This week a group of nine shark attacks survivors traveled to Washington, DC. Their goal? Lobby the US Senate for greater protection for the sharks who attacked them. Many of the survivors are missing limbs, fingers, and have other lasting injuries. N...]]> Here is some great news from the campaign to improve conditions for animals on factory-farms: Another chain food company has agreed to phase out the use of eggs from battery-cages. Red Robin's will exclusively use eggs from facilities that do not use ...]]> When will this silly "terrorism" rhetoric end? I thought that once Bush left office he would take the with-us-or-with-the-terrorists mentality with him. Maybe that was naive. Apparently the Japanese government has taken yet another step towards labeli...]]> Animals simply do not belong in entertainment. Rodeos and other animal acts are not only cruel to animals, they are dangerous for the human participants and onlookers. This past Sunday, a 12-year-old boy died after a bull stomped on him during the Lit...]]> "I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other. It's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals." Those are the words that Barack Obama said when he was asked a question a...]]> Tonight Animal Planet will air the fourth installment in their exciting docu-drama series, Whale Wars. The show follows the lives of the all-volunteer crew aboard the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship, the Steve Irwin. They roam the arctic wate...]]> Like the animals whose rights he was advocating for, Andrew Stepanian has spent the past two years confined in a restrictive prison cell. He was convicted of a violation of the Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA), a bill that seeks to criminalize ...]]> You know someone isn't very animal-friendly when hunting groups make glowing statements about them. The US Sportsman Alliance, one of those pro-hunting group, is very excited about Obama's new nomination for the new director of the US Fish and Wildlif...]]> It's fair to say that if you care about animals, you want to see an end to the cruel Canadian seal hunt. Every year fishermen kill hundreds of thousands of baby seals by bludgeoning them. So we have a goal: end the seal hunt. But how is the animal pro...]]> Every year the Animal Rights National Conference gives away awards to movement leaders, exceptional activists and celebrities who help animals. This year they are also presenting an award to the best animal protection campaigns. There are two categori...]]>