New Report: Hunting Still On The Decline
Proclaiming that "The end of hunting is in sight," The Fund for Animals, a national animal protection group, is celebrating[…]
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Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order To Stop Makah Whale Hunt
On May 3rd, Judge Franklin D. Burgess of U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a temporary[…]
Read moreSay ‘No’ To Trade In Marine Mammals
In 1992, a baby orca, dubbed “Kshamenk,” was stranded, along with three other orcas, off the Argentine coast. While the[…]
Read moreOrganic Labeling Victory
Thanks to persuasive comments from the public and others to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) opposing the factory farming[…]
Read moreUpdate: Don't Let Texas Animal Killers Run Free
Last December, as reported in the San Antonio Express-News, two men cruelly stabbed to death four trapped, feral pigs on[…]
Read moreNew Wildlife Refuge Created on Ohio Key
Environmental groups and National Home Communities, the corporation that had owned Ohio Key, on May 2nd, announced the transfer of[…]
Read moreRussia Signs Stockholm POPs Convention
A representative of the Russian government today signed the Stockholm POPs Convention – a landmark treaty to phase out some[…]
Read moreNew Marine Protected Area Established off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
Nalychevo Nature Park, Russia – Responding to a 4 year long effort by World Wildlife Fund, officials from the Kamchatka[…]
Read moreRight Whale Advocates Applaud Canada's Proposal to Move Commercial Shipping Lanes
Saint John, New Industry and wildlife organizations that have worked with Canadian officials for the last three years on a[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Hails Launch Of Honda Civic Hybrid
On April 11th, Environmental Defense hailed the release of the new 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid, which for the first time[…]
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