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Cherish The Vegan in Your Life by Offering Them More Than a Salad this Holiday Season!
A new vegan resource from vegan food justice organization, Food Empowerment Project...
Posted: Tue, Dec 10, 2024 9:04am PST
Analysis: Industrial Animal Ag Incompatible With Global Climate Agreements
COP 29 Fails to Address Food System Emissions, Country NDCs Still Have Opportunity...
Posted: Fri, Nov 22, 2024 11:45am PST
Rykola Mink Farm Abandoned After ALF Raid
Eleven years ago on October 3......
Posted: Thu, Oct 24, 2024 8:37pm PDT
9th Circuit Stops Oregon Logging to Protect Marbled Murrelets
EUGENE, Ore., June 26, 2024 — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will protect marbled murrelets, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:48am PDT
Schmuecker Fox Farm in Luzerne, Iowa Raided; Every Last Fox Liberated
Fur Farm Liberations Begin, What Are You Doing This Summer?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 21, 2024 11:14pm PDT
Lawsuit Filed Over Police Shooting of Blind, Deaf Dog in Missouri
The complaint argues the lethal force used violates the 4th Amendment and seeks compensation for the plaintiff...
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2024 7:50am PDT
California Assembly Passes First-of-Its-Kind Bill to Improve Wildlife Connectivity
SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2024 — The California Assembly passed the Room to Roam Act today, bringing improved statewide wildlife connectivity closer to reality. Assembly Bill 1889 now awaits state Senate approval....
Posted: Wed, May 22, 2024 11:27am PDT
June is the Beginning of “Fur Farm Raiding Season”
Historically, June is the beginning of “fur farm raiding season”, when mink born in March mature to a state where they can be liberated into the wild....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:24pm PDT
Colorado to Reintroduce Wolverines
DENVER, Colo., May 20, 2024 — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will sign into law today a bill to reintroduce wolverines to the state and allocate $750,000 from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for the task. Wolverines are native to Colorado but they were wiped out in the state in the early 1900s by trapping and poisoning....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:11pm PDT
Congress Urged to Spend $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies
Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 7:53am PDT
Tohono O’odham Students, Elders Name Arizona’s Newest Wild Jaguar
SAN XAVIER, Tohono O’odham Nation, May 9, 2024 — Students from schools on the Tohono O’odham Nation, as well as groups of elders and nearly 1,000 Tribal members, have voted to name the newest detected wild jaguar to enter the United States from Mexico. The name chosen is O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which means “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language. (O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam is pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum.)...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 7:27am PDT
Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui’s Grand Wailea
HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:53am PDT
Gray Whale Severely Entangled in Gillnet Fishing Gear off California
Oceana Urges State Legislature to Pass Assembly Bill 2220 to Address These Entanglements...
Posted: Thu, Apr 11, 2024 12:01am PDT
California Senate Declares ‘Year of the California Grizzly Bear’
2024 Marks Centennial of Last Sighting of State’s Official Animal...
Posted: Wed, Apr 10, 2024 9:57am PDT
Newborn Dairy Calves Endure Long, Grueling Journeys Across the United States
Government records reveal that hundreds of thousands of dairy calves are routinely transported 1,000 miles or more, compromising animal welfare and human health....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2024 11:44am PDT
California Resolution Calls for “Year of the California Grizzly Bear”
2024 Marks Centennial of State Animal Extirpation...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:46pm PDT
Oʻahu Community Leaders File Petition to Protect Coalition Name From Developers
HONOLULU, March 14, 2024 — The Center for Biological Diversity and community leaders filed a petition this week with the Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to protect their coalition’s original name from being hijacked by developers....
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:43pm PDT
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Area In Mexico Drops Precipitously
MEXICO CITY, February 7, 2024 – The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares....
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:34pm PST
Southern Resident Orcas Receive Oregon Endangered Species Protections
PORTLAND, Ore., February 16, 2024 — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted today to protect Southern Resident orcas under the state’s Endangered Species Act, responding to a February 2023 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2024 9:38pm PST
Six Pesticides Threaten Over Half of Endangered Species
Lawsuit Targets Federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Toxic Pesticides...
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2024 10:14am PST