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Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Motion to Restore USDA Animal Welfare Documents SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2017 – Today a coalition of animal protection organizations led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund moved for a preliminary injunction asking for a temporary court order that would bring federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) databases back online. This motion is associated with the lawsuit filed in February against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the agency’s decision to remove tens of thousands of animal welfare records from its website. If granted, the prelim... Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:55PM
Campaña Destaca Necesidad de que México Tome Medidas de Emergencia Lanzan Llamado a Consumidores y Empresas de Mariscos de Estados Unidos a Boicotear el Camarón Mexicano para Salvar a la Vaquita Marina... Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:59PM
U.S. Consumers, Seafood Companies Urged to Boycott Mexican Shrimp to Save Vaquita Porpoise Campaign Highlights Need for Mexico to Take Emergency Action... Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:50PM
On Final Day, Obama Administration Phases out Lead Ammo From National Wildlife Refuges Move Will Help Protect People, Wildlife From Deadly Lead Poisoning... Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:03PM
AWI Applauds USDA for Improving Welfare of Animals under Certified Organic Label Washington, DC, January 18, 2017—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for releasing its final rule to improve the welfare of animals raised under the Certified Organic label.... Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:58PM
EPA Analysis: 97 Percent of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides WASHINGTON, January 18, 2017 — The Environmental Protection Agency today released its first rigorous nationwide analysis of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, finding that 97 percent of the more than 1,800 animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two commonly used pesticides. Another 78 percent are likely to be hurt by the pesticide diazinon. The results released today are the final biological evaluation... Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:11PM
Killing Continues to Mount in California Drift Gillnet Fishery: Government Adds New Species Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service published its final List of Fisheries for 2017. The list classifies U.S. fisheries based on the level of mortality and serious injury that occurs in each fishery.
The California drift gillnet fishery is once again ranked as Category I, the most harmful rating a fishery can receive.... Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 12:21PM
Despite New Jaguars in US, Feds Release Plan to Recover Endangered Jaguars Only in Mexico New Plan Fails to Guide Recovery in U.S. Southwest... Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:39PM
Pacific Fisheries Management Council Nominated for ‘Shark Enemy’ Award by Turtle Island and Host of Concerned Environmental Groups This week Turtle Island Restoration Network, a leading international marine conservation organization, and fellow environmentalists officially nominated the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) for the ‘Shark Enemy’ award by the conservation organization Sharkproject International.... Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:26AM
Marin-Based Wildlife Group Slams EPA Pick Turtle Island Restoration Network, a Marin-based wildlife organization, is raising a red flag over Donald Trump’s proposed appointment of Scott Pruitt as the head of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).... Posted: Fri Dec 9, 2016 2:51PM
New Study: Mounting Evidence Supports Eating Less Meat for Health of People, Planet WASHINGTON— A new systematic review of dietary patterns and sustainability published in the latest edition of Advances in Nutrition provides additional evidence that diets lower in animal-based foods and higher in plant-based foods are better for the health of people and the planet. The review highlights the urgency of addressing sustainability in national food policy as a matter of food security: “Long-term food security can be ensured only if we consider the sustainability of our food suppl... Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2016 1:59PM
Court to Monterey County: Lawsuit Over Wildlife Services Animal-killing Contract Can Move Forward SALINAS, Calif., October 25, 2016 — The California Superior Court issued an order Monday evening denying Monterey County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, filed in June by animal protection and conservation organizations, that challenges the county’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. This notorious federal program has killed more than 3,000 coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions and other animals in the county in the past six years, largely in the name of pr... Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:46PM
Turtle Island Restoration Network Wins Victory for Whales, Dolphins & Sea Turtles A new proposed rule would put in place limits on the number of whales, sea turtles, and dolphins that the California driftnet fishery for swordfish can catch.... Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:35AM
Sharks Win Protections at International Wildlife Treaty Meeting Today Turtle Island Restoration Network, a leading ocean and marine conservation organization, helped win protections for silky sharks, thresher shark, and rays at a major international wildlife meeting taking place in South Africa.... Posted: Mon Oct 3, 2016 9:53AM
Bay Area Biologist Fighting for Sharks in South Africa A Bay Area resident is taking the fight to protect our oceans from Northern California to South Africa. This week, thirty-year veteran environmental activist and biologist, Todd Steiner, executive director the Marin-based Turtle Island Restoration Network and SPAWN, is in South Africa advocating on behalf of marine wildlife. Joined by several colleagues, he is attending a major international treaty conference to promote greater protections for endangered marine species, including two species ... Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:34AM
Obama Administration Finalizes New Rules Impeding Citizens' Ability to Use Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON, September 26, 2016 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service finalized new rules today that restrict the ability of ordinary citizens, scientists and public-interest organizations to obtain Endangered Species Act protections for species on the brink of extinction. The new rules eliminate the ability of the public to submit multispecies petitions and require that 30 days prior to submitting a petition, the petitioner must notify every state where an... Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:19PM
Thousand of Activists Call for Protection of Silky Sharks at U.N. Wildlife Conference This week conservationists delivered a petition signed by 15,002 global citizens to the Presidents of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala calling on them to support greater protections for silky sharks at an upcoming world wildlife conservation meeting.... Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:17AM
Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Whales From Dying in Nets Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered whales from mile-long drift gillnets and strings of sablefish pots off the West Coast. After two years of record reports of whales entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast — more than 60 in 2015 alone — 40 whales were reportedly entangled as of June 30, putting 2016 on pace to break records again. New information indicates that one humpback whale population that migrates f... Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:36AM
Silky Sharks Singled Out as Species to Protect at International Conservation Meeting in Ha This week, participants at an international conservation meeting in Hawaii set a new bar in the conservation of imperiled sharks by overwhelming voting in favor of a resolution to increase protections for silky sharks, a species facing dangerous declines due to industrial fishing practices. The resolution, advanced by Turtle Island Restoration Network, PRETOMA, and Nakawe Project at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, received 95 percent fav... Posted: Thu Sep 8, 2016 9:13AM
New Study Links Eating Shark Fins & Meat to Alzheimer’s Disease A new study by scientists from the University of Miami has found high concentrations of toxins linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease in the fins and muscles of 10 species of sharks.... Posted: Thu Sep 1, 2016 8:45AM |