Avian Flu in the Era of Big Ag
Animal photojournalist, Jo-Anne McArthur and human rights and global public health physician, Hope Ferdowsian explore avian flu in the era of big ag.
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Assignment: Crowded Bird Markets During the Rise of Avian Flu
Last month, Resha Juhari was in Indonesia documenting the increase in sales of “broiler” chickens in the lead up to Eid al-Fitr. Resha’s photographs are a startling glimpse into the lives of the many thousands of birds who are sourced and sold for human consumption at traditional markets.
In Photos: Bird Flu Around the Globe
These visuals provide a glimpse into an underreported part of the story about bird flu, highlighting the unavoidable connection between intensive animal farming and disease transmission.
Assignment: Farmed Animals in Northern California’s Flood Zones
This month, We Animals photojournalists Nikki Ritcher and Alex Akamine were on the ground in the Northern California flood zones documenting the impact on farmed animals.
Assignment: Bird Flu (H5N1) Spreads Across the US, Canada and Europe
As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N1) is affecting millions of wild and domesticated bird populations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Assignment: BC Flood Impact On Animal Lives
We Animals photographer Nick Schafer was on the ground in Abbotsford, British Columbia to document the catastrophic floods and share the untold stories of farmed animals.
Assignment: Westcoast Wildfires – British Columbia and California
We Animals photojournalists hit the ground to document the impacts of climate change on animals as wildfires ignite western United States and Canada.
Disaster Response: How Australia Is Failing Its Wildlife
This summer, Australia’s unprecedented bushfires have given rise to seemingly unprecedented goodwill. There is no shortage of experts or funding, so where are we falling short?
Behind the Smoke Screen: Australia’s Hidden Bushfire Victims
In the media coverage of the Australian bushfires, which have so far burned 10 million hectares of land, few headlines have mentioned the suffering and deaths of cows, sheep and other farmed animals.
Documenting the aftermath for animals of Hurricane Florence
What could we learn from this tragedy if we focused, instead, on the millions of animals that had been excluded from the death toll and the massive farming systems that had kept them there? That was the question we came to ask.
Elsie Herring
Interview with Elsie Herring, the great-granddaughter of a freed slave who became an environmental activist after a hog CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) replaced the small family farm next door to her family’s property.