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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
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
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
Former Animal Liberation Front member challenges Fur Commission USA Director to debate
Former Animal Liberation Front member challenges fur farmers fo debate...
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2023 1:53pm PDT
Southern Sea Otters to Retain Federal Protection
Oakland, Calif., September 19, 2023 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on Tuesday that southern sea otters will remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. The decision came after a 12-month review by the agency, initiated by a petition from the California Sea Urchin Commission and the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara calling for the government to “delist” these otters....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 8:20am PDT
Pacific Northwest Fur Industry & Successful Midwest Direct Action
The state of the fur industry in the Pacific Northwest and some news on successful direct action....
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2023 12:29am PDT
25 to 50 Fox Farms Remain in the U.S.
Some of the remaining fox farms in the United States....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2023 5:59pm PDT
Groups Call on USDA to Require Cameras Inside CO2 Stunning Areas of Pig Slaughter Plants
A coalition of animal protection groups has petitioned the USDA to require pig slaughter plants to install cameras inside gondola cages used in carbon dioxide stunning systems....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 12:29pm PDT
Maui Lighting Ordinance Victory for Seabirds, Turtles
KAHULUI, Hawai‘i, October 25, 2022 — In a victory for seabirds and turtles, Maui today approved an ordinance regulating the amount of blue light that outdoor lighting fixtures can emit on the island. The ordinance, which was supported by the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Council of Hawai‘i and Earthjustice, will help endangered sea turtles and Hawaiian petrels....
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2022 3:36pm PDT
4 Animal Rights Stories
Stories involving mass murder of kangaroos, animals skinned alive, the link between slaughterhouses in neighborhoods and the rise in violent crime,, Minnesota slaughterhouse paralyzing workers....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2022 10:23pm PDT
Research Dogs, War Dogs, Shelter Dogs, Eaten Dogs, Vegan Dogs Etc
many areas in which dogs need better protection...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2022 6:31am PST
Food Empowerment Project Announces New Anti-Dairy Literature
Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, is pleased to announce the release today of its new anti-dairy booklet "One Glass at a Time." Today, January 11, is the date that the U.S. dairy industry observes as National Milk Day. The eight-page booklet examines not only how animals are harmed for milk production but how the dairy industry hurts the environment and workers, as well as its role in colonization and environmental racism....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2022 8:56am PST
Deceptive Human Chauvinist Language
Humans have hidden the brutality
of animal murder from children and
adults....
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 9:48am PST
Animals Recognized as Legal Persons for the First Time in U.S. Court
An international fight to protect Pablo Escobar’s hippos from slaughter results in a U.S. federal court order recognizing animals can be “interested persons”...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 11:20am PDT
Early signs of hope as monarch butterflies return to California overwintering sites
Western monarchs are showing up along the California coast in greater numbers than last year’s historic low....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 10:52pm PDT
Vegan And Other Nonviolence News
Smithfield pollution, chicken rights, Supreme Court and other news...
Posted: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 6:43am PDT
Check out the new Vegan Lao Food Website!
Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.)’s latest website, VeganLaoFood.com is a delicious new resource for the Lao community, vegans and the vegan-curious!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2021 9:43am PDT
Semantic Euphemisms
Animal agriculture profiteers hide their barbaric
treatment of animals behind obfuscating words...
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2021 9:32am PDT