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...
Photos by Svitlana Dmytrenko / FOUR PAWS
Global animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS has successfully rescued and transferred a 20-year-old Ukrainian ‘restaurant bear’ to its...
PETA has uncovered South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's hidden connections to, and investments in, the trophy hunting industry. The revelations came after the group...
On Friday, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests of coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals...
This week, the National Assembly in France adopted an extensive animal welfare bill that has been under consideration for more than a year.
According to...
Earlier this week, the California Fish and Game Commission agreed to accept a petition protecting western Joshua trees under the state’s Endangered Species Act,...
Over the weekend, Chinese animal activists took matters into their own hands by intercepting a truck in Guangxi, China, carrying 68 terrified dogs that were on their...