Tag: animal rights
After hunters kill record number of Yellowstone wolves, officials take steps...
Montana wildlife officials have taken steps to limit hunting on the border of Yellowstone National Park after a record number of park...
There’s only one essential role humans have on Earth—a humbler perspective...
While the world’s oceans, nonhuman animals, and plants play starring roles in sustaining our ecosystem, why are we so bent on sabotaging it?
Amazonian manatees populations seem to be on the rise
“As they are protected and it has been made illegal to sell them, the species has had room to grow and the expectation is that [the population] is increasing.”
The big industry that COP26 failed to tackle
Our broken and inhumane food system is a huge source of emissions, so why isn’t it a major part of the climate solution?
China’s governmental policies have helped save the nearly extinct Amur tigers
“There is still a long way to go to build a viable future for tigers in northeast China, but the situation looks good.”
New Jersey becomes eighth state to ban sale of cosmetics tested...
“In the passage of this law, New Jersey has recognized overwhelming public opinion that animals should not suffer to test cosmetic products or ingredients.”
The fate of the US wolf heads to federal court
Wildlife advocates are hoping to put wolves back under the Endangered Species Act while government attorneys are claiming wolves are resilient and will bounce back easily and do not need to be put under federal jurisdiction.
Corporate veterinarians serve profit over animals
Solo practitioners who became veterinarians to provide friendly, community-based service now must answer to bean counters at headquarters.
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before...
Author Paul Watson has no problem with critics calling him and his marine-life-defending colleagues pirates—it’s far better than helplessly standing by and doing nothing in the face of the violence against animals they have witnessed.
California adds new endangered species protections for leatherback sea turtles
“Protecting the state’s ocean to save leatherbacks benefits not only sea turtles, but whales and people too.”