New footage uncovered by PETA found that monkeys are still being used for labor in coconut farms in Thailand. The government has repeated that monkeys aren’t being used, despite evidence to the contrary. A new video shows industry employees sharing how farms hide monkeys during audits or buy monkeys illegally. Half of the coconut farms […]
The U.S. House will introduce a bill to prohibit keeping big cats as pets and help protect public safety! The Big Cat Public Safety Act was passed during the last Congress in December, but we must keep fighting for stronger federal laws! The bill was reintroduced on January 11 by Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and […]
Gangetic dolphins, or Ganges river dolphins, live in the rivers of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. Sadly, their population is steadily declining. They used to have a population of tens of thousands, but now there are less than 2000 due to “direct killing, habitat fragmentation by dams and barrages and indiscriminate fishing.” Recently, a video from […]
Activists from Humane Society International (HSI) Australia are concerned about a trapped minke whale in Japan. A drone has been filming a Minke whale that’s been trapped in a fishing net near Taiji. Humane Society International/Australia’s animal welfare program manager, Georgie Dolphin, said in an emailed statement, “This minke whale has now been trapped in […]
Great news from Wildlife SOS. According to an email from the organization, Emma, a 40-year old elephant that was force-fed alcohol has been freed from her abusive home and was initially transferred for care at the Elephant Conservation and Care Center. Emma’s previous owners exploited her for profit in various ceremonies and tourist attractions. Not […]
House members reintroduced The Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021 on the first day of the new Congress. The bill would end the import, sale, and export of certain wild animals for animal consumption and medicine in the United States. The bill, supported by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) was introduced by […]
Portugal expressed outrage after hunters killed over 500 deer and wild boar in the center of the country at the end of December, as reported by the BBC. Officials were furious at the 16 Spanish hunters that led the massacre, calling it “vile,” and “an environmental crime.” Photos show hunters proudly displaying their catch after […]
The world’s oldest panda living in captivity died in December. Xin Xing, who was living at the Chongqing Zoo in western China, announced that the panda died from organ failure. In human years, the panda would have been 130 years old, per the New York Post. “On October 21, 2020, the giant panda ‘Xin Xing’ […]