Join AALDP attorney Chris Carraway at the @dxeverywheresf Meetup TOMORROW, May 23, 11 AM PT, to learn what the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the necessity defense means for animal rescue. At the Berkeley Animal Rights Center or at dxe.io/meetupzoom. Don't miss it!

This review synthesizes veterinary science, animal welfare, and neuroscience research to argue that for animals in barren, confined environments, pain isn’t just unrelieved — it’s amplified. https://faunalytics.org/how-barren-environments-amplify-pain-in-captive-animals/

Our new interview with Tim Woodward of Animal Rescue Corps is OUT NOW — and it's one you won't forget. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep942 🐾🎙️

We sued Tyson on behalf of Environmental Working Group over Tyson's supposedly "climate smart" beef. Through a settlement, they took down all claims about their climate impacts. New reporting shows that 98% of climate claims made by top meat and dairy companies count as greenwashing.

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Bad news: M-44 “cyanide bombs” are back. M-44s were banned on US BLM land in 2023. But now the agency has quietly walked back that ban and says the poison traps can be used on a “case-by-case basis.” Tell the BLM to reinstate their ban NOW. ➡️ biodiv.us/4wJ3Px5

Results from a pair of experiments suggest that taking an animal’s perspective can help reduce a person’s animal product consumption. https://faunalytics.org/reducing-prejudice-can-lead-to-dietary-changes/

"When I'm doing activism, I can live in this horrible world, and when I'm not doing it, I have more trouble." — Gretchen Primack This week on The Hen Report. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep941

⚠️ A highly contagious, drug-resistant pathogen is infecting workers in the monkey experimentation industry⚠️

If you've heard about the Trump administration's renewed use of cyanide bombs on public lands, this is what they're talking about. therevelator.org/big-picture-...

Devastating news is reaching us of yet another live export tragedy Around 4,000 sheep & goats die after ship sinks near Oman @theanimalreader.bsky.social “Reports say the ship filled with smoke. The animals were reportedly trapped below deck” An unimaginable horror #BanLiveExports @ciwf.org.uk

📢 Big polluters are trying to undermine action on methane. 42 scientists are calling on governments worldwide to reject the dangerous “no additional warming” narrative being used by big polluters to avoid reducing pollution. Learn more: www.irishtimes.com/environment/... 🧵(1/5)

Tim Woodward of Animal Rescue Corps has rescued 12,000+ animals with a <1% euthanasia rate. His new Our Hen House interview is out Friday — and it will move you. Subscribe on your favorite podcatcher or our YouTube channel so you don’t miss it!

New episode of Rising Anxieties with @marisul.bsky.social is out! Ventilation Shutdown PLUS, Veal Calf Rebranding, and a Chicken Crust Pizza Nobody Asked For. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep940

Momentum is building across the fashion industry and within the EU toward a fur-free future. The question now is: will the European Union follow with a market-wide ban on fur farming and sales?

🚨 Registration closes tomorrow for #UKAnimalLawCon2026, where @alicediconcetto.bsky.social is a speaker. 🐈 A key event for academics, lawyers, NGOs, & students, organised by the UK Centre for Animal Law & the Multispecies Collective. 🔗Register by Weds → tinyurl.com/3k7yzj7r #UKAnimalLawCon2026

The livestock industry is scared! The EU’s latest move to discourage plant-based foods shows how threatened the system has become. This isn’t about “dangerous” vegan food - it’s about protecting an outdated model facing growing scrutiny.

There's still time to join us tomorrow if you're in range of East London! An informal, friendly get together. Why not bring a friend (canine, human, whoever!)? Sign up free here: luma.com/2cdn6oig?tk=...

Famous animal welfare scientist Donald Broom said that confining pigs in gestation crates is “much worse than severely beating an animal.” So it says a lot that some meat industry groups, pork companies, and members of Congress are fighting to defend the practice. New story:

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Sign if you agree that the mass killing of donkeys for cosmetics and supplements must end!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...?

Stop what you are doing and watch this right now...

How the new Farm Bill could keep millions of pigs locked in tiny cages. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Many good suggestions here for a post-Trump future, but I particularly like the one on the necessity of drastically reducing the consumption of animals...

In an accompanying blog, post I consider where electoral reform fits within a Project 2029. I offer 3 criteria for setting priorities: 1) harden against retrogression; 2) favor policies that hit multiple problems; 3) address problems (like climate) that grow worse the longer they go unaddressed.👇

Do you ever feel helpless when witnessing sentient animals being treated like machines or objects? Are you longing to make a difference? CAN connects passionate advocates who are ready to educate, organize, and inspire change. www.farmusa.org/yeswecan

Animal Justice is hiring a Communications Associate to join our team! 🐾 We’re looking for a creative & compelling communicator who is passionate about animal protection. Learn more & apply ⤵️

Brilliant news to share! Just heard from OUP that our proposal has been accepted to co-edit an "Oxford Handbook of Animal Politics" featuring over 40 commissioned chapters surveying the field. Co-editors @drsvg.bsky.social, @stevecooke.org, @joshmilburn.bsky.social, Alasdair Cochrane & Angie Pepper

Sisak is a town of 40,000 people, despite the economic hardships, locals refuse to be bribed by big corporations' empty promises of "new jobs." Promising the moon and the stars only to become the worst neighbors imaginable. It is time to choose people over profit. bit.ly/4tABHJM

More corrupt conflict-of-interest from this government. A multi-millionaire rancher helping run the agency in charge of grazing regulations giving herself even more power to graze 250,000+ acres of taxpayer-funded public lands, destroying nature on our dime. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New behavioural research from the University of East Anglia suggests that adding images of living animals in cafeterias’ menus nudges students and teachers to order vegetarian food. 🥕 https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/05/03/study-finds-animal-photos-on-menus-nudge-students-towards-vegetarian-meals

Meat-lovers are willing to pay far less for alternative proteins than flexitarians or vegans/vegetarians are. While it's not surprising, it shows that to reach large segments of the population, price will likely be one of the biggest hurdles.

Isn't this an impeachable offense? I know, get in line, but I don't think a president should be able to destroy an industry just because he gets a lot of money from oil companies and he didn't like seeing wind turbines near his golf course in Scotland.

BREAKING NEWS: "Alligator Alcatraz" might be shutting down. It’s being reported today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the state of Florida are discussing closing down the massive detention center known as #AlligatorAlcatraz in the heart of the Everglades.

Meat and dairy producers haven't been serious about climate change. Yet high-profile climate event planners regularly invite them to speak. Chances are extraordinarily high that, while they will posture as responsible, they will exaggerate & lie. www.newscientist.com/article/2523...

Breaking: LIC is suing California’s largest poultry producer for cruelty. Our complaint accuses Foster Farms of crushing chickens with forklifts, forcing birds to live among the maggot-covered corpses of their dead flockmates, and kicking and throwing animals. legalimpactforchickens.org/foster-farms

A bill to ban elephant captivity #Intro590 was reintroduced in the NYC Council. It requires those holding elephants captive in NYC to relocate them to a sanctuary. #NYC residents ONLY ➡️ Contact your council member & ask them to support this bill: bit.ly/4d2xS9S

Animals are in DANGER ⚠️ The Farm Bill is moving in the Senate, and the “Save Our Bacon Act” could wipe out laws that protect animals from extreme cruelty. Tell senators to strike it NOW: https://www.peta.vg/47dj

Why are so many on the left hostile to veganism and animal rights? For you Bsky dwellers, this question blew up last week on X after Billie Eilish made some comments on the matter. My thoughts here:

EXCITING UPDATE: NY CIRCUS BILL PASSES SENATE! The NY Senate voted (53-9) on May 5 to pass A05850/S3629A, sponsored by Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Senator Nathalia Fernandez, which would prohibit the use of big cats, kangaroos, non-human primates, bears, and wallabies in traveling animal acts.

Airborne microplastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are literally heating the planet, not just choking our oceans. The world needs a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production and finally ends the age of throwaway plastics.

I was on BBC Radio 5 Live last night talking about 'kamikaze dolphins' in the Strait of Hormuz. You can listen on BBC Sounds below (the segment starts at 43:24) or I've added the recording to my website. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Big Pork is using the #FarmBill to attack state animal welfare protections, and New Yorkers can help stop it in the Senate. Join us for a live Town Hall this Thursday to find out what's at stake & what you can do right now. Link to RSVP: https://bit.ly/4tRyczw

PETA’s undercover investigation exposed unimaginable suffering at Envigo under Dr. Dawn Marie Gau, including the botched euthanasia of a conscious and bleeding dog.   This is a historic step towards accountability & we’ll do everything to make sure she never hurts another dog.

🚨 Final week to register for ICARE’s Food Systems course — Registration closes on 10 May. Governing the Food Systems Transition: Law and Policy for Plant-Based Futures will run online from 26 May to 30 June 2026. ⚖️🍽️🫘 Register here: www.icare-animals.org/foodsystems-...

Them: vegans need to stop forcing their views on everyone. Dietary guidelines: everyone has to drink dairy to be healthy, even if you are lactose intolerant (which approx. 70% of the world is)

Surveys show that a strong majority of people, regardless of their diet, oppose common practices in animal agriculture." Thanks to Our World in Data for featuring our poll: ourworldindata.org/most-people-...

Two chimps have been kept separated from their troop in a tree-less habitat at Dublin Zoo since 2022. Chimps are very social species who shouldn’t live alone. Four weeks ago, ADI raised concerns and asked for a plan. We haven’t received a response. Share this post!

New episode out now 🐓 Filmmaker Ray Cruzzola joined us to discuss "I'm Trying" — a documentary tribute to Regan Russell, the Canadian activist killed while standing up for animals. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep933

Factory farm gas: 1️⃣ Furthers the factory farm system 2️⃣ Doesn't mitigate all forms of factory farm pollution 3️⃣ Creates new kinds of pollution We need to reject Big Ag's narrative that this is a climate solution. More ➡️

This Week in Animal Research News: —Ridglan Farms sells 1,500 beagles to rescue groups —Maryland becomes a national model for animal-free testing —Coalition launches to prevent closure of Oregon primate lab —More: riseforanimals.org/news/news-ma... #animalrights #stopanimaltesting #endanimallabs