February 22-28, 2026 is National Justice for Animals Week. It’s an important time for people to reconsider how legal systems treat animals. In most countries, the law still views animals as property ...

Nonhuman animals (animals) need all the help they can get in an increasingly human-dominated world. The Anthropocene, often called "the age of humanity," has anthropocentrically morphed into what I ...

Animal rights activists are calling on Connecticut to end what they say is a cruel method of trapping wild animals that is already banned in other states. The request came from Harvard law students in ...

This story is part of a collaboration with The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of ...

Dogs, cats, pigeons, pigs, cows and other animals will now have even more representation in the state Senate. Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-40, Middle Smithfield Twp., who represents parts of Lackawanna, ...

In 2016, Fairfax County reclassified its personnel who enforce animal laws to “Animal Protection Police Officers.” In recent months, county officials have proposed elimination of that police position, ...

While animal rights organizations like PETA are advocating an unparalleled realm of animal protection by prompting people to convert to veganism and altogether avoiding animals in food, clothing, and ...