Tag: animal rights
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.
France to ban shredding and gassing of male chicks
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.
Repeating mistakes: why the plan to protect the world’s wildlife falls...
If the plan goes ahead in its current form, it will fall short in safeguarding the wonder of our natural world.
For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat
“African great apes are one of the most vulnerable mammal groups in the world.”
Biden administration protects endangered Pacific humpback whales
The rule will protect two endangered and one threatened whale populations totaling 116,098 square nautical miles of habitat protection.
The myth that meat is essential for human health could harm...
Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and...
thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.
Senate bans shark fin trade and addresses forced labor and illegal...
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.
‘A huge victory’: Biden USDA moves to restore animal welfare protections...
“Finally, USDA will close the loophole allowing factory farms to produce ‘organic’ eggs and chicken.”
To save planet, solve twin crises of climate change and species...
Some climate solutions can actually harm biodiversity. But there are synergistic solutions that can tackle both issues.
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No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.