Orphan bear cubs have little chance for survival in the wild. So when a female cub was spotted near Tumbler Ridge, British Colombia, Canada, in the summer of 2007, local conservation officials jumped into action. There was no sign of her mother,
Update: Our appeal has been rejected, and Junichi and Toru have been ordered to spend a further 9 days in jail without charge. Under Japanese law, they can be held for up to 23 days without charge. More than 220,000 people have now used our global action
PLEASE have your say. Please contact dean of the school of medicine Larry W. Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., and President Charles L. Rice, M.D., at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and politely urge them to end the practice of using live
On June 29, 2008, Martha Obando was shot dead in the main street of her suburb in the outskirts of Buenaventura, Colombia. Obando, known affectionately as Dona Chila, was an active community and women's rights leader. She started a small organization for
Thank you Pamela for this...Experts agree that if we don't do everything we can to ensure there are as many spawning horseshoe crabs as possible on Delaware Bay beaches, the rufa red knot, which depends on the crab's eggs, could be extinct in just a few
An RSPCA investigation into the puppy trade has found evidence of sick and dying puppies being sold as family pets. Bred on puppy farms, often outside the UK and then sold by some pet shops, via internet classified sites and local newspaper adverts, many
One of the most successful conservation programs in the U.S. is at risk. The USDA is considering the release of 24 million acres of land from the Conservation Reserve Program for commercial use.
"Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas. While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution
In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled, and this week, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said that if left unchecked, global food shortages could set the world back seven years in the fight against
Let the Kenyan government know destroying ecosystems for toxic sugar monocultures is unethical, and ask them to please follow their own environmental laws, and permanently cancel the project.Kenya has recently approved plans to destroy some 20,000 acres
