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...
Photo by: Katie Cleary
Italian airline ITA Airways, proudly announces its support of the campaign #NotInMyWorld from Humane Society International/Europe. The airline has adopted a...
In Defense of Animals is working with Jindo Love Rescue which urgently needs help after a devastating fire last week affected the rescue’s foster center in...
Animal protection groups sued U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the United States Department of Agriculture last week for failing to protect pigs who...
A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluation finds that rodenticides are harming more than 130 endangered species and pushing at least 73 toward extinction.
The...