Tag: animal rights
Biden administration reverses rule that gutted protections for migratory birds
The "now-defunct rule" will continue to protect birds from incidental take and other activities specifically intended to kill birds.
The US is ‘out of step’ on primate research with the...
While the European Union votes to phase out animal research, the United States wants more.
New study identifies regions of greatest conservation potential for species, water...
A new study has mapped out the regions where conservation actions can maximize the protection of biodiversity, carbon stocks, and water, while a separate study has identified regions of the world where land animals are most at threat.
Move or change: How plants and animals are trying to survive...
Thor Hanson’s new book explains the biology behind climate change and why some species may be better able to survive a quickly changing planet.
Taxpayers are funding cruel and outdated DOJ training programs that kill...
It makes no sense to continue wasting both tax dollars and animals’ lives.
Biden administration to keep Trump-era removal of the gray wolf from...
“It’s shocking that Biden officials are backing Trump’s ruthless decision to strip protections from wolves.”
New UN climate report is ‘code red for humanity,’ but joining...
In its first major climate report since 2013, the IPCC offers its starkest warning yet: Serious impacts of global warming are now unavoidable.
How the USDA is failing America’s captive elephants
Performing elephants are denied all that is natural to them and are forced to endure beatings, electric shock, food and water deprivation and intimidation.
#BackToTheWild: 13 captive elephants to be rewilded from Kent, England to...
A mission to be completed by The Aspinall Foundation, an organization that's committed to returning rare and endangered animals back to their natural habitats, will return the 13 African elephants, including 3 calves, by plane to their "ancestral homelands."
Undercover investigations expose brutal wildlife killing contests
Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states.