Tag: animal rights

This initiative comes after years of push back by animal welfare groups and the measure will be pushed to be adopted at a European level.

If the plan goes ahead in its current form, it will fall short in safeguarding the wonder of our natural world.

“African great apes are one of the most vulnerable mammal groups in the world.”

The rule will protect two endangered and one threatened whale populations totaling 116,098 square nautical miles of habitat protection.

Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.

The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell or transport shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins.

“Finally, USDA will close the loophole allowing factory farms to produce ‘organic’ eggs and chicken.”

Some climate solutions can actually harm biodiversity. But there are synergistic solutions that can tackle both issues.

“As climate change forces the different types of vegetation to essentially shift uphill, it means that all animals that depend on particular habitat types will be forced to move uphill or become locally extinct.”