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...
Estonia took an important step towards banning fur farms recently when a draft for the amendment of the Animal Protection and Nature Conservation Act...
Yesterday, on the National Day of the Horse, the Animal Welfare Institute and the American Wild Horse Campaign, along with more than 70,000 supporters, petitioned the Secretary...
Photos from Amber Rose, Facebook page
While WAN often covers heartbreaking cases of sickening hunters senselessly killing innocent animals for nothing more than a “trophy”...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and strict travel bans in place throughout Asia, Thailand’s elephants have sadly been left starving due to lack of money generated...