Outraged by the brutal slaughter of dolphins and whales that takes place in Japan every year, hundreds of thousands of activists are taking action by signing an online petition. Now, it's time for YOU to add your name and invite others to do the same.
Puerto Rico is planning another of their infamous "removals", this time of the cat colonies of Old San Juan. With animal rights organizations like Save a Gato dramatically decreasing the number of strays in the area, and vastly improving the lives and he
Bloody waters in Norway - the whaling season has started
Norwegian whalers yesterday made the first kill of the season: a calf. Though the majority of Norwegians are against the cruelty inflicted by whaling, Norwegian whalers are set to kill 1,052
The Harper government and Parks Canada have decided to shoot thousands of nesting Double-crested Cormorants at Middle Island, Point Pelee National Park. They plan to reduce the vibrant and historical colonial waterbird colony by 90%, destabilizing the
Point Pelee National Park To Kill Over 7000 Birds In Four Days.
Beginning April 30, 2008, Parks Canada will shoot thousands of nesting double-crested cormorants at Point Pelee National Park. They have scheduled 4 days - April 30, May 1, 2, and
Overexploit, cheat, deplete. The cycle of greed behind the global whaling industry has driven one whale population after another toward oblivion. Even after decades of protection, it is still unknown whether or not some species will recover.
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On 19 April, we have learned that Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans has officially closed the last and largest phase of the seal hunt off Newfoundland and Labrador.
Officials said that participation for this year's hunt was low, mainly because
Last year, the world looked on in horror as the Namibian government permitted the slaughter of 86,000 Cape fur seals.
Sealers bludgeon the seals with clubs and "hakapiks" (clubs with metal hooks on their ends), drag conscious seals across the sand
Thousands of cats and dogs have died in Cyprus as a result of premeditated poisoning.
The deadly substance 'Lannate' which is freely available in Cyprus, has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of domestic pets and wild animals over the years
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Gray wolves, exterminated from the West nearly 100 years ago, were reintroduced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995 and have prospered. The first pack was set free in the northern portion of Yellowstone National Park
A diverse coalition of tribal, conservation, hunting, animal welfare and wildlife groups, an outfitting business, and concerned citizens from Montana and South Dakota, have filed an emergency rule-making petition with the U.S. Department of the Interior
This petition is for all of those upset and horrified by the annual Canadian Seal Hunt. This year 275,000 baby seals from 12 days old to 12 weeks old will be brutally clubbed and skinned alive by Canadian fishermen who will sell their fur.
In 2001,
It's time to close a gaping loophole that has brought unnecessary suffering to billions of chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other birds who are slaughtered for food. To help end this staggering problem, The HSUS is circulating a petition calling upon
An animal rights group is disputing a Canadian claim that this year's East Coast seal hunt will be more humane.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare said yesterday that a new regulation that requires hunters to bleed seals before skinning them "
Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is a cruel and unethical practice that produces a product nobody needs. 98% of the animals killed in the past two years have been baby seals between 2 weeks to 3 months old. And despite the potentially devastating