Britt Collins

London-based author, journalist and activist, Britt Collins writes for the Guardian, the Observer, Sunday Times, Independent and Condé Nast Traveller. She wrote an international-bestselling non-fiction book Strays, A Lost Cat, a Homeless Man and their Journey Across America (Simon & Schuster).

Illustration of a cat looking at lab grown meat

COPYCAT

Lab-Grown Meat for Your Cat Is Coming to the U.S. This Year

Fake meat grown in a laboratory will soon allow your pets to eat meat without damaging the environment. Will you trust it?

Britt Collins

HEROES AND VILLAINS

How Putin Got a Man Mauled to Death by a Lion

Cameras were on hand to witness the extraordinary lives—and deaths—at the Feldman Ecopark, which suddenly found itself in the middle of a war.

Britt Collins

Photograph of dogs in a military backpack

LIFTING THE LID

Wild True Story of 171 Cats and Dogs Airlifted From Warzone

Suicide bombing, AK47s, U.S. Special Forces and huge political fights in London, the full story of Pen Farthing’s controversial animal rescue flight is told for the first time.

Britt Collins

FAIRYTALES AND MAYHEM

My Three Decades of Insanely WILD Nights With Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan once drugged me and tried to cut off his finger in my kitchen, but you couldn’t stay mad at the poet laureate of booze, beauty and rebellion.

Britt Collins

CAUGHT ON CAMERA

Brutal Dog Massacre Blamed on FIFA World Cup Bid

Video obtained by The Daily Beast shows the heart-breaking slaughter of dogs by kill teams in Tangier.

Britt Collins