California Legislators Urge Wildlife Officials to Protect Whales, Sea Turtles from Entanglement Assembly Committee Approves SB1309, Requiring New Regulations for Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery...
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:07AM
Frequent West Coast Whale Entanglements Continued Through 2017 
California Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery Remained Most Common Culprit...
Posted: Fri Jun 1, 2018 12:30PM
39 Arrested as Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists Occupy California Factory Farm 
They Claim Cruelty Laws are Unenforced at Amazon, Whole Foods Egg Supplier...
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:25PM
Hundreds Rally, Dozens Arrested in Effort to Save Chickens from Horrific Cruelty 
A crowd organized by Direct Action Everywhere, an animal rights network, protested the conditions and welfare of the chickens at Sunrise Farms on May 29 in Petaluma....
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 9:44AM
May Meat Challenge This article is part of our May Meat Challenge campaign aimed at reducing greenhouse gas by encouraging people to evaluate their consumption of animal products. This article is well researched with support from local farmer groups including meat farmers....
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 4:23AM
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Pacific Humpback Whales Threatened by Fishing Gear, Ship Strikes, Oil Spills 
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2018 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Foundation today sued the Trump administration for failing to protect humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean, where the animals face threats from fisheries, ship strikes and oil spills....
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:31AM
Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging 
ASHLAND, Ore., March 12, 2018 — Conservation groups filed a federal petition for Endangered Species Act protection today for the Siskiyou Mountains salamander, a rare terrestrial salamander that lives in old-growth forests in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southern Oregon and Northern California....
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:11PM
Court Calls Third Strike on Industry Challenges to Decision to End Failed Otter Translocation and “No Otter Zone” Program 
Court of Appeals upholds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decision to end failed ‘No Otter Zone’ program meant to exclude sea otters from their historic range along the southern California coast...
Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 11:22AM
Another Mountain Lion Killed on 17 
We heard this week that another mountain lion was hit and killed on Highway 17, near Vine Hill Road, two miles from where the wildlife crossing will be built. A three year-old male....
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:33PM
California Wildlife Officials Urged to Prevent Whale Entanglements in Crab Gear 
11,000 Letters Will Be Presented at Fish and Game Commission Meeting Wednesday...
Posted: Tue Feb 6, 2018 6:07PM
Wild Turkeys Run Down By Pickup Truck in Ben Lomond 
BEN LOMOND, Calif., January 24, 2018 — A group of wild turkeys was killed when a person or persons plowed a motor vehicle into their flock, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals – headquartered in Cotati, California....
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:39PM
Northern California's Delayed Crab Season Opener Threatens Whales State Wildlife Agency Urged to Address Risk of Deadly Entanglements...
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:09PM
Lawsuit Challenges Tulare County's Flawed Plan to Limit Harmful Greenhouse Pollution From Industrial Cattle Operations 
VISALIA, Calif., January 11, 2018 — Conservation groups sued Tulare County today for approving a climate action plan for giant feedlots and other industrial cattle operations that would worsen air quality and undercut California’s greenhouse gas reduction goals....
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:47PM
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Habitat for Humpback Whales Threatened by Fishing Gear, Ship Strikes, Oil Spills 
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation on December 11 filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean, where the animals face threats from fisheries, ship strikes and oil spills....
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:49PM
California's Dungeness Crab Fishery Targeted With Petition, Lawsuit for Harming Whales as Season Opens 
SAN FRANCISCO, November 14, 2017 — As commercial Dungeness crab season opens Nov. 15 in California, the Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning the federal government to rank the fishery as one of the most dangerous to whales because of increased entanglements in recent years. Last month the Center also sued the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for failing to prevent imperiled whales and sea turtles from getting tangled up in crab gear and injured or killed....
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:22PM
Court Rules Monterey County's Federal Animal-killing Contract Violates Law 
Decision Likely Halts Program That Kills Coyotes, Bobcats, Mountain Lions...
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:45AM
Empty the Tanks at Six Flags in Vallejo 
1001 Fairgrounds Dr, Vallejo, CA 94589.
Easiest parking is across the street at the Courtyard by Marriott Vallejo Napa Valley or on residential streets nearby....
Event Date: Sat May 13, 2017 11:00AM
Posted: Fri Apr 7, 2017 8:27AM
California Dungeness Crab Fishery Catches Record Number of Whales 
West Coast Whale Entanglements in 2016 Broke Record for Third Straight Year...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:44PM
Judge Upholds Decision to End “No Otter Zone” 
Second ruling to uphold U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision to end failed program that excluded sea otters from their historic range along the southern California coast...
Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2017 4:39PM
First-Ever Exposé Inside a US Lamb Slaughterhouse (video/mp4 40.1MB) New COK Investigation in Dixon, California: First-Ever Exposé Inside a US Lamb Slaughterhouse...
Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 2:01PM