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...
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, together with a coalition of public interest groups represented by Public Justice, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court...
In a major victory for a quickly declining koala population in Australia, The Environment Minister of New South Wales (NSW) will halt timber harvesting...
The New York Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act, a bill introduced by Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal and State Senator Alessandra Biaggi to prohibit the sale...
Hopeful news as Oregon’s Governor Tina Kotek recently signed several critical animal welfare bills into law. The first bill, (HB 2915), stops the sale of puppy...
As the global pandemic exposes the dangers inherent in the highly concentrated food system in the United States, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep....