Tag: animal rights
10 species climate change could push to extinction
Species are finding less food, more competition for limited resources, or inhospitable conditions to which they can’t adapt fast enough.
The Trump administration is cutting back protection for migratory birds
Birds are a shared resource among nations. Where governments have acted, they have successfully protected migratory birds and the habitat they depend on.
Trump’s trophy hunting council disbanded after legal defeat
"The end of Trump's thrill-kill council is a huge victory for elephants, lions and other imperiled animals targeted by trophy hunters."
Citizen scientists track how plastic pollution impacts birds
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
Corporate ‘cage-free’ commitments are only meaningful with accountability
Reducing the suffering of chickens can only happen if companies follow through on their promises.
More than one billion animals killed in Australia wildfires called a...
Chris Dickman of the University of Sydney said “without any doubt at all” the animal death toll has exceeded one billion.
The faces of extinction: The species we lost in 2019
Three bird species, two frogs, a shark, a famous snail and one of the world’s largest freshwater fish were among those declared extinct this year.
Cory Booker proposes to shut down new factory farms
"Farmers and ranchers need a marketplace that compensates them fairly and Senator Booker's Farm System Reform Act is a big step in the right direction.”
Trump’s EPA re-approves ‘cyanide bombs’ deadly to coyotes, foxes and feral...
“This appalling decision leaves cyanide traps lurking in our wild places to threaten people, pets, and imperiled animals.”
Palm oil in snack foods could be destroying the world’s ‘orangutan...
Food manufacturers may be causing the destruction of a nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia.
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As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
If winning is everything, why are hardcore MAGA still locked in—blind to gushing failures,...
Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.
42-year study traces how ‘forever chemicals’ climb the Great Lakes food web into people
A synthesis of more than four decades of data maps how PFAS move up the region's aquatic food web and into the fish people eat.
How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street teamed up for arming genocide
The congressman and J Street were opposing an amendment to block $3.3 billion in military shipments and other aid to Israel.
Trump defends economy as prices rise, approval sinks, and deregulation alarms grow
Primetime address clashes with polling, tariff costs, healthcare pressures, and warnings of renewed financial risk.