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 […]
New research shows the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose horse slaughter
The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today released new data from a national poll conducted by Lake Research Partners that reveals 83 percent of Americans oppose the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption. Opposition to horse slaughter has remained strong and even increased slightly since prior polling in […]
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 […]
Dairy’s ‘dirty secret’: it’s still cheaper to kill male calves than to rear them
The number of male calves being killed straight after birth is on the rise again, despite efforts by the dairy industry to end the practice known as ‘the dirty secret.’ Dairy farms depend on female cows to produce milk, so when male calves are born, they are surplus to requirements and farmers are currently faced […]
Video shows helicopter chase wild horse with broken leg
New images of a wild horse roundup by the federal government are causing outrage. According to the federal government, there isn’t enough room for the horses on public lands, so they do roundups. Those roundups are controversial, and we have an example of why. Video obtained by the I-Team shows a young horse with a […]
BLM plans wild horse roundup in central Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management is gathering about 223 wild horses about 77 miles east of Fallon this week. About 43 mares captured in the Desatoya Herd Management Area will be treated with GonaCon fertility control and be released. About 30 stallions will also be released. The other 150 horses are considered excess. The BLM will use […]
Medina Spirit, disputed winner of 2021 Kentucky Derby, dies after workout
Medina Spirit, the disputed winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has died of a heart attack after a workout at Santa Anita Park, trainer Bob Baffert said. According to a statement from Santa Anita Park, a team led by Senior Veterinarian Dr. Laurie Bohannon “immediately took blood, hair and urine samples from Medina Spirit. Those […]
14 Documentaries that could change the way you eat
Documentaries that tackle global warming, biodiversity loss, and other hard-hitting climate realities are becoming increasingly popular, in part thanks to a growing consciousness about the state of the planet. These docs, which include pioneering films such as An Inconvenient Truth as well as newer titles like Seaspiracy, strive to show the benefits of (at the […]
How factory farms in America ignite fires in Brazil
Chances are that the fires burning in the Amazon did not cross our minds as we sat down to a breakfast of scrambled eggs on a Sunday morning. Nor did we think of the jaguar with her blackened paws lying helplessly asphyxiated in the Pantanal wetlands as she tried to outrun multiple fires, amidst the […]
The Jungle, revisited
More than a century has passed since Upton Sinclair’s tell-all novel, The Jungle, sparked public outrage at the corruption of the meatpacking industry. The work of fiction exposed the very real horrors faced by migrant workers and farmed animals at the hands of a company that prioritized profit whatever the cost. Meatpacking companies today are […]
‘Skinspiracy’: What is the clothing industry hiding?
Hit documentaries Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy have motivated many outraged viewers to change their habits by alerting them to the horrific cruelty endured by animals killed for food. Now, it may be time for Skinspiracy. All over the world, animals’ skin, fur, feathers, and fleece are being stolen off their backs. PETA is the only organization […]
