Animal People, Inc.

03/18/2026

Blame...your local grocery store?

11/30/2025

Our webinar on "Sustainable Human-Animal Interactions" was a hit! Nine experts from organizations across the world spoke powerfully on various aspects of animal sentience, well-being, and the preservation of biodiversity.

The full webinar can be viewed at the link below, along with the complete series "Voices from the Afforestation Frontlines," co-organized with Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, Juventud Unida en Acción, and the United Nations Environment Programme!

Richard Stbarbebaker Afforestation Area Juventud Unida En Acción Ong

Sustainable Human-Animal Interactions Discussing ethical, ecological, and policy approaches to human-wildlife coexistence and the welfare of domestic animal...

11/02/2025

Join us on Monday, November 3 at 10 AM New York time (EST) for our webinar "Sustainable Human-Animal Interactions," spotlighting the connections between animal sentience, well-being, and biodiversity!

As part of the series "Voices from the Afforestation Frontlines – Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet," co-organized with the United Nations Environment Programme, Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, and Juventud Unida en Acción, this session dives deep into how ethical relationships with animals are essential to ecosystem resilience and planetary health. From mutual harms caused by unsustainable practices to transformative cross-sector solutions, the discussion will illuminate pathways toward compassionate coexistence and environmental stewardship. Moderated by Wolf Gordon Clifton, Executive Director of Animal People Inc., and featuring visionary speakers from around the world, this event is a clarion call to reimagine our place in nature—not as dominators, but as allies in the flourishing of all life.

Date and time: Monday, November 3 at 10 AM New York time (EST)

Please register via Eventbrite to receive Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sustainable-human-animal-interactions-tickets-1744244254519?aff=erelexpmlt

Speakers:

Julia Adamson - Co-Founder, Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas
Isaac Maina - Program Manager - Human Animal Coexistence, Africa Network for Animal Welfare
Dr. Kimmy Cushman - Campaigner & Scientific Advisor, Plant Based Treaty
Pei F. Su - CEO & Founder, ACTAsia
Femke den Haas - Co-Founder, Jakarta Animal Aid Network & Ellis Park Wildlife Sanctuary
Adeline Lerambert - International Policy Manager, Born Free Foundation
Tozie Zokufa - Executive Director, Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organizations
Varda Mehrotra - Co-Founder, Samayu & A Just World
Wolf Gordon Clifton (moderator) - Executive Director, Animal People

10/31/2024

https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/46762

AnimaNaturalis and several animal protection organizations will take the Government of the Canary Islands to court to stop the mass euthanasia of community cats. The legal strategy could save thousands of lives and challenge a measure that they deem illegal and contrary to animal rights.

10/30/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/30/alcohol-consumption-abundant-in-the-natural-world-study-finds?CMP=share_btn_url

Range of species have ethanol in diet, normally arising through fermented fruits, sap and nectar

10/29/2024

"In the last year, Jimmy’s Farm, the farm and wildlife park run by farmer, conservationist and TV presenter Jimmy Doherty, has taken in four. A further 12 bears live in three other British parks. Are these captive animals the best hope for a climate-challenged species whose wild population has dwindled to 26,000? Or should they not be here at all? The fact that a 49-year-old pig farmer owns four polar bears could be the most bizarre farm diversification ever."

In 2000, only one of these Arctic beasts was resident in the UK. Now there are 16. Is there any benefit to captivity for this climate-ravaged species?

10/29/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/29/animals-become-less-sociable-as-they-age-in-similar-way-to-humans-research-shows?CMP=share_btn_url

While decline in interactions is seen as negative for humans, it can have health benefits for animals

10/28/2024

https://ambrook.com/research/livestock/insect-farming-animal-welfare

Insects are excluded from welfare protections, but with a rapid expansion in the number of insects being farmed, scientists and producers say that may need to change.

10/26/2024

"Contraceptives have been used with varying degrees of success as a humane approach to containing populations of kangaroos, wild horses, prairie dogs, grey squirrels and rats on the New York subway. But experts are sceptical about the approach being a risk-free quick fix. First, the perception of gulls as an out of control pest species may not match reality. 'While it may appear as though gull species are thriving because of their increasing numbers in some urban areas, they are not faring well elsewhere,' a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) spokesperson said. 'People will be surprised to learn that many species of gulls are red- and amber-listed across the UK – the highest levels of conservation concern – including herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls, which are both declining nationally.'"

Councillor has reportedly suggested using pills to control gulls, but experts say it may not be ethical or practical

10/25/2024

"The question of anthropomorphism inevitably raises its head. Carr tetchily denies it, maintaining that everything wondrous about Masha – her emotional receptivity, careful social etiquette, even her tactical stealing of visitors’ socks – can be explained as intentional either by the growing academic literature on animal consciousness or the close observations of her clever vets. Altogether more plausible is his suggestion that it is Masha who is doing a kind of anthropomorphism in reverse, ascribing traits of her own species to Carr in order to make his behaviour comprehensible."

A superb meditation on animal companionship by a novelist whose pet helped him heal from trauma

10/24/2024

"some parts of the Costa del Sol have implemented a cull. In 2022, the city of Mijas hired archers to shoot and kill them, and Marbella and Málaga councils have also allowed them to be hunted by archers....vets and animal rights groups have protested and Málaga has suspended the programme and is trying a different approach: shooting boar with tranquilliser darts, then getting them humanely euthanised....Some places have installed drinking troughs to allow the boar to drink without heading to beach bars for a cheeky cerveza. There’s also a pilot programme in Italy giving them oral contraceptives."

Spanish boars, driven from their habitats by drought and forest fires, have been raiding holiday resorts – and attempts to control their numbers have included tranquilliser darts and archery