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Californians are a step closer to voting for the world’s strongest farmed animal protection law this November, thanks to the hard work and dedication of animal activists across the state. Over the past six months, more than 1,600 volunteers—including dozens of Mercy For Animals staff members—hit the streets in the Golden State to collect signatures […]

A study by scientists from Linköping University in Sweden found that chickens can be optimists or pessimists. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study set out to determine whether stressful conditions affected chickens’ emotional stability. Researchers led by evolutionary biologist Hanne Løvlie achieved this by using both behavioral and chemical measures. The researchers found […]

Divers off the coast of the Cayman Islands found hundreds of dead animals caught in an abandoned commercial fishing net. The divers’ disturbing photos have gone viral. The “ghost net has likely been drifting in the Caribbean Sea for months, trapping and killing nearly everyone in its path. In fact, the diver who captured the […]