Legal Impact for Chickens seeks a humane officer. California based. Law-enforcement experience required. Part time. www.legalimpactforchickens.org/humane-officer

Rain 🌧️ pours from the sky and patters on the windowpane. Putin: “It’s not raining.” Trump: “Putin told me this morning that it’s not raining.” Media headlines: “‘It’s Not Raining!,’ say Trump and Putin.” #EpistemologyMatters #JournalismMatters

There’s still time to triple your gift for animals. All donations to Our Hen House are TRIPLED through Dec 31 if we reach our $20,000 goal. We’re close—and every gift helps 💚 OurHenHouse.org/support

The #ExoticPet trend is growing globally and setting off alarm bells among #WildlifeConservation experts. The U.S. is one of the biggest players in the exotic pet trade, and we published a report highlighting how this threatens global wildlife. Get the full report ➡️ bit.ly/4pT0Q1j

"... the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world..."

Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...

🎧 How do researchers mentally separate themselves from animal suffering? This exclusive clip from our bonus content with Melanie Kaplan reveals the compartmentalization behind animal testing. ⏰ DONATE BEFORE TIME IS UP FOR OUR MATCH! All donations TRIPLED until Dec 31! ourhenhouse.org/support

“You now have a situation where a large proportion of consumer milk in the US at any given time contains genetic material from these highly pathogenic viruses.”  When you go vegan, you stop funding animal confinement, zoonoses, and pandemics www.sciencefocus.com/news/bird-fl... #CancelAnimalAg

PAWLING, NY 🎉We're thrilled to announce the opening of the ASPCA's Recovery & Rehabilitation Center! This 30k+ sq. ft. facility is dedicated to providing high-quality, integrated behavioral & medical care to animals rescued in partnership w/the NYPD. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4jfdS6H

Former CDC official on rolling for the counterpunch. This advice is just as solid on climate as it is on public health.

When Maine decided sentience was the standard for their cruelty law, they did a great thing. But then we found out that that includes lobsters…

Some rare good news for animal rights. Thanks to @kennytorrella.bsky.social for reminding us that there is still reason to hope that we could one day live differently on our planet, relating to our fellow creatures with compassion, rather than violent domination. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

I would like some clarification from the people in control of our Dept. of Homeland Security. Do people who do not share the Dept.’s Savior also share its nation? If not, what nation do they belong to? Is the Dept. blessed to share its nation with Jewish Americans who do not share its Savior?

In 2025, we stopped Big Ag greenwashing, restored $34 million in illegally canceled grants, defended workers and immigrants across the country, and so much more. Join us now to help end Big Ag exploitation. Donate ➡️ farmstand.org/donate

🎅Merry Christmas!🐮 Did y'all know the disinfo org that's trying to derail the plant-based food movement was funded by cigarette companies? The Center for Consumer Freedom. 🤮 Help us fight back. ➡️ bit.ly/49bbl98

"30,000 Monkeys in Our Backyard” follows a Georgia town fighting a primate vivisection facility. 🐒 #monkeys #primates #animaltesting #crueltyfree #documentary

In our new episode of The Hen Report, we discuss how animals are portrayed in literature and media - and whether these representations are helping or hurting the cause of animal advocacy. 🎧 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep885 #AnimalRights

Factory farming isn't just about animals. It’s also about farmers trapped in crushing debt and contracts they can’t escape. We’re currently building a fellowship to take this system on and only need to raise $8,100 more to reach our fundraising goal! Donate + learn more: moralambition.org/food

"The Trump administration wants to pull that blanket off, instead requiring protections tailored to each newly classified threatened species. "This could lead to fewer protections for struggling plants and animals," said Stephanie Kurose, deputy director of government affairs at the Center.

We asked U.S. adults (~1k, representative) about their level of acceptability to standard animal agriculture practices, such as extreme confinement & painful mutilations. Unsurprisingly, most people don't approve 👇. Check out the full @faunalytics.bsky.social study: faunalytics.org/public-accep...

I have spent decades investigating these systems firsthand. Cages, farrowing crates, puppy farms, and the smokescreens around trail hunting. Good to see evidence finally driving legislative change in the UK.

When I say WE ARE EATING THE EARTH, I mean agriculture is eating the earth. Farms cover 40% of our land, and they’re overrunning a soccer field worth of forest every six seconds. When you eat a burger, you’re eating the Amazon.

Incredible news and fantastic work from the animal law foundation!

Zuri’s life began on a cold concrete floor, separated from her mother by metal bars. 17 years later she’s still treated as inventory by the zoo. This must change.⚖️🐘 Our lawsuit demands Zuri's right to liberty & release to sanctuary. Every $1 you give the NhRP today becomes $2: https://bit.ly/44EXIh5

"UK ahead of Australia on something more important than cricket," says Peter Singer, commenting on the UK Government's new Animal Welfare Strategy. youtu.be/tXwuFQSbqYs

On 13 January 2026, the Funding Blueprint for Sanctuaries Summit will provide a full day of free online training on building stable, ethical funding for lifetime animal care. 💻

Today is day 12 of Zoe's incarceration and activists rescued Molly and Jay from a slaughterhouse. In solidarity with jailed animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg activists are rescuing animals every single day of her incarceration. #RightToRescue #FreeZoe

Good news to wake up to!

MUST WATCH: The full force of the national security state is being used to terrorize our communities. Here, a SWAT team uses explosives to blow up a bedroom window--while a mother and her children--American citizens--lie asleep inside. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

If anyone is around Boston January 8th, drop by the Tufts Future of Food Innovation Day. I'll be talking/maybe productively disagreeing with Dan Rejto and Mike Grunwald about an abundance agenda for food and ag.

Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists. You laugh and then you weep. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Something I never understand: why is it so hard for the left to care more about animals?

‼️ Dame Joanna Lumley joins with Animal Rising to call for the closure of MBR Acres and safe rehoming of all the beagle puppies inside! Three years to the day we rescued 18 beautiful beagle puppies from MBR, Dame Joanna retells the story from a dog’s perspective 🐶

Melt&Marble said that the market opportunity relevant for its precision fermented fats platform is currently worth more than $100 billion.

📣 The public consultation on @ec.europa.eu’s modernization of #AnimalWelfare rules is closed—with 181K submissions! 📈 3 times more than the last consultation (Jan 2022) – & more proof that EU citizens care about farmed animals. 👀 Now we’re watching for a timely proposal.

Looks like Christmas came early! 🎙️ Season 2 of Animal Rights Tour is available to stream now! Animal Rights Tour is a podcast exploring the past, present, and potential future of animal rights law. (1/3)

The US Army has revealed plans to introduce plant-based MREs by 2027, responding to feedback from service personnel. 🍽🌱 👉 Find out more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/11/15/us-army-announces-introduction-of-plant-based-military-rations/ #military #usarmy #army #plantbasedfood #veganfood

The Guardian finally coming around to the Bean New Deal.

We have a new review out: “Obesity and Climate Change: Co-Crises with Common Solutions”. These aren’t separate crises but two symptoms of the same broken food system. A threat (and thread) 🧵 www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Check out our Annual Report at dxe.io/2025report In 2025, we faced our most high-profile animal rescue trial, exposed factory farming cruelty, pressured corporations and institutions complicit in animal suffering, and continued building a globally connected grassroots movement for animals.

Last month, Marc Bekoff (colorado.edu) delivered 'Celebrating the Emotional Lives of Animals and Why They Matter' as part of the Centre's 2025 Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy online series. Couldn't make it to Marc's live presentation? Watch the recording of his talk here: youtu.be/NWR_1YteDrA

🧵 THREAD — Why don’t environmentalists focus on meat reduction, even though animal agriculture is a massive problem for the climate? I have some ideas. 👇🏼

Must read: the far-right has a plan to undermine women's reproductive health around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Meanwhile, rail travel bears the full cost, paying for: ✅ Energy taxes ✅ High track access charges ✅ VAT in many countries ✅ Expensive infrastructure

Pre-order a copy for yourself and your foodie, regenerative, locavore friends and family here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-d...

Two months until Feed the People!. We've started to get some very kind reviews over on Goodreads (thanks NetGalley for passing the galley around), but one point keeps coming up: the people who should read it might not. So if you have a Michael Pollan adherent in your life, please buy them a copy.

Months of reporting and hundreds in records fees uncovered a troubling truth: children as young as 15 worked in bird flu cleanup operations. Support journalism that won’t look away and help us reach our $30K goal by Dec. 31. investigatemidwest.o...

🐶 The verdict is in, but the fight is not over. Yesterday, five people were found guilty of "burglary" for rescuing beagle puppies from MBR Acres. At the same time, the government is pushing to classify animal testing sites as “key national infrastructure” giving police more powers and imposing 1/4

Sales of Antibiotics For Use in Animals Shot Up Last Year. This is bad news for animal health and human health since overuse of antibiotics leads to difficult to treat antibiotic resistant superbugs. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

After a truck transporting monkeys to a lab crashed, officers had a choice: Wait for the tranquilizer team. Or accept help offered by a primate sanctuary. Instead, body cam footage shows them laughing, joking, and opening fire. ⚠️ Viewer discretion advised: riseforanimals.org/news/monkey-escape