For the year that researchers tracked the young male mountain lion P-78, the cat relentlessly prowled the Los Angeles area for a home range to call his own. After being collared with a GPS tracking device in December 2019, he traveled west to Point Mugu in Ventura County, then north across the 101 Freeway before […]
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Petition: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Bulldozing Project at Ballona Wetlands on the Los Angeles Coast
A group called Defend Ballona Wetlands has sued the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW). Molly Bassler, a Climate Reality Project leader with the Los Angeles chapter, and Robert van de Hoek, a wildlife biologist, are joining it in the suit. The litigants are challenging the CDFW’s approval of a project they say would […]
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Petition: Firefighters Rescue Barn Owl From California Wildfire
As the wildfires around the western part of the United States continue, one group of firefighters went viral on Facebook for helping a barn owl during California’s Silverado Fire. Firefighters found a barn owl in danger from the fires, pulled the owl from the flames, and started helping it. The firefighters brought the owl back […]
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Nearly extinct vaquita mothers with calves spotted in recent expeditions
There may be a glimmer of hope for the extremely rare vaquita porpoise, the world’s smallest cetacean, a group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. The vaquita is also the most threatened marine mammal in the world, nearly extinct because of entanglement in fishing nets. The latest expeditions to survey the mammal in the northern […]
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Breaking! California is Now the First State in the Nation to Ban Fur
On Friday, California became the first state in the United States to ban fur. A bill signed by Governor Newsom that will make it illegal to sell, donate or manufacture fur products in California. The law applies to all clothing, handbags shoes and other items made with fur. The news came as relief to animal […]
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Bill to Ban the Sale of Fur Passes the California Senate!
Just last week, the state of California banned fur trapping when Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Wildlife Protection Act of 2019 into law. Now, in more good news, they are very close to banning the sale of fur altogether! California could become the first state in the country to ban the sale of fur. Bill […]
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California Bans Fur Trapping!
Fur trapping is a cruel, inhumane industry that causes terrible pain and death to animals. Using various traps like the snare trap, underwater trap, Conibear trap, and the steel-jaw trap, trappers catch animals with fur. The steel-jaw trap (the most cruel of all), shuts down on the animal’s limb. They frantically struggle to break free […]
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POLL: Should Trump be allowed to open over 1 million acres in California to fracking?
On April 25, the Trump administration released details of its plan to open up more than a million acres in California to oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing – including areas close to Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. This is horrible news. The plan would end a 5-year moratorium on leasing federal land in […]
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