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Trump Interior Department Issues 'Death Sentence to Nearly 300 Threatened Species'

Without Urgent Action, Warn Wildlife Experts, One-Third of US Species at Risk of Extinction

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"This loss of wildlife has been sneaking up on us but is now like a big tsunami that is going to hit us."

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While Shooting Massacres of Kids Could Not, Dog Killed by Airline Spurs GOP Senator to Act Fast

Julia Conley, staff writer

"One dog dies and we get a bill immediately. Over 7,000 children have died in...

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Angering Organic Farmers and Advocates, Trump's USDA Kills Animal Welfare Rule

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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The rule would have "specified a set of standards for organic livestock and...

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After Calling Practice 'A Horror Show,' Trump Reverses Ban on Animal Trophy Imports

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is startled by Cody the Dachshund

Corbyn's Labour Party Unveils Plan to Make UK 'World Leader on Animal Welfare'

"Victory" for Animals as Federal Court Smacks Down Parts of Idaho's Ag-Gag Law

As World Warms, Heart-Breaking Video Shows What Starving Polar Bear Looks Like

Conservation Groups Slam Trump's 'Reprehensible' Reversal on Elephant Trophies Ban

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'Amazing News': Rights Groups Celebrate After Italy Bans Use of Circus Animals

Big Meat and Dairy’s Supersized Climate Footprint

The Pacific walrus

'Dark Day' for America's Wildlife as Interior Dept Denies Protections for 25 Species

Animal rights supporters hold up signs at a pork expo protest in June 2012. (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc)

New Report Exposes "Big Ag's Gag Agenda"

Gray wolf

Warnings as GOP Aims to Gut Protections for Endangered Species

Eco Groups: Trump's Interior Deputy Pick Is "Walking Conflict of Interest"

On First Day in Office, Zinke Axes Rule Protecting Wildlife from Lead Poisoning

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Center for Biological Diversity

Unprecedented Farm Bill Provision Allows EPA to OK Pesticides Without Looking at Harm to Endangered Species

Earthjustice

Court Rejects Flawed Mexican Gray Wolf Rule

Earthjustice

Court Calls Third Strike on Industry Challenges to Decision to End Failed Otter Translocation and “No Otter Zone” Program

Center for Biological Diversity

Analysis: 60 Million Acres of Monarch Habitat to Be Doused With Toxic Weed Killer

Oceana

Oceanic Whitetip First Shark Listed as “Threatened” in the Continental U.S. Atlantic

Center for Food Safety

Hundreds of Groups Call on Congress to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides

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Arshad Khan

Of Animals and Bees and Flowers Wild as Earth Day Nears

Kenny Torrella

McDonald's Once Made Progress on Animal Welfare, But Has Now Fallen to the Back of the Pack

Jill Filipovic

What the Death of a White Rhino Really Tells Us

Linda McQuaig

No More Silence About the Torture of Animals

Subhankar Banerjee, Terry Tempest Williams, et al.

Scholars for the Arctic Refuge

Sara Laycock

This Thanksgiving, Skip the Turkey

Robert C. Koehler

Praying for the Moths and Beetles

Glenn Greenwald

The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms

Elizabeth West

On The Road To Extinction, Maybe It's Not All About Us

Mark Devries

New Drone Footage Exposes the Scale of Factory Animal Farming Like Never Before

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