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Western Monarch Count Tallies 233,394 Butterflies 
Portland, Ore. Jan. 30, 2024—Much anticipated each year, results of the 27th annual Western Monarch Count have been released by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Scientists and volunteers counted a total of 233,394 butterflies at 256 overwintering sites to track the threatened butterfly’s population levels. The count is slightly lower than last year’s total of over 330,000 butterflies, and remains at just 5% of their population numbers in the 1980s, when low millions were comm...
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2024 7:52pm PST
Animal Rights Rally and March for Free Palestine 
Bay Area Animal Rights Activists rally and march to demand a stop to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to let humans and animals live...
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2024 3:26pm PST
Lawsuit Aims to Protect Pacific Sea Turtles From Fishing Gear 
Fishery’s Expansion Threatens Endangered Leatherback Habitat Off California...
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2023 9:28am PST
Lawsuit: Huge California Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish 
WOODLAND, Calif., December 20, 2023 — Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir project approved in California in decades. The Sites Reservoir would harm the Sacramento River ecosystem, threaten already imperiled fish species, and release greenhouse gas pollution, today’s lawsuit says....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2023 3:36pm PST
Activists Tell Costco: Lobster Products Pose Risk to Endangered Whales 
SAN FRANCISCO, December 13, 2023 — Several activists dressed as lobsters delivered a petition with more than 20,000 signatures to the management at a Costco store today. The petition urges the company to stop selling lobster products not certified as sustainable....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2023 7:09pm PST
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
Four California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act 
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 28, 2023 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in California under the Endangered Species Act. The protected frog populations are in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills, North Feather River, Central Coast and South Coast....
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2023 11:15am PDT
Protestors Call on Merced DA to Prosecute Cruelty at Foster Farms Not Animal Rescuers 
Citing practices that cause prolonged, terrifying, and painful deaths at Foster Farms’ killing facility, activists call for corporate accountability...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 6:38pm PST
Protesters Call for Closure of Primate Research Center at UC Davis 
The California National Primate Research Center’s work has included studies with Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk that has been accused of violating the Animal Welfare Act...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2023 3:34pm PST
Activists Call for End of Gas Chambers, Deliver Undercover Pig Slaughter Footage to USDA in Berkeley 
An investigator journeyed 26 feet underground to hide a camera inside a CA slaughterhouse that kills pigs with CO2 gas....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2023 4:04pm PST
Cal Students Hold Valentine's Day-Themed Protest Against University Sourcing from Factory Farms 
Cal Dining continues to buy from Tyson Foods, a company students say is abusing workers, animals, and the planet. Protestors hold heart-shaped signs outside of Golden Bear Cafe while calling on UC Berkeley to “break up with” worker abuse, pollution, and animal cruelty....
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2023 8:34pm PST
Animal Rights Groups Invades UC Berkeley Cal Dining Hall in March Against Factory Farming 
Direct Action Everywhere in animal rights protest action at UC Berkeley demand UC Cal Dining drop Tyson Foods and stop doing business with factory farming companies....
Posted: Mon, Sep 26, 2022 9:28pm PDT
March Against UC Berkeley’s Support of Factory Farming Meeting at Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2022 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Sep 25, 2022 3:05pm PDT
Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Fisher 
Rare Forest Carnivore Threatened by Logging, Climate Change, Poison...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2022 4:23pm PDT
Rally to End Rodeo Cruelty in Alameda County 
1221 Oak St, Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 7:45am PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 30, 2022 11:35pm PDT
Court Hearing for Animal Rescuers Delayed Due to Witness' Trip to Disneyland 
Defense team frustrated but prosecutor plans to drop some charges...
Posted: Tue, Aug 30, 2022 7:18pm PDT
Bay Bridge March Marks World Day for the End of Speciesism 
Two species march from Oakland to near tower and hold letters to spell out end of speciesism demand...
Posted: Sun, Aug 28, 2022 6:13pm PDT
Bay Bridge March: World Day for the End of Speciesism 
210 Burma Rd, Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 27, 2022 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2022 11:32pm PDT
Pups Confirmed in Two California Wolf Packs 
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3, 2022 — Two of California’s three existing wolf families, the Lassen pack and the Whaleback pack, have again produced pups this year, according to a quarterly report published late Tuesday by the California Department of Fish and Game....
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 9:09am PDT
Protest the FBI: A Government Against the People 
450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2022 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 10:28pm PDT