And I came to recognize, as many have, that the way we claim ownership and exert control over our fellow animals is related to the way we have, for centuries, done this to our fellow humans and to nature, in that the instincts come from the same place.

The world's whales are at risk from multiple threats: ozone depletion, chemical and noise pollution, marine debris, vessel strikes, entanglements with fishing gear, prey depletion, increasing offshore industrial development, escalating threats from

George Carlin knew about this a long time ago..

Panda requested this article to be posted. It does look good.

The magnificent animals who slip and slide on the streets of Pamplona during the Running of the Bulls are later violently killed - all in the name of "tradition". Torturing and killing a defenceless animal should not be celebrated as tradition.

Winner Maui Film Festival 2009 - On a trip to Rwanda, Explore had the opportunity to visit four families of wild mountain gorillas, a species with only 720 remaining members.

A new bill with 105 sponsors in Congress would ban Alaska's "wildlife management" policy of shooting wolves from the air, a policy vocally defended by ex-Gov. Sarah Palin. "It's time to ground this air assault on wolves," said Rep. George Miller, D-CA.

It is a bloodbath, cruel and barbaric. Each year, the idyllic and peaceful setting of the village of Taiji in southern Japan is shattered by almost unspeakable cruelty as incredible pain and ultimate death is inflicted on defenseless dolphins.

Bittersweet - BLM's plan to remove nearly half the herd beginning on August 30. Many of the beautiful horses who grazed so peacefully in their green meadows could lose what they value most--their freedom and their families.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical