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Joyce Tischler, affectionately known as “the Mother of Animal Law,” is the co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) in the US and was ALDF’s executive director for twenty-five years. She is...

Professor Steven Wise is the founder of the ground-breaking Nonhuman Rights Project in the USA. We spoke to Professor Wise about the Project’s aims, challenges and successes to date.

Why are politicians so reluctant to take a stand against live export, which most of their citizens support?

There is no conclusive evidence that culling sharks makes swimmers any safer.

Is exploitation escapable where animals are used to produce marketable goods consumed by the masses?

By Meghan Scolyer, law student  In a landmark ruling last month, the High Court of the Indian state of Uttarakhand granted all animals within the state the status of...

This is an edited extract from The Lives of Brian by Brian Sherman with AM Jonson.

The United States has ranked as the second-worst country for animal cruelty, according to the new Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index (VACI).

The fashion industry does not use animal’s skins as by-products of the meat industry – they are co-products.

By Jeffrey Masson, author of New York Times bestseller 'When Elephants Weep'