last month: —3D-printed beating hearts; —Human liver organoids; —Nonsentient organ sacks; —And more: riseforanimals.org/news/sci-news-mar-2026/ #alternatives #nams #betterscience #ethicalscience #animalrights #endanimallabs

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

These days, truth is at least as strange as fiction. On the blog, I discuss the news that RFK Jr. once stopped his car to cut off and examine the penis of a roadkill raccoon--and Dr. Oz's announced inclusion in the Medicare Part D formulary of a powdered form of raccoon "baculum" (penis bone). 👇

"When they do research on humans, they don't normally lock them up in little cages for their lives and then kill them when they're done." — @marisul.bsky.social, Rising Anxieties. New episode out now. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep920!

you can opt out of participating in this system entirely and it feels so great! important story here by @jesslsr.bsky.social

Birthright citizenship is no ancient relic. It resonates deeply with other features of our constitutional democracy (like the prohibition on titles of nobility and "corruption of blood") that reject parentage as the sine qua non of equal status. I explain in a column for @justiaverdict.bsky.social 👇

Since 2008, a federal rule has shielded #endangered #whales from extinction. The North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule requires most vessels 65 ft and longer to slow to 10 knots (in certain areas, at certain times). Now the Trump admin. wants to get rid of it. Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4sCaFC9

Replacement changes what tools are available. Displacement changes how science is done. @nicodmueller.bsky.social's revisit of “Lane‑Petter’s Pipeline” provides the wider lens we need to modernize and humanize biomedical research. 🧵 #bioethics #paradigmchange #scipol #metasci #philsci

Good news! Last week, we achieved a court victory in Florida with a ruling that the federal government, not the state, will remain in charge of overseeing development permits to build in Florida’s wetlands. When agencies follow the law, we all win, wetlands and wildlife included. dfnd.us/4lZ4GEV

New scoping review in Science of Food: A more sustainable food system needs us to move away from meat; one of the best tools for achieving that is alt protein; and among alt proteins plant-based is best for now because of scalability. Get (back) on board. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Conservation groups will rally Tues. morning outside the Dept of the Interior to oppose the Trump admin’s sudden convening of the Endangered Species Committee, or the Extinction Committee (which hasn’t met in more than 30 years). bit.ly/4bRHL9R

A fin-tastic victory for imperiled species: President Trump's #EndangeredSpeciesAct rollbacks have been overturned 🙌👏 Today, a federal court ruled that four key provisions that implement the #ESA, issued in 2019 under the first Trump administration, are unlawful. Stay up-to-date ➡️ bit.ly/4cu2DpR

Tech company Palantir has made headlines for its lucrative contracts with the Trump administration. But did you know that Palantir is also used by Tyson Foods?

In our new white paper, find out why ALL eggs, no matter if they're labeled "cage-free," contribute to babies suffering every day until they die:

Urge Wegmans to restrict its funding to the Food Research Institute’s non-animal research fund!

Wegmans supporting an institution that funds experiments involving force-feeding parasite-infested feces to animals wasn’t on our 2026 bingo card but here we are…

32,000 have signed 👊🏼 Let's get to 35,000 The time to end this heinous abuse was yesterday. #AnimalAbuse at #RidglanFarms Be their voice 🐕🩸 #Wisconsin #ARA SHUT DOWN RIDGLAN SAVE THESE DOGS More: savethedogs.io 🐕 ✍🏼 www.change.org/p/shut-down-...

The "journos worrying about anthropomorphization" saga continues. Just gave a short phone interview to 🇨🇭 public radio about the whale stranded in 🇩🇪. Like clockwork, the first substantive question was: do people anthropomorphize the whale? I tried another answer this time.