Tag: animal rights
A gray whale washed ashore in Alaska may hold clues to...
Most years the annual gray whale migration along North America’s West Coast is a sure sign of spring. But this year something...
In defense of the wolf: This big bad animal is more...
While the human-wolf war rages on, perhaps we should consider the possibility that the Big Bad Wolf does not exist, but the Big Bad Human is alive and well.
The scary new math of factory farm waste
Factory farms are exempt from reporting requirements under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Now a new tool can provide solid evidence of the environmental harm they can cause.
Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill banning whale and dolphin captivity
"Today is a really good day for animals in Canada."
Meet the animal rights activists facing prison time for rescuing ducks,...
Nearly 100 animal rights activists were arrested by police in riot gear for carrying out a rescue mission and protest at the Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California.
30+ arrested as hundreds of animal rights activists descend on slaughterhouse,...
Activists claim cruelty laws are unenforced and whistleblowers are prosecuted instead.
A global movement away from use of animal furs: Several states...
In the United States, the animal fur industry is widely unregulated and receives little to no oversight from the government.
Otter cafés and ‘cute pets craze’ fuel illegal trafficking in Japan...
A new documentary film has been released that shines a spotlight on the illegal trade in the Asian small-clawed otter, a species listed as vulnerable and in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
80,000 left on the continent: Koalas are ‘functionally extinct’ in Australia
"Formerly thought to be common and widespread, koalas are now vulnerable to extinction across much of its northern range."
Last known female of endangered turtle species dies
The turtle lived at Suzhou Zoo in China, where researchers attempted to artificially inseminate her Friday, according to the Suzhou Daily.
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Minnesota sues Trump administration after federal agents withhold evidence in fatal immigration raid shootings
State officials say federal authorities blocked access to key evidence following deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge.
How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power
The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.
What I saw in Cuba was resilience
It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
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Meta & Google found liable in landmark cases for knowingly causing harm to young...
Over the course of the trials, documents revealed that tech companies were well aware of the addictive properties of their social media products and exploited these properties to increase their profits.