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...
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...
Today, Oceana released a new report finding that most boats are speeding through slow zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales,...
Photo by Sea Shepherd
Last week, Hong Kong Customs seized about 14.4 kilograms of suspected dried totoaba fish maws at Hong Kong International Airport with an...
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has been closely monitoring the difficult situation for safari operators in Africa since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Photo by Paula Olson / NOAA
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service announced yesterday that it will ban imports of Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught in...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that it will join hunting groups and the state of Utah in appealing a federal judge’s recent decision...