Again the Olympic Committee has chosen a Country who skinned Animals alive for Fur. We are calling on the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to help stop the Canadian seal slaughter. During Canada's annual war on seals, hundreds of thousands of baby

In this market I saw first hand the most horrific abuse of man's best friend imaginable. Live dogs were crammed in rows towards the back of the market along with the usual overfilled cages of live poultry. The dogs were silent, some frozen in terror, o

A NEW YORK woman is being held on $US100,000 ($112,400) bail after prosecutors cited evidence that some of the 42 dead animals buried in her yard had been tortured, with duct tape around their mouths or showing signs of drowning. Sharon McDonough has b

In June 2009, PETA Germany asked Princess Stephanie of Monaco to use her influence as patron of the International Circus Festival and urge organisers to stop using wild animals. It is not yet clear whether wild animals will continue to be exhibited, but w

Costa Rica created Las Baulas National Park by Law in 1995, acknowledging its responsibility to protect the the last leatherback nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific. Populations of Pacific leatherback sea turtles have crashed by 90 percent over the past

According to the impending Marine (Scotland) Act, salmon farmers will be allowed to kill pregnant and nursing seals during breeding season, leaving their defenceless pups to slowly starve to death. At a crucial committee debate on the proposed act, Scotti

Thank you once more for supporting the Anti-Gadhimai sacrifices campaign. As a post Gadhimai follow-up campaign we request you to send letters to Nepal's political parties, requesting them to ban animal sacrifices and introduce an Animal Welfare Act.

Enormous time, money, energy, research, and care go into UPC campaigns, publications, demos, investigations, and our chicken sanctuary. Without a commitment in the form of tax-deductible donations, there can be no United Poultry Concerns.

Take a look back at some of the ways that actions and donations from caring people like you helped save the lives of thousands of imperiled animals and their homes in 2009.

Izzy had been cruelly barricaded in a filthy garage. The floor was covered in trash and dark, runny feces -- a sign of malnutrition. There were no windows or ventilation of any kind...and no food or water dishes.