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 Center for Biological Diversity has filed a legal intervention opposing a proposed resort development on one of Hawaiʻi’s most renowned black sand beaches...
Photos from In Defense of Animals
Animal advocates are calling for an investigation into Georgia’s already-troubled chicken factory farming industry over the needless deaths of...
South African National Parks (SANParks) announced another well-executed operation that resulted in the arrest of three more suspected poachers on Wednesday, April 21st in the...
A $12,600 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the poaching of a...
Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) is a small nonprofit on the island of Kauai thats impact on native Hawaiian species is monumental and much-needed.
As the...