Animals

Hollywood Stars Demand Costco Stop Selling Faroe Islands’ Salmon

Hollywood Stars Demand Costco Stop Selling Faroe Islands’ Salmon

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 […]

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    Baby Seal Euthanized After Woman Stuffs Him in Her Shopping Bag

    Baby Seal Euthanized After Woman Stuffs Him in Her Shopping Bag

    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 […]

    5 Shark Species That Should Be Revered, Not Feared

    5 Shark Species That Should Be Revered, Not Feared

    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 […]

    If You Love Sharks, You Should Think Twice Before Buying Tuna

    If You Love Sharks, You Should Think Twice Before Buying Tuna

    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 […]

    Temperature-Induced Sex Change Could Drive This Species to Extinction

    Temperature-Induced Sex Change Could Drive This Species to Extinction

    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, Morgan Freeman Join Call to Ban Sale of Shark Fins in U.S.

    Leonardo DiCaprio, Morgan Freeman Join Call to Ban Sale of Shark Fins in U.S.

    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 […]

    Perdue Unveils Ambitious Animal Welfare Plan … But Is It Enough?

    Perdue Unveils Ambitious Animal Welfare Plan … But Is It Enough?

    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 […]