Tag: animal rights
The nasty fallout from North Carolina’s powerful hog industry
What smells more -- the politics or the pigs?
Is Donald Trump a threat to animals?
In Virginia TV ads, Humane Society Legislative Fund argues he is.
Laos Will Be Closing All Bear Farms
Laos has promised to shut down all bear and tiger farms!
Orca Theatrical Shows and Breeding Banned in California
California has just become the first state to ban orca breeding and orca entertainment shows.
Victory! Australia Bans Cosmetic Animal Testing Nationwide
Starting July 2017, Australia will ban cosmetics which have been tested on animals as well as any products containing ingredients that have been tested on animals.
Zika Pesticide Spraying is Killing Millions of Honeybees
An aerial pesticide being sprayed throughout South Carolina county to help prevent Zika has resulted in the tragic death of millions of honeybees.
Seals Reveal How Antarctic Sea Ice Melt Affects Ocean Currents
A southern elephant seal has been pressed into service as an all-weather submersible to investigate and record data from the polynya system of the southern ocean sea ice.
The Corporate Food Industry Continues to Fight Animal Reforms
Big food fighting FDA when it comes to food and animal safety.
Chinese Activists Stop Truck Transporting 300 Dogs to be Slaughtered
A mob of activists prevented 300 dogs from being illegally transported to a slaughterhouse in northeastern China.
Ivory Kingpin Jailed for 20 Years
The conviction and sentencing of ivory kingpin sends a message to poachers and traffickers harming animals, humans and the environment.
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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.
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.
GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.