Russia Signs Stockholm POPs Convention
A representative of the Russian government today signed the Stockholm POPs Convention – a landmark treaty to phase out some[…]
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New 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 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 moreNAACP Says Justice Is Finally Served By Guilty Verdict In Birmingham Church Bombing Murders
On May 21st, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said that justice has at last been[…]
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 moreCourt 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 moreNew 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[…]
Read moreZambia To Propose Downlisting Its Elephants And Trading Ivory
Zambia, one of the strongest opponents of ivory trade in southern Africa, is about to turn its back on elephants.[…]
Read moreStatement Of Environmental Defense On Farm Bill Passage
On May 8th, Environmental Defense released the following statement from senior attorney Tim Searchinger on expected final passage of the[…]
Read moreKeep Antibiotics Working Campaign Praises Kennedy's Introduction of Bill to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
On May 9th, Members of the Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) campaignjoined the American Public Health Association (APHA) and other medical[…]
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