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Are We Loving Our Pets to Death?

22 June 2024 at 05:00
Pet owners are treating their animal charges ever more like humans. But that isn’t good for pets, or for us, many experts argue.

Β© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

The proliferation of dog strollers is one sign of a trend in which pets’ lives have become constrained and dependent on humans.

Beluga Whales Are Rescued From Ukrainian War Zone to New Home in Spain

20 June 2024 at 06:45
A pair of whales were extricated from the besieged city of Kharkiv and taken to an aquarium in Spain with help from experts around the world.

Β© via OceanogrΓ fic de Valencia

Plombir and Miranda, a pair of Belugas who had survived more than two years of war in Kharkiv, arrive Wednesday at their new sanctuary in Valencia, Spain.

Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo

23 May 2024 at 05:03
The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.

Β© Emil Lippe for The New York Times

Carlee, a chimpanzee living in Chimp Haven, a 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana that serves as the designated retirement home for federally owned chimps.

Farm Animals Are Hauled All Over the Country. So Are Their Pathogens.

20 May 2024 at 08:27
Tens of millions of farm animals cross state lines every year, traveling in cramped, stressful conditions that can facilitate the spread of disease.

Β© Rory Doyle for The New York Times

The exact number of chickens, cows and pigs being transported on trucks, ships, planes and trains within the United States is difficult to pinpoint because there is no national system for tracking the movement of livestock.
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