Animal Welfare
Vox’s home for coverage of animal rights and welfare.
The delightful abundance of going vegan.
How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.
It’s a lot sooner than you think.
Meat giant JBS said it’ll reach net zero emissions by 2040. LOL.
Factory farms are now so big that we need a new word for them.
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
What a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat.
The case against pets, what Oppenheimer got wrong, and the magic of meditation.
Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not.
We failed to prepare, and now animals are paying the price.
From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.
Maybe your cat loves you. Maybe it would kill you if it could.
The mixed messages kids get about meat — and how we should think about them — explained by the Chicken Run movies.
Whales and dolphins are smart, social, and thrive in the open sea. Why do we force them to live in tiny pools?
Why there should be more collaboration in cellular agriculture.
Meat and dairy are driving the climate crisis. Why won’t world leaders at COP28 do anything about it?
Meet the scientist democratizing the cell-cultivated meat sector and training its next generation of researchers.
The US veterinary profession props up factory farm cruelty. A coalition of vets is fighting to change that.
For the APEX Advocacy founder, moral consistency means championing the rights of all.
High-tech methods of chemical testing are helping get animals out of labs.
If you’re going to break the law in order to change it, you need a good lawyer.
The lawyer helped spearhead California’s Prop 12, one of the most effective cage laws in the country.
At just 17, Butler is drawing attention to the connections between animal rights and the climate crisis.
Fish are often overlooked in animal welfare debates. Lopez is trying to change that.
How Germany’s meat-centric culture is becoming more humane — and vegan-friendly.
California could send a man to prison for 3.5 years for rescuing factory-farmed animals. Where does the movement go from here?
How Esther the Wonder Pig put a face to factory farming.
Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it.
Why the UK is banning the American XL bully.
Zoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true?
The EU could backslide on its cage-free farming initiative and more. Billions of animals hang in the balance.
Add in the extreme suffering of tens of billions of farmed animals, and suddenly the world looks like a much darker place.
“Exotic” cultivated meats claim to be harmless, but they could threaten actual endangered animals.
If you love nature, consider not driving in it.
The dehumanizing philosophy of AI is built on a hatred of our animal nature.
How animal shelters are coping with a crisis of abandoned cats and dogs.
The pork industry’s forced cannibalism, explained.
Why you shouldn’t believe what’s on your chicken label.
Frenchies and other flat-faced dogs struggle to breathe all year. Extreme heat is making it worse.