Animals

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 
Top 5

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 

Heartfelt and visually stunning books that celebrate the animal kingdom
Help Keep Best Friends Together
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Help Keep Best Friends Together

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there's a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there's a small ray of hope

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'
Animal welfare

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'

How the StreetVet accredited hostel scheme is helping to keep veterans and their pets together
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How the StreetVet accredited hostel scheme is helping to keep veterans and their pets together

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns
Gaza

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns

From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer
Rewilding

From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse
Childhood dreams

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Two young children wearing beavers uniforms emerge from a hedge
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025
Protesters at the Restore Nature Now march
Rebecca Wrigley

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025

Why it's time for Conservative animal rights advocates to step up and be counted
David Holroyd

Why it's time for Conservative animal rights advocates to step up and be counted

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim 'tweaks' to 'cruel' horse race don't go far enough
Animal rights

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim 'tweaks' to 'cruel' horse race don't go far enough

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 
Black and white illustration of a lion lying on a bed
Children's books

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 

International Dog Day: Big Issue readers share their favourite dog memories and snaps
International Dog Day
International Dog Day

International Dog Day: Big Issue readers share their favourite dog memories and snaps

Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security  
farmers can contribute to tackling the climate crisis
Climate crisis

Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security  

Looking back at Paul O'Grady's 'blessed' life and Lily Savage's legacy
Paul O'Grady spoke to The Big Issue about his love of dogs and mixed feelings on Lily Savage Photo: Kirsty Mattsson
In memory

Looking back at Paul O'Grady's 'blessed' life and Lily Savage's legacy

Sam Delaney: 'We always wanted a puppy... now it's chaos'
Cookie the dog
pets

Sam Delaney: 'We always wanted a puppy... now it's chaos'

Veganuary: Does going vegan help climate change?
Veganism

Veganuary: Does going vegan help climate change?

Sam Delaney: 'My cat Nelson has gone and I'm absolutely gutted'
Nelson the cat
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: 'My cat Nelson has gone and I'm absolutely gutted'

How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures
A hedgehog drinking from a shallow bowl.
Heatwave

How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures

100 rare species will be at risk if the government scraps EU law protecting habitats, charities warn
A dormouse in foliage
Biodiversity

100 rare species will be at risk if the government scraps EU law protecting habitats, charities warn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Has vegan culture cancelled the cow?
Three cows stare at the camera from their cages
Veganism

Has vegan culture cancelled the cow?

'Sufficient appetite' to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland
A European Lynx sitting in the snow
Rewilding

'Sufficient appetite' to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland

'It's their family': How homeless people with dogs got through the pandemic
Dogs on the Streets founder Michelle Clark
homelessness

'It's their family': How homeless people with dogs got through the pandemic

Heading back to the office? Here's how to ease your dog’s separation anxiety
Life

Heading back to the office? Here's how to ease your dog’s separation anxiety