The HSUS and Local Animal Shelters File Suit to Block New Fees For Cash-Strapped Animal Welfare Groups
The Humane Society of the United States, the Dogwood Animal Shelter in Osage Beach, Mo., and Stray Rescue of St.[…]
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Animal Tests Are Today’s Tuskegee Experiments
By Justin Goodman An experimenter at the University of California–Los Angeles who addicts monkeys to methamphetamines, kills them and dissects[…]
Read moreSettlement Reached on Wolf Recovery in Northern Rockies
Ten conservation groups reached a legal settlement with the Department of the Interior regarding wolf recovery and management in the[…]
Read moreBrazil’s Forest Code Vote Would Cripple Environmental Regulation, Call Into Question Country’s Environmental Leadership
The Brazilian House of Representatives’ passage of new forestry legislation could legalize deforestation in hundreds of thousands of acres of[…]
Read moreMurdaugh Stuart Madden: A Half Century’s Service, A Lasting Legacy
by Bernard Unti Murdaugh Stuart Madden (1922-2008) Years at HSUS: (1975-2008) Major Accomplishments: Represented HSUS from the mid-1950s onward; founded HSUS’s[…]
Read moreMcKinsey’s ‘Bad Influence’ Over Rainforest Nations Around the World
A new Greenpeace report entitled ‘Bad Influence’ has revealed how advice given by global consultancy firm McKinsey to national governments[…]
Read moreDear Mr. President: Remember the Elephants
By Ingrid E. Newkirk Britain’s last remaining “circus elephant,” Annie, recently packed her trunk and went to live her final[…]
Read moreGroups to Interior Department: Put Clean Energy First
The Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians and Defenders of Wildlife filed suit for clean energy, challenging Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s and[…]
Read moreGirl Scouts: Cookies Cut Down Rainforests
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has announced a new partnership with two 15 year-old Girl Scout activists who are petitioning Girl[…]
Read moreSierra Club Joins First Lady Michelle Obama in Supporting Military Families Through New Outdoors Initiative
The Sierra Club joined First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to announce a new initiative to support and[…]
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