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Lawmakers Rebuke Dept. of Veterans Affairs for Using 'Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Cruel, Painful Experiments on Dogs'

"The Inspector General's report makes it clear that the Department of Veteran Affairs misled the public while conducting cruel experiments on dogs in violation of federal law," said Rep. Titus in a statement. (Photo: Molly Wald / Best Friends Animal Society)

Watchdog Accuses Trump's NOAA of 'Choosing Extinction' for Critically Threatened Right Whales by Hiding Scientific Evidence

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The North Atlantic right whale is the world's first large whale species nearing extinction. Its extinction is entirely preventable."

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In Blow to Trump and Win for Bears, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A mother and baby grizzly bear spotted in Yellowstone National Park.

"This decision solidifies the belief of numerous wildlife advocates and native...

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New Flu Virus Reported in China Highlights Risk of Animal-Borne Pandemic Originating in Factory Farms

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We are constantly at risk of new emergence of zoonotic pathogens and that...

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"(Regan Russell) supported Black Lives Matter, Indigenous rights and she was an intersectional vegan who understood the importance of equality in terms of racial justice and in terms of animal equality."(Photo: Animal Justice)

'We Need More People Like' Regan Russell: Mourning and Justice Demanded Over Killing of Animal Rights Activist Regan Russell

Caribou in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

'Incredibly Reckless': Trump Moves to Expand Fossil Fuel Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic Region

With Nation Focused on Pandemic, Trump to Greenlight Killing of Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups in Their Dens

Hens rescued by Animal Place await transportation to the group's California facility.

As Millions of Factory Farmed Animals Sent to Mass Slaughter, These 'Lucky 1,000' Chickens Rescued

Piglets like these ones pictured are being slaughtered en masse around the country as food supply chains run into trouble.

Millions of Pigs and Chickens in US Factory Farms Face Cruel Deaths as Covid-19 Sparks Mass Cullings

Without 'Transformative Change' to Global Economic Systems, Humans Risk Causing More Deadly Pandemics

Pigs

Food Safety Groups Warn of Looming Zoonotic Pandemic, Blast USDA's New Slaughter Plant Regulation

The Northern Muriqui

'Saving Life on Earth' for Just $100 Billion: New Roadmap Shows How US Can Address Global Extinction Crisis

monarch nectaring on a showy milkweed

'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

'The Bold Approach We Need': New Booker Ag Bill Includes First-Ever National Factory Farm Moratorium

Driven by Anti-Science Agenda, Trump Agencies Defying Mandate to Save Endangered Species From Climate Risk

Scientists Demand 'Paradigm Shift' After Study Shows 'Frightening' Decline of Insects and Spiders

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Earthjustice

9th Circuit Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies

Western Environmental Law Center

Trump Administration OKs Beaver Killing in Oregon, Despite Harm to Endangered Salmon, Steelhead

Western Environmental Law Center

Federal Court Green-lights Bear Baiting Lawsuit

Mercy for Animals

Popeyes Signs On to Better Chicken Commitment

Center for Biological Diversity

Plan: Ending Extinction Crisis Requires $100 Billion, 500 New National Parks, Refuges, Ocean Sanctuaries

Food & Water Watch

Sen. Cory Booker Just Dropped a Bill That Includes First-Ever National Factory Farm Moratorium

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John Buell

Unless We Take Urgent Action, Covid-19 Won't Be the Last Virus That Jumps From Animals to Humans

Josh Balk

The Case for a New Technology to Help Slaughterhouse Workers

Joseph Winters

Rather Than Cull Millions of Livestock, Let’s End Animal Agriculture

Leah Garcés

As Slaughterhouses Shut Down Across the Country, Animals Are at Risk of On Farm Mass Slaughter

Zoe Weil

What We Choose to Eat Has Everything to Do With This Pandemic—and the Next One

David Nibert

Now Is the Time to End the Oppression of Nonhuman Animals

Leah Garcés

COVID-19 Illuminates Our Food System’s Failure to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Tom Engelhardt

In Memoriam: A Planet of Missing Beauties

Eva Hamer

Why I Protested Costco, Topless

Abigail Penny

Measuring Our Impact on the Planet