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Creating a humane legacy for animals

September 17, 2020 A Humane World Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

“Raising awareness and improving lives for animals is my passion,” says Karen, a longtime HSUS supporter, “and I feel the HSUS is best positioned to continue to move the animal welfare movement forward.” Photo by James McEntee/AP Images for the HSUS

Just about every one of us who comes into this work has the same question in mind: “What can I do to make a difference?” In the end it’s something that we each have to answer for ourselves. But there is no shortage of good . . .

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Park City, UT Selected as US National Winner of WWF’s 2020 One Planet City Challenge

September 16, 2020 Evan Carlson Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

Park City, Utah has been selected as the U.S. National Winner through World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) program. Park City was awarded this recognition from among 22 cities across the U.S., of all sizes and geographies, who e…

Finding Common Ground: Can Vegans, Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters Unite for Change?

September 15, 2020 Julie Animal Rights & Environment, Organic Consumers Association

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To eat meat, or not to eat meat: It’s probably one of the hottest debates around the dinner table. But can vegans and vegetarians unite behind a campaign to #…

Arctic heating races ahead of worst case estimates

September 14, 2020 Tim Radford Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network

Arctic heating is happening far faster than anybody had anticipated. The ice record suggests this has happened before.
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PETA Sways Dole Food Co. to End Years of Funding Animal Tests

September 12, 2020 Michelle Feinberg Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

After talks with PETA, Dole Food Company agreed to stop funding experiments at the Mayo Clinic that involve bleeding, force-feeding, killing, and dissecting mice and rats.

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USFWS director says federal protections for wolves will be removed by end of year

September 11, 2020 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Animal Rights & Environment, Public Policy (Legal/Legislative), The Humane Society of the United States, Wildlife/Marine Mammals

Aurelia Skipwith told the Associated Press in an interview this week that her agency is “working hard” to lift federal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states by the end of this year. Photo by David Osborn/Alamy Stock Photo

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal agency tasked with protecting American wildlife, is getting closer to allowing trophy hunters and cattle ranchers to open season on the gray wolf, one of our nation’s most iconic—as well as most persecuted—animals. USFWS director Aurelia Skipwith . . .

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Animals NEED You to Watch ‘Breaking the Chain’

September 10, 2020 Katherine Sullivan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

For the first time ever, a documentary is sounding the alarm on a national crisis affecting dogs and other companion animals. Watch “Breaking the Chain” on demand now.

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Historic First: Taiwan FDA Drops Animal Tests for Health Marketing Claim for Foods After PETA Pressure

September 8, 2020 Dewanna Byrd Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

Following pressure from PETA—which included the submission of a detailed scientific critique at the agency’s request—the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration made a groundbreaking announcement that it has removed animal-testing recommendations and requirements from its draft regulation for companies wanting to make anti-fatigue health claims about their food and beverage products and will instead now… Read more »

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Will Killing Countless Animals Actually Help Treat Alzheimer’s?

September 6, 2020 Zachary Toliver Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

Has killing countless animals in failed test after failed test pushed researchers any closer to finding an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease?

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Small but Powerful—Here’s the ONE Thing You Can Do to Help Bees

September 4, 2020 Rebecca Maness Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

You probably don’t know number eight.

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