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...
It is with immense sadness that Virunga National Park confirms the deaths of six Park Rangers in an attack by armed assailants this morning, Sunday, January...
UPDATE! OCTOBER 15th:
The California Fish and Game Commission voted yesterday to list leatherback sea turtles as endangered protecting them under the state’s Endangered Species...
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...
Photos from: Wildlife Alliance
July 6, 2021, Update:
Sadly, an 18-month-old male lion who was being kept as a "pet" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was returned to his...
Yesterday, The Center for Biological Diversity, Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic, Miami Waterkeeper, and Frank S. González García sent a notice of their intent...