By Radha Krish Nan The tiger, as we all know is India’s national animal. Occupying a position at the very top of the food chain, it is a very crucial constituent of our ecology. From over 10,000 of them just a few years ago to less than 1,500 right now, the rapid decline in their [...]

By Colin Munro For many year animal rights campaigners have been complaining about the conditions in which chickens are kept industrially both for eggs and for meat. And they have a point; battery hens are kept in very small cages where they can hardly move, with no access to the outside, fresh air and are [...]

By Satori Ebedes What do yoga and animal rights have in common? Yoga is based on a discipline whose ultimate goal is to achieve a state of total awareness. A place most of us either lost or are unable to recognize due to selfishness, lust, greed, gluttony or indifference. Many religious cultural traditions dictate emotional [...]

By Albert Joseph For all of time man has known that he was special amongst all the species through simple observation and common sense. Recognizing this exceptionalism gave rise to a moral duty to take care of our planet and its inhabitants. Believing in a Creator of the universe also leads to the realization that [...]

By Randy Wysong From a purely biological perspective, no creature inherently has rights beyond that which it has the power to impose. What is able to survive does, what cannot does not. But our world is not just biology. It is ethics as well. “Might makes right” cannot be the operating paradigm in a world [...]