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...
Thembi Juliegirl Mangane has been sentenced for rhino poaching after two of her accomplices, who have pleaded guilty, were sentenced in 2021. Thirty-seven-year-old Mangane...
Some uplifting news happened this weekend when a 13-year-old female Sumatran Orangutan was released back into the wild in North Sumatra on July 4th.
The...
The Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to allow 72 grizzly...
As the Canadian government’s public consultation on the elephant ivory trade comes to an end, Humane Society International/Canada, Elephanatics, and more than 40 Canadian...
Photos from Slaughter Free Chicago
Slaughter Free Chicago, a campaign launched by the nonprofit Free From Harm, is planning an important rally in downtown Chicago next...
Photos from PeaceWorks. Animal images are of past and present llamas and dogs that PeaceWorks has helped.
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to an...