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...
Senator Cory Booker has just announced a new bill, The Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2022 (IAA), that could help reduce the suffering of farm animals in...
Left image credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. Right image credit: Forever Hooked Charters of South Carolina.
An Oceana analysis...
This week, the U.S. District Court of Kansas struck down nearly all of Kansas’s “Ag-Gag” laws for violating the First Amendment. The law, which gagged...
Left photo from The Old Cavern Boutique’s Facebook page
On Friday, May 28th, 26-year-old Vanessa Rondeau, of Montreal, Quebec, was arrested and charged with the illegal...
Top conservation groups released an action plan today for the United States to dramatically crack down on the illegal wildlife trade, which is the most probable...
A new survey conducted by YouGov indicates that nearly one-third of Americans plan to eat more plant-based foods in the new year. The recent YouGov survey also indicates that 30%...