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...
Wildlife crime continues to pose a significant threat to biodiversity, local and national economies, as well as national and international security. The illicit trafficking...
Malaysian wildlife trafficker, Teo Boon Ching, was charged with participating in a conspiracy to traffic more than 70 kilograms of rhino horns valued at more...
Yesterday, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International (HSI) released alarming results of an undercover investigation at 29 Connecticut stores,...
Starbucks’ Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Johnson, announced today a multi-decade commitment to be a resource-positive company, that gives more than it takes from the...
Photo by HSI
The Government of the state of Nagaland in India has just announced a statewide ban on the brutal dog meat trade. The decision was announced today by...