Animals Asia helps rescue thousands of animals in Indonesia
Animals Asia’s partners FLIGHT has been working tirelessly in the first quarter of 2023 to support law enforcement authorities in carrying out a series of seizures across various locations in Indonesia. The organization’s investigations, provision of information, and assistance in conducting confiscations in the field have resulted in a total of 21 seizures and the […]
The Every Company and Alpha Foods partner to create plant-based food with animal-free eggs
The announcement doesn’t give specific details of the agreement, but it mentions that Every EggWhite, the company’s precision fermentation-created functional egg white protein, has been found to have binding and gelation properties superior to plant-based alternatives. While today’s plant-based food manufacturers are courting flexitarians—consumers who eat both meat and plant-based items—they also don’t want to […]
Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay
The U.S. beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production. In particular, it would like you not to be especially concerned about […]
Umami Meats and Steakholder Foods® produce world’s first cultivated fish fillet
Umami Meats, a Singapore-headquartered TechBio company developing the operating system for producing cultivated seafood, announced that it has achieved a major milestone in its collaboration with Steakholder Foods by successfully producing the world’s first cultivated whole fillet of fish.
Daiya’s new fermentation technology promises improved plant-based cheese
When Daiya Foods launched its first plant-based cheese in 2008 that could melt like its animal counterpart, CEO Michael Watt said the company essentially invented the space. And now 15-years later, with a new proprietary fermentation method that Daiya will start using on its cheeses by the end of the year, Watt said the company […]
Sculpture of euthanized walrus Freya unveiled in Oslo
The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her creation becomes a “three-dimensional history lesson” after it was unveiled in Norway’s capital Oslo. The life-sized bronze statue shows Freya the walrus curled up on her side close to the water’s edge.
World’s largest private rhino conservation project to be auctioned
South Africa’s privately owned Platinum Rhino breeding and conservation project, the largest of its kind in the world, is set to go on auction in mid-April 2023. The project has been in operation since 2009 and currently protects close to 2 000 Southern white rhinos on an 8 500-hectare (21 000-acre) savannah landscape in South […]
Kering bans angora fur after Gucci gaffe
Kering will stop using rabbit-fur-based angora materials from its luxury fashion products. The French luxury giant, which banned fur in 2021, made headlines earlier this year when subsidiary Gucci released rabbit felt hats. Following a backlash by animal-rights activist group PETA, the Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, and Alexander McQueen parent said it will no […]
More than 100 animal rights activists arrested after Grand National protests
More than 100 animal rights protesters have been arrested after some invaded the Grand National course and forced the start of the world’s most famous steeplechase to be delayed by a quarter of an hour. About 70,000 fans were at Aintree to cheer the 8-1 favorite Corach Rambler to victory, but the day will be […]
Humpbacks spotted having whale of a time at underwater ‘day spa’ off Gold Coast
Whales have been caught on camera enjoying a marine version of a day spa, returning to their favorite spot off the Gold Coast to scratch off itchy skin and parasites, and catch up with their cetacean buddies. Griffith University whale researcher Dr Olaf Meynecke and his colleagues were trying to shed light on the behavior […]
Orca released from captivity thrives in the wild
Head behind the scenes with the Frozen Planet 2 team as they see the amazing spectacle of two killer whales sharing a meal, and notice a tagged orca, once in captivity, thriving in the wild. Meet the animals inhabiting our fragile frozen worlds. This is life on thin ice. ❄️ Frozen Planet 2
Stunning opalized plesiosaur reveals new fish species thanks to fossilized stomach contents
A plesiosaur known as “Eric” has given palaeontologists a leg up in understanding the diet of these prehistoric marine reptiles that lived between 208 and 66 million years ago. Taking a close look at Eric’s last meal using X-rays, researchers discovered 17 vertebrae of a previously undescribed teleost fish, demonstrating plesiosaurs were indeed pescatarians.
