Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule governing import permits for live African elephants and elephant hunting “trophies.” This action...
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...
Last week, U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Animal Trafficking (FIGHT) Act to enhance the enforcement...
SoCalGas has begun drilling in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve without proper approval from federal, state, and county agencies. SoCalGas' end-run around the environmental...
Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, also known as “the Monkey Whisperer,” pleaded guilty to having violated the Endangered Species Act and Lacy Act in connection with...
Yesterday, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Academy Award-winning actor and producer Joaquin Phoenix released a video exposing the deceptive marketing of factory farm...