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 from West Texas A&M University
Late last week, Dr. Richard Kazmaier, an associate professor of biology at West Texas A&M University was indicted for smuggling wildlife parts...
Last week, The Animal Legal Defense Fund and local residents represented by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, appealed a recent ruling in...
Photos by Humane Society International
Animal activists in China have rescued 19 dogs from an illegal slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Yulin. Sadly, the infamous Yulin...
Photos by Humane Society International
Twenty one dogs that were left behind when authorities closed an illegal dog meat farm in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have...
Photos from Voters For Animal Rights, Facebook
This week, a federal court ruling affirmed the constitutionality of California’s foie gras ban after rejecting the foie...
Heartbreaking video footage has emerged from a September 24th event at George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena of a bull severely breaking his leg and being dragged...