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'Ecological Disaster on Massive Scale': Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Migratory Birds in Southwest Linked to Wildfires, Climate Crisis

'Reckless, Violent, Massacre' of 570 Wolves and Wolf Pups in Idaho Bolsters Alarm Over Trump Attack on Wildlife

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A gray wolf pup emerges from a den. (Photo: Hilary Cooley/USFWS)

Wildlife advocates warn that if a Trump administration effort to lift nationwide protections proceeds, "this cruelty could extend to all wolves within our country's borders."

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'Major Victory': Court Tosses Out Trump Interior's Gutting of Century-Old Protections for Migratory Birds

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Sand hill Cranes, Grus canadensis, at roosting pond at dusk Bosque del Apache, New Mexico. (Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Critics charge that the administration's policy on the Migratory Bird Treaty...

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'Back for Another Whack': Trump Administration Rule Proposal Would Further Undermine Endangered Species Act

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"It is unconscionable that President Trump would propose to scale back...

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"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)

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

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

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

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

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

"(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

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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

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The Endangered Species Coalition

Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves

Food & Water Watch

300 Diverse Advocacy Groups Endorse the Farm System Reform Act and Urge Quick Passage in Congress

Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Launched Challenging EPA Decision to Dismiss Pesticides’ Harms to Endangered Species

Mercy for Animals

Drone Investigation Exposes Environmental Hazards of Nebraska’s Pork Factory Farms

Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Protection for Wolves, Grizzly Bears on Alaska’s National Preserves

Center for Biological Diversity

Federal Government Agrees to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat

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Dayton Martindale

The Strategic Case for Animal Liberation

Fiona Roossien

The Birth of a Bill, the Death of an Activist

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