Indraloka Animal Sanctuary rescues 43 hens
Responding to an urgent call for help, Dr. Leslie Interlandi and a member of Indraloka’s veterinary team traveled to the facility, where a flock of hens needed immediate placement. Rescuers were informed that birds remaining at the facility by the end of the day would be slaughtered.
How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’
For the home of Danish bacon, an ultra-intensive farming country that produces about 30m piglets a year—against roughly 60,000 human babies—it was a huge moment: a Danish government, seeking existential reform of Denmark’s most iconic industry.
Tribe’s lawsuit seeks to block federal agencies from removing wild horses near California-Nevada border
A Native American tribe is suing to halt a planned wild horse roundup on and around its reservation near the California-Nevada border because federal agencies have not completed legally required tribal consultations.
Helicopters dump 6,000 logs into rivers in the Pacific Northwest, fixing a decades-old mistake
For decades, river restoration in the Northwestern United States followed a simple rule: if you saw logs in the water, take them out. Clean streams were seen as healthy streams, fast-moving water was seen as optimal, and wood was treated like a “barrier” to natural processes, particularly those of the local fish.
How wild horses lost their ‘wild’ designation, and with it, their rights to water
Developers and state agencies have been working to fence herds out of planned developments—which, unfortunately for the horses—also contain their historic watering holes, which has forced the horses out of the hills and into urban neighborhoods. The situation recently came to a head after the federal government provided a formal go-ahead to construct fencing around […]
A New York City tourist staple could be going away after 160 years
Carriage rides in New York City are heavily regulated regarding how much the horses can work, but advocates for Ryder’s Law argue that these regulations are not enough to keep horses and people safe. The bill, introduced in 2024, would ban horse-drawn carriages and replace them with alternative vehicles. A hearing on the bill is […]
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.
