Between November to spring these cows and calves are chained by the neck.

Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

Dairy is facing an environmental reckoning. The land use, the water use and the methane are adding up in our collective minds to an unsustainable industry. But the way we treat dairy cows is beyond unsustainable.

This month Jo-Anne met with Jason Bolalek (@destinationliberation) in Vermont to document a calf rescue and the reason why hundreds of thousands of calves are being shot. It’s a practice so grim that some farmers are allowing Jason to rescue them.

Read our feature and see the visuals

COVID-19 and Thailand's Elephants

Papas Nukaew, the camp manager at Elephant Freedom Village, washes his elephants with their first foreign visitors in over a year. Adam Oswell / We Animals Media

When we read about the pandemic and animals, often it’s about how they spread the illness and the risks they create. But what about animals whose entire lives have changed, and not necessarily for the worse?

In November we sent wildlife photographer Adam Oswell into the forests of Thailand to document how elephants used for tourism have been granted respite from this punishing industry during the pandemic. And as Thailand reopens, many elephant owners are rethinking this relationship.

Read about Thailand's elephants

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Maggie, busy at work with her adoption papers.
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Be part of our creative and talented team dedicated to documenting animal stories. We’re looking for an Operations Coordinator to support HR activities and processes, help manage contracts, and develop new policies and procedures. We’ve seen tremendous success working lean and scrappy the past several years and in 2022 we’re further building out our infrastructure and supports.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage applying as soon as possible. The position is remote employment, based in Canada, and applicants must be legally allowed to work in Canada.

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A dying calf lies in a pen at a dairy farm in Vermont.
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A Win for Animals

An Eastern grey kangaroo and her joey who survived the forest fires in Mallacoota.
Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

From 50,000 entries, Jo-Anne’s photo of a kangaroo and her joey surviving the 2020 Australian bushfires has been Highly Commended for Wildlife Photographer of the Year, People’s Choice. This photo has made it around the world, and this win has been covered in Europe, Australia, Asia, and North and South America. Thanks to your vote and support millions of people around the world can see climate change isn’t an abstraction, and doesn’t only affect us.

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In Case You Missed It: Our First Fellow

Seb Alex documents workers inside a slaughterhouse.
Alden Daze.

Seb Alex is our first Animal Photojournalism Fellow. Over the next several months, he’ll be working closely with our team to cover a story about farmed animals in Asia and possibly Europe and the Middle East. Read about Seb and his plans, and stay tuned for updates on his investigative journey.

Read about Seb and his proposal

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