Proposal to ban hunting in Oregon clears major hurdle for November ballot
A controversial ballot initiative that would ban hunting, fishing and animal slaughter in Oregon is one step closer to reaching voters after supporters submitted more than 140,000 signatures to the state. Supporters of Initiative Petition 28, also known as the PEACE Act, announced that they turned in roughly 140,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of […]
Photos of killed bears contradict Alaska officials’ past claims about predator program
Photographs of dead bears in a remote part of Southwest Alaska taken by a wildlife advocacy group contradict prior assertions by the state about its predator control program in the area and raise questions about the policy’s execution in the field. From 2023 to 2026, the state reported killing nearly 254 brown bears. Fish and […]
Seizures reveal macabre grey parrot blood trade in Cameroon
The blood of African grey parrots is emerging as a new, macabre illegal wildlife product traded in Cameroon, analysts from TRAFFIC, a nonprofit that monitors wildlife trafficking, reported. This grim trade in grey parrots, an endangered species long coveted by exotic bird collectors, first came to light in 2025, when forest officials patrolling Cameroon’s Lobéké […]
700 rescue animals missing in widening California animal cruelty, fraud case
Investigators in Northern California say they fear a worst-case scenario in a widening animal cruelty and fraud investigation, in which more than 700 animals are missing from a Humboldt County rescue shelter. Detectives with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Miranda’s Rescue after receiving a tip alleging felony animal abuse, animal cruelty, […]
The Australian superb lyrebird
This bird is a large ground-dwelling songbird of the forests of south-eastern Australia, and most of what it sings is borrowed. It can imitate almost any sound it has ever heard—chainsaws, camera shutters, car alarms, the calls of more than 20 other species—with enough accuracy that the birds being imitated often can’t tell the difference.
Renowned Lebanese turtle conservationist succumbs to wounds sustained in Israeli strike
Mona Khalil, known for her work protecting endangered sea turtles, died from injuries said to have been sustained in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon earlier this month. Mona, 76, was critically injured in an Israeli strike on June 4 that hit her home in the village of Mansouri.
‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil
Podcast: As new settlers clear their forest habitat, the apes are coming into conflict with humans. But simply moving them to another part of the forest may not be the answer.
The long and winding road to safe highways: Inside the global movement to reconnect habitat
One of the busiest highways in the western U.S. is I-25, a concrete artery that runs north to south across the state of Colorado, funneling roughly 100,000 cars per day through the fast-growing exurbs south of the capital, Denver. While I-25 facilitates human journeys, it disastrously truncates the movements of another set of commuters. For […]
In a warming Arctic, gray whales struggle to find nourishment
Some marine scientists first thought the gray whale population was undergoing a cyclical population downturn after a big expansion that had strained their food resources. But the whales have not bounced back, and these researchers now assign an important role in the whales’ decline to 21st century shifts in temperatures, currents and winter ice cover […]
Happy the elephant dies aged 55 after being euthanized at New York zoo
The Asian elephant, was euthanized after zoo staff determined that “progressive, age-related health conditions” required the decision, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs four zoos and an aquarium in New York.
Lomisoba: The sacred festival in Georgia where hundreds of animals are killed each year
Each year in the mountains of Georgia, thousands of pilgrims climb toward a small hilltop church, walking and carrying sheep, lambs, calves, cattle and roosters. Many are praying for health, protection or prosperity. By the end of the day, hundreds of animals will be dead. In 2025, We Animals photojournalist Andrew Skowron documented Lomisoba. These […]
Over 700 whales, dolphins massacred in barbaric Viking-era grind on Faroe Islands
The locals used hooks and knives to herd and beach the Atlantic white-sided dolphins and long-finned pilot whales into shallow bays. Spectators, including children, watched from the shoreline as the animals were horrifically slaughtered and their bodies slashed open. Afterwards, the carcasses were piled together, hauled off, and carved up for distribution.
