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...
Animal Legal Defense Fund, The American Wild Horse Campaign, and local advocate Carla Bowers, dismissed a high-profile lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over the...
UK Secretary of State for Environment, George Eustice, announced plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter. The move marks the beginning of...
Photos from Friends of the Earth Australia
With the heart-breaking images of wildlife perishing from the wildfires that continue to decimate parts of Australia, it...
The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted 9-6 last week to permit Earth Ocean Farms, an aquaculture facility...
Animal activists are celebrating as Puerto Rico’s government officially announced the closure of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo following years of complaints. The zoo’s...