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...
Photos from Animal Defenders International
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has released a heartwarming video of a spider monkey named Maruja who was the last to be rescued...
Photos from In Defense Of Animals
Dr. Elliot Katz, D.V.M., Founder of In Defense of Animals, one of the nation’s foremost animal advocacy organizations, passed...
Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will invest close to $100 million into plant-based foods. The money will help finance the new Merit...
Animal activists around the world are celebrating after UniverSoul Circus—which used animal acts involving zebras, camels, and other wild and exotic animals in its...
Global animal welfare organization Animals Asia rescued a female moon bear, nicknamed ‘Paddington,’ from a small cage on a bear bile farm in Vietnam last...