This month, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is scheduled to determine whether ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...

Are wild horses truly “wild,” as an indigenous species in North America, or are they “feral weeds”—barnyard escapees, far removed genetically from their prehistoric ancestors? The question at hand is, ...

The American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species whose ponds and wetlands help replenish groundwater, serve as buffers against wildfires, and provide habitat for a wide variety of ...

Washington, DC—Today, more than 14 members of the US House of Representatives introduced legislation that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing ...

Here are a few ways to help companion animals by being an educated consumer: Only consumer education and better enforcement provisions will reduce the suffering of captive birds. Please contact the ...

Led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the “Ejiao Act of 2023” (H.R. 6021) would prohibit the transport, sale, and purchase within the United States of products containing ejiao and of donkeys and donkey hides ...

Washington, DC—The US House Committee on Agriculture will weigh in Thursday on the long-awaited, 942-page Farm Bill, a massive legislative package — reauthorized every five years or so — that serves ...

In Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were, Philip Lymbery takes readers along as he explores the lives of elephants in Sumatra, jaguars in Brazil, and barn owls in the United Kingdom, and examines the ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to ...

Housing conditions are among the parameters which are important contributors to the nature, quality, and reproducibility of research obtained in laboratory animal investigations. ... It is absolutely ...

In this compelling work, distinguished philosopher of science and scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith writes of his experiences studying the minds of cephalopods, particularly octopuses and cuttlefish, ...