Last weekend I had the opportunity to tour the Shambala Preserve wildlife sanctuary in Acton, California. It is operated by the Roar Foundation, founded by actress Tippi Hedren in 1983. The woman perhaps most famous for the movie "The Birds" has dedicated

Support the U.S. House Natural Resource Committee call for a moratorium on the roundups of our wild horses and burros. Act before November 12! Stop the roundup of over 2,500 wild horses who will be captured by BLM (Bureau of Land Management).

The LA Times had an interesting article this weekend that discusses the serious danger elephants in parts of southern Africa pose to villagers living close to wildlife reserves and parks. The fact is, there are many communities in Zambia and Botswana whe

The group Friends of Lucy presented a 3,500-name petition at city hall on Tuesday, asking council to get involved to ensure the lone elephant at the Valley Zoo is examined by a panel of experts and, if deemed healthy enough, moved to a sanctuary in the

Silently slipping to 1,000 metres below the ocean surface, an undersea glider equipped with a recording device is cruising off Hawaii to capture unprecedented detail on the sounds made by whales.

The practice of keeping nonhuman animals and their needs in mind during development and construction of human projects has come up around here a few times lately.

Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of their homes and access to the food they need to survive. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical habitat for these struggling

Maximus was a trophy, a behemoth bear towering 7 1/2 feet and tipping the scales at more than 800 pounds. He wasn't a troublemaker, wasn't killing cattle or raiding cabins. He was, in the words of the local bear biologist, just "a big, beautiful, wild

Every year, millions of Australian sheep are crammed onto multilevel, open-decked ships bound for ports in the Middle East and North Africa. When they arrive, they are dragged to shore as if they were sacks of coal, and their throats are cut while they

Mice and rats are not protected by any anti-cruelty laws, nor are any research facilities required to account for any testing procedures on them. These feeling and social animals are left to the "mercy" of the researchers. The rats in this photo are