Last week, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Kenneth Zebrowski announced that they will be introducing a revised version of their...
Photo by: Katie Cleary undercover at The Safari Club International Convention in Las Vegas
The Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act (ProTECT Act) was...
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...
More than 60 vigils and memorials were recently held to mark the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of Canadian animal activist Regan Russell,...
Photos from International Animal Rescue
Five years from its initial ‘Tickling is Torture’ video exposing the plight of slow lorises being kept illegally as pets, International Animal Rescue (IAR) has produced a sequel, narrated by actor...
Endangered Hawaiian monk seal pup RS48, also known as Hoʻomau Lehua. Photo Credit: Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response
UPDATE: WAN is sad to report that another...
On Friday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed 80 new pieces of legislation into law, including SB 1379, The Humane Cosmetics Act which will prohibit...
Late last month, the California Legislature adopted a $300 billion dollar budget that includes historic investments in the state’s school meal program to expand...
Yesterday, on the National Day of the Horse, the Animal Welfare Institute and the American Wild Horse Campaign, along with more than 70,000 supporters, petitioned the Secretary...