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...
Compassion in World Farming and Eurogroup for Animals are calling for the world’s first commercial octopus farm to be scrapped after plans obtained for...
Photo by Paula Olson / NOAA
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today to force a long overdue decision to sanction Mexico for its illegal fishing...
UK Secretary of State for Environment, George Eustice, announced plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter. The move marks the beginning of...
According to news sources in Iceland, Kristjan Loftsson, who is the last whaler in Iceland, is currently shipping 2,576 tons of whale meat to Japan.
This has...
Photos by: Marji Beach, Animal Place
What started as a heartwarming story about the rescue of two 20-year-old cows, Honey and Babe, by Animal Place Sanctuary, a nonprofit...