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...
As part of the seventh annual Ban Live Exports: International Awareness Day on June 14th, the animal welfare organization Compassion in World Farming (CIWF),...
Photos By: Humane Society International
Two fur farms in the Netherlands have detected contaminations of COVID-19 after some of the minks displayed various symptoms, including...
Photo By: Matthew Polvorosa Kline
In Defense of Animals, TreeSpirit Project, and ForElk.org are pleased to learn that the National Park Service (NPS) is finally...
Animal advocates across Hawaii are celebrating the close of a successful legislative year with the passage of seven new animal protection laws.
Most notably, the...