Update: Washington state has officially banned octopus farming following Governor Jay Inslee's signature on House Bill 1153 on March 13th.
This legislative action marks a...
Last week, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Kenneth Zebrowski announced that they will be introducing a revised version of their...
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the State Department to...
China has upgraded the national protection status of its native pangolin species, in particular the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla, to Class I, the highest form...
1. Congratulations to Joaquin Phoenix for winning Best Actor at the Oscars for his outstanding performance in the Joker.
Joaquin gave an inspirational speech using...
Animal advocates have another opportunity to use their voices to support the protection of mountain lions in the Southern and Central Coast of California.
This Thursday, April...
Photo by: Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental
Environmental groups recently announced that a total of 351 loggerhead sea turtles have been found dead so far...
Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa has declared October 2, 2022 "World Day for Farmed Animals" (WDFA) across The Hawkeye State. WDFA commemorates that more than 70 billion land animals are...
Photos from Dr. Matviichuk and supplied by In Defense of Animals
In the midst of the unfathomable chaos, destruction, and heartbreak that is currently taking place...
Storms Céline, Ciaran, Domingos, and depression Elisa have hit France successively since the end of October. Record winds and severe flooding have displaced, injured,...
Today Governor Kathy Hochul signed critical legislation into law putting an end to wildlife killing contests that target coyotes, foxes, bobcats, squirrels, raccoons, crows,...