A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.
As the global population surges towards a predicted 9.1 billion people by 2050, western tastes for diets rich in meat and dairy products are unsustainable, says the report from United Nations [...]

Their disappearance has caused alarm throughout Europe and North America where campaigners have blamed agricultural pesticides, climate change and the advent of genetically modified crops for what is now known as ‘colony collapse disorder.’ Britain has seen a 15 per cent decline in its bee population in the last two years and shrinking numbers has [...]

Multi-millionaire Jan Cameron has been a mysterious, reclusive figure since she founded the outdoor equipment company Kathmandu in the 1970s. She has a long record of using her millions to fund generous, but sometimes secretive, philanthropy. A resident of Tasmania, she is a sponsor of the Brightside Farm Sanctuary in Tasmania, and has also sponsored [...]

The results of a study have recently been published which demonstrate a that vegetarians and vegans shown violent pictures have more brain activity in areas relating to empathy. In the study, sample groups of meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans were shown pictures of animals and humans who had been mutilated, murdered, tortured, wounded, etc.
Psychology Today blogger [...]

Due to the runaway success of Raw Food Saturday at PAWS, our resident raw food expert, naturopath and nutritionist Karen Bartz is now creating her sumptuous raw cuisine 7 Days a week.
Karen has years of experience preparing raw food, and runs classes and retreats. She is also the author of the cookbook Raw Food Reawakening, [...]

MORE than a quater of a million healthy cats and dogs are destroyed every year because there are not enough homes for them.
Behind the numbers there is a vicious debate about the oversupply of animals and what can be done to tackle the problem.
On one side, animal welfare groups backed by Sydney lord mayor and [...]

Sale yards, abattoirs and live export depots are to be visited by officers from the Department of Agriculture and Food to promote national animal welfare guidelines.
Chief Veterinary Officer with the Department, Tony Higgs said the officers were committed to helping the State’s livestock industries meet the national Fit to Load guidelines.
“Failure to comply with Fit to [...]

A SEMI-trailer loaded with pigs has overturned in South Australia’s Murraylands, killing some of the animals.
The truck rolled about 5km south of Palmer about 10.20am (CST) this morning.
A police spokesman said a number of the animals are roaming in the area.
Some of the pigs will have to be destroyed because of their injuries, he said.
“At [...]

Monday 28 June 2010 from 6.30pm to 8pm – Animal Communication Conference at PAWS in Perth (120 Beaufort St)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to really communicate with non-human animals?  You can, it’s an ability that is in built with us all, it’s just up to you if you choose to [...]

New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune has broken down while giving evidence at his trial in Tokyo.
Bethune has pleaded guilty to four charges, including trespassing on a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic and carrying a knife.
But he is contesting a charge of assault.
Bethune said when he threw the butyric acid at the Japanese ship, [...]

A Malaysian minister has defended an Indian company’s plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans.

The plans by India’s Vivo BioTech Ltd to set up a biotechnology centre in southern Malacca state has come under fire by activists because it [...]