Majority of farm inspections are carried out by industry-led assurance schemes, according to Social Market Foundation
Regulations over moor burning and killing birds of prey tightened as legislation comes into force
Wildlife activists oppose culling of animals despite rise in aggressive incidents
President Erdoğan’s ruling party explores plan to round up strays that are a feature of urban life
Controversial biodiversity strategy aims to extract economic value in new ways to benefit Black communities
Plans to shoot large wild animals in Slovakia and Romania dismissed as electoral pandering
Party spearheads legislation as one lawmaker vows not to ‘eat bugs with Bill Gates’
Sea Life is avoiding public scrutiny after bad publicity over high level of deaths at one centre
Scientists are eavesdropping on animal conversations. Will generative AI enable us to talk back?
Marcy Norton takes a fascinating look at how animals were treated as thinking, feeling beings in many pre-colonial societies
The conservationist and his daughter share a radical vision for the future of endangered species
Also in this newsletter: Brussels to crack down on illegal pet trade
With real meat facing real problems, investors should cut back their exposure
Game shooting contributes £2bn to the UK economy annually. Is it worth it?
The poultry industry is facing an onslaught of different upheavals that have thrust the once fast-growing sector into crisis
BNP Paribas joins environmentalists in pressing companies to run toxin tests with synthetic substances
Bucharest faces growing calls for bigger hunting quotas to protect property and livestock from country’s 8,000 wild bears
Clashes exacerbated by proliferation of agriculture businesses growing export crops such as avocados for the west and China
A new book reminds us of the human capacity for connection with other species
Scientists urge more vigorous action to reduce circulation of highly contagious H5N1 strain
We should focus on conserving endangered animals rather than resurrecting those already gone
From Schiaparelli’s lion heads to Chanel’s circus ringmasters, surrealism and showmanship took to the catwalk
The FT's Anjana Ahuja reports on how virologists are unlocking the secrets of the latest H5N1 avian flu strain
High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off
Trade group chief notes ‘worst bird flu outbreak that we’ve seen’
