Stopping Cruel High-Speed Pig Slaughter
The USDA's proposed New Swine Slaughter Inspection System will greatly increase the suffering of pigs and create significant dangers for consumers and slaughterhouse workers.
View ArticleSouthern Resident Killer Whales Swimming in Dire Straits
Southern Resident Killer Whales are at risk of extinction. Some scientists—a growing number, in fact—will tell you that the Southern Residents are on track to disappear within the next 100 years.
View ArticleTaking Stock of Puerto Rico’s Animals One Year After Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Nearly 3,000 people died. The island, with its four-decades-out-of-date power grid, went without electricity for months, in the second...
View ArticleHow is the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage 100 Years Ago Like the Battle to...
The growing acceptance of the view that exotic animals should not be exploited for profit and entertainment has followed the pattern of past progressive societal changes, notably the adoption of...
View ArticleHere’s Why Israel Is the Vegan Capital of the World
Going vegan and saving animals benefits every culture and creed. But it seems as though Israel—and the Jewish community in general—is leading the vegan revolution. So what’s going on?
View ArticleBeach Cleanup at Kamilo Point, Hawai’i
I am one of the many volunteers that Hawai'i Wildlife Fund (HWF) counts on to help clean up the plastic marine pollution at Kamilo Point. Kamilo, located on the southeastern part on the island of...
View ArticleFostering Military Pets to Help Armed Service Members
Individuals deployed overseas and their families have many challenges, among them the fact that, in many cases, they have no one to provide a home for their companion animals.
View ArticleAn Adoption Story: Chavaleh and Hyde Park Cats
Hyde Park Cats is a foster-based, licensed cat rescue organization in Chicago’s neighborhood of Hyde Park. Staffed entirely by volunteers, the organization began in 2008 as a Trap-Neuter-Return...
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