What's new in the animal world...
If you're interested in animal behavior with a feminist angle, check out this fascinating nonfiction book, Bitch: On the Female of the Species, by Lucy Cooke.
You may also enjoy this article on how ranchers and land managers are learning to work with beavers, not against them, in protecting the land. And for more on these amazing animals, learn more about Ben Goldfarb's book, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.
In a big victory for animals and those who work so hard to protect them, activists were acquitted in a recent Utah case in which two activists rescued starving, abused piglets and were charged with felony burglary and theft. Read about the case here, and for those who want to dive further into the legal issues, check out this episode on Our Hen House's Animal Law Podcast.
This article takes a look at the world according to animals, which at first seems like a downer but is actually quite hopeful — because we can rewrite the future (which is exactly what you all are doing as Writing for Animals alumni!). This piece notes that "wild species populations have shrunk on average by 69 percent since the 1970s" and that "farmed animals live lives of such intense, concentrated suffering in our industrialized agriculture system that they arguably have it even worse than their disappearing wild cousins." Yet this article is also full of interesting and hopeful news: Learn which countries are eating fewer animals and why this is so good for the environment (hint: animal agriculture accounts for 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions), and how we all can make a difference not only for animals but for the entire planet.
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