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...
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...
Earlier this week, Animal Equality filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court in Stanislaus County against Foster Poultry Farms, aka Foster Farms. The suit...
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Following a week-long trial in 2022, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge issued a decision finding that Craigslist puppy...
UPDATE - Co-founder of the international animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), Wayne Hsiung, was just sentenced to three months in jail in...
International Animal Rescue (IAR) has recently launched an emergency appeal for funds to support bear sanctuaries in India that have been hit hard by...