Hunting has caused huge decreases in the populations of so many different animals across the United States. While some people argue that hunting is a form of population control and conservation control, that is usually untrue. After saving wolves from the brink of extinction in Michigan through various conservation efforts, they were removed from the […]
Category: Petitions
Petition: Shut Down Illegal Online Wildlife Trade!
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, China and other countries temporarily banned the wildlife trade. However, wildlife trade hasn’t actually stopped, It unfortunately just moved online. This is terrible for many reasons — it affects animals who are already endangered, still poses a risk to public health, and it’s difficult to regulate the wildlife trade online. […]
Ban Cruel Duck Shooting in New Zealand and Protect Native Ducks
Fish & Game New Zealand fervently defend the “sport” of duck shooting for which the season just began in late May (it was pushed back from March due to COVID-19 restrictions). However, organizations are concerned about New Zealand’s native bird species. Animal rights organization SAFE says the sport is “inherently cruel” and should be banned. […]
Petition: Australia is Slaughtering Thousands of Wild Horses, Goats, Deer, and Pigs Starting This Month
It was announced just three weeks ago that the Bureau of Land Management in the United States will remove 30,000 wild horses and burros from federal lands via cruel mass roundups. They’ll also perform dangerous and inhumane sterilization procedures on mares.Mountain goats in national parks have also been culled recently. Unfortunately, it turns out that […]
Petition: Punish Poachers Who Use Wire Snares To Destroy Wildlife
Wildlife poaching drives species extinction. In fact, the impending sixth mass extinction will largely be caused by the killing of animal species. Animals like elephants, rhinos, lions, and more are seriously threatened by wildlife poaching. Poaching is the illegal hunting of an animal and that is bad enough no matter which method of killing you […]
Petition: Stop Cruel Hound Hunting and End the Suffering Of Defenseless Wildlife
Hound hunting is a very cruel way to capture and kill animals. Hunting comes with the death of animals either way, but hound hunting in particular adds a lot of violence and terror. It involves dogs who are trained by hunters to be vicious chasing terrified animals for miles and then tearing them limb from […]
Petition: How Traditional Chinese Medicine is Contributing to Species Extinction
Traditional Chinese medicine is flourishing at the expense of animals. Many traditional medicines require endangered animals and often runs rampant on rumors of effective treatment. Rhino populations quickly diminished as a rumor about a politician being cured of cancer by a rhino horn. Three species are now extinct thanks to demand for rhino horn. Demand […]
Petition: Ask Etsy to Stop Allowing the Sale of Fur
Fur is such a cruel product that even the fashion industry which long deemed it “stylish” has been turning away from it. Fashion brands from Chanel to Coach, Georgio Armani, Gucci, Michael Kors, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein have all stopped using fur. Even the Queen of England has gone fur free and […]
