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...
Photo By: Matthew Polvorosa Kline
In Defense of Animals, TreeSpirit Project, and ForElk.org are pleased to learn that the National Park Service (NPS) is finally...
Photos from: Breaking The Chains, Facebook
Bolik, a male 15-year-old bear, and Elza, a female seven-year-old wolf, were rescued from the horrors in Ukraine and...
Populations of vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish) have seen a devastating 69% drop on average since 1970, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living...
Pelican Harbor Seabird Station (PHSS), a wildlife rescue service in Miami-Dade, Florida, recently saved two turtles that had been chained together and were stuck hanging...
Sadly, new research by World Animal Protection reveals that the United States continues to lag behind many other countries in its protections for farmed animals...