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...
This week, the U.S. District Court of Kansas struck down nearly all of Kansas’s “Ag-Gag” laws for violating the First Amendment. The law, which gagged...
Photos from In Defense of Animal - Jindo Love Rescue
In Defense of Animals and South Korean rescue partner Jindo Love Rescue are sending out an appeal to...
After 18 months of fact-finding, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport of live...
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,...
The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 was signed into law yesterday by Queen Elizabeth, increasing the maximum penalty for animal cruelty in England and Wales from six...