Last week, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Steve Cohen (TN-09) along with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) wrote a letter urging the U.S....
Last week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed H.B. 1097 into law. The legislation will prohibit the sale of cosmetics in Washington that have been...
Last week, conservation groups petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to protect five imperiled populations of the western burrowing owl under the California...
It has been reported that another “super tusker” elephant bull, from the Amboseli elephant population, has been shot and killed in the Enduimet Wildlife Management...
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...
Photos by: Humane Animal Welfare Society
Earlier this week, an aircraft that was carrying three people and 53 rescue dogs crashed in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Thankfully, everyone...
Today is World Gorilla Day. Established in 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the special occurrence marks the day she set up...
A decade after the award-winning documentary “Blackfish” examined the ethics and consequences of keeping orcas in captivity, marine theme parks and aquariums that feature...
After a multi-year campaign by Humane Society International (HSI) and ONG Te Protejo, cosmetic animal testing, as well as the manufacturing, import, and marketing...