by Jane Goodall As the world recovers from a global pandemic and confronts the devastating effects of climate change, human...
by Chris Sherwood The first animal welfare legislation in the world was passed in the UK in 1822. Martin's Act forbade 'the cruel and the...
by Usha Alexander Rather than having compassion for animals because they're 'like us', true empathy comes from recognising that we're not at the...
by Tony Juniper How do we assess the value of animals? Asked to consider the value of animals, many people's first thought would be about...
by Jackie Higgins Animals have shown us there are myriad senses. Can we rewild our own? Some 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci observed that...
by Frans de Waal If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it's that we are primates through and through. We aren't cyborgs, satisfied...
by Melanie Challenger Looking for the wild, we can see a better world, animated by the bodies, minds and agency of other animals. Children aren't...
by Henry Mance Children love animals. So what goes wrong? I'm not sure when I first had the urge to adopt chickens. It certainly wasn't...
by Harriet Ritvo Human history has always been entangled with that of other animals, even though the details of that entanglement are not...
by Philip Lymbery Winter in Novaya Zemlya, a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and a snow-covered rubbish dump had been ransacked...
by Alexandra Horowitz Understanding the way dogs experience the world is life-changing. I have been completely changed by dogs. Professionally, they...
by Jeff Sebo Unless we put animals at the centre of our health and climate policies, they won't save us. Global health and environmental...
by Robin Hewings Companion animals can help us address deep-rooted social problems. Loneliness is one of the major public health challenges...
by Jeff Zhou An insider's view of animal welfare in the world's rising power. I was one of eight children, brought up in a small village...
by Paula Sparks The law defines animals as 'things', not 'persons', leaving us in all kinds of mess. Everyone will have had experience of...
by Sue Donaldson Politics lags behind ethical progress when it comes to animals - but understanding animals as distinct political groups...
by Cass R Sunstein Social change happens when ideas turn into cascades. How might that happen for animal welfare? The 1959 - 1964 American...
by Helen Pilcher Humans have genetically altered animals throughout our existence. We are pretty bad at thinking through consequences
by Ellie Robson One female philosopher changed prevailing - and distinctly male - ideas of human relationships with animals. Picture a...
by Kate Darling A robotics expert argues that our relationships with robots cast light on our attitudes to animals. Thirteen years ago...
by Aaron Gross Animal advocacy is inextricably entangled with religion in ways that require us to question other forms of oppression...
