Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is asking big-box retailer Costco to stop its purchase and sale of salmon exported from the Faroe Islands until the Faroes bring the brutal and archaic mass slaughter of pilot whales and other cetaceans, known as the “grindadráp” or “grind,” to a grinding halt. Actors Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver), Eric Balfour […]
By Danny Prater A seal pup was euthanized by authorities after a woman spotted the lone animal on a Washington state beach, stuffed him into a shopping bag and took him back to her home, multiple outlets are reporting. Harbor seal pup euthanized after being carried off a Washington beach in a shopping bag. https://t.co/ZV1gDk4iaq […]
By Diana Tarrazo This week is the Discovery Channel’s highly-anticipated Shark Week, which features programs about one of the ocean’s top predators. The week’s star-studded cast includes the great white and the tiger shark, which are featured in programs with names like The Killing Games,Deadliest Shark and Wrath of a Great White Serial Killer. In […]
By Jackie Dragon If you love sharks, you may want to think twice before buying that can of tuna. Sharks are an iconic victim of the global crisis facing our oceans today. Every year, more sharks and rays appear on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species […]
Increasing temperatures due to climate change is altering the demographics of the central bearded dragon population and possibly sending the species into extinction. DNews Like a lot of reptiles, Discovery News said, the gender of central bearded dragons depends on their chromosomes and the temperature at which the eggs are incubated. The egg is born […]
Leonardo DiCaprio, oscar-winning actor and well-known advocate for the planet, has joined the #FinBanNow call to end the sale of shark fins in the U.S. On June 23, Oceana, along with four members of congress, introduced the Shark Fin Elimination Act of 2016 (S.3095/H.R.5584), beginning the call to action. The bill would ban the sale […]
At least 60 percent of Antarctica’s Adélie penguin population could be wiped out by the end of this century due to climate change, new research shows. Colonies of Adélie penguins, which are only found in Antarctica, have been steadily declining since the 1980s parts of Antarctic that are warming, unable to raise chicks because of […]
By Willy Blackmore Craig Watts raised broiler chickens for Perdue for more than two decades—until he let the animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) film inside one of his barns in 2014. As a result, Americans got an HD look at how their favorite meat is raised. In the video, which has been […]
By Danny Prater A loggerhead sea turtle is recovering from injuries sustained after being dragged from the ocean by beachgoers for a twisted photo-op, according to multiple reports. At one point, adults photographed a crying child who appeared to be standing on top of the animal’s shell. It is also reported that after the photos […]
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