Urge Etsy to remove animal fur from its marketplace
Isn’t it time for Etsy to join the fur-free movement to meet consumer demand for fur-free fashion? Shoppers and retailers across the globe have acknowledged the cruelty of fur and have demanded that retailers act. Mega-retailers including Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom have eliminated fur from their stores and online catalogs.
Ten Ways to Create a More Vegan World
There is increasing evidence that animal-based diets are causing an epidemic of life-threatening diseases, contributing to climate change and other environmental threats to humanity, and having other negative effects. Despite the increasing need for a shift toward veganism to counteract these problems, progress has been relatively slow.
Featured Friends: UPC President Karen Davis
While living in Darnestown, Maryland, Karen Davis would frequently walk along a path on her way to a pond located behind her yard. Along this path was a chicken house enclosure that had been buried in the trees behind the yard’s fence. When Karen and her husband first moved in it was empty.
Ricky Gervais, Moby trumpet call to free Bronx Zoo elephants
No joke, Ricky Gervais wants to free the Bronx Zoo’s elephants. And Moby is spinning a sad song about sorry conditions for the zoo’s elephants. The comedian and musician banded together this week with the release of “10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2021“—an annual ranking by the In Defense Of Animals advocacy group.
Refugees and their companion animals flee war in Ukraine
We Animals Media contributors Andrew Skowron, Miloš Bičanski and Thomas Machowicz are on the ground in Poland and Ukraine to document the stories of humans and animals seeking refuge from the Russian invasion. The impact of war on animal lives is something that has been observed throughout history—whether birds, dogs and horses forced to face […]
Bat Conservation International
We seek to include people of all backgrounds in bat conservation. We are respectful visitors to the countries where we work—seeking to learn, understand, and honor the historical, cultural, political, and economic context of our projects. Our team uses cutting-edge tools, technology, and training to redefine what is possible in global conservation.
Boycott Cosmic Bliss Ice Cream
Coconut Bliss recently rebranded as Cosmic Bliss to start selling grass-fed dairy ice cream. This is a terrible betrayal from a 16-year-old beloved vegan brand, but the true betrayal is to the animals and the planet. Grass-fed dairy is humane washing and greenwashing. Please boycott all lines of Cosmic Bliss ice cream and help Compassionate […]
Tell Elon Musk to stop his cruel brain experiments
Since 2017, billionaire Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has subjected various animals—including rats, pigs, sheep, and monkeys—to invasive, often deadly brain experiments. Through 2020, the company paid $1.4 million to the University of California, Davis, to use its facilities, where experimenters removed portions of monkeys’ skulls to implant electrodes in the animals’ brains as part of […]
Stop the world’s first octopus factory farm
With the world’s first-ever octopus farm preparing to open its doors in 2023, it’s so important that we act now to prevent these intelligent, complex animals from becoming the newest victim of factory farming. Please join Species Unite in calling on the Spanish Government and the European Union to ban octopus farming and stop this new form […]
There are fewer than 10 tiny vaquita porpoises left. Can they be saved?
The vaquita, the world’s tiniest marine mammal, has long teetered on the brink of extinction. The population of porpoises marked with black ringed eyes and smiling, upturned mouths has dwindled by a devastating 99% over the last decade. Now scientists say their future is more precarious than ever, after a recent survey found fewer than […]
DNA detectives blow open the global ivory trade with incredible discovery
According to a bombshell report published Monday, there could be just one—or perhaps a few—criminal organizations behind nearly all of the illegal ivory trade. Researchers outline their findings in the journal in Nature Human Behavior, writing they used DNA from 4,320 elephant tusks from 49 different seizures to figure out when tusks from close relatives were included in […]
Vegan Since 1951! 32 Years Raw! A Natural Man of Many Skills: Mark Huberman
Attorney Mark Huberman is the President of the National Health Association and Editor of Health Science magazine. He has adhered to a whole food, plant-based vegan diet since birth in 1951 and credits his excellent health to the pioneering vision of his parents, Max and Ruth Huberman, who had the foresight to recognize the profound benefits […]
