Animals

Bornean Orangutan Declared ‘Critically Endangered’

Bornean Orangutan Declared ‘Critically Endangered’

The Bornean orangutan is now listed as critically endangered. With this update, both species of orangutan (the other being Sumatran) are now at extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. A Bornean orangutan with baby at Camp Leakey Tanjung Puting Reserve in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.Photo credit: World Wildlife Fund The International Union for Conservation […]

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    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 […]

    Buenos Aires to Close 140-Year-Old Zoo, Saying ‘Captivity Is Degrading’

    Buenos Aires to Close 140-Year-Old Zoo, Saying ‘Captivity Is Degrading’

    Buenos Aires is shutting down its zoo to give the animals a better life. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Argentina’s capital city, said keeping wild animals in captivity and on display is degrading, The Guardian reported. The zoo’s 2,500 animals—89 species of mammals, 49 species of reptiles and 175 species of birds—will be moved to […]

    Appeals Court Urged to Strike Down Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law

    Appeals Court Urged to Strike Down Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law

    Food & Water Watch and the Center for Biological Diversity urged the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday to affirm a lower court’s ruling striking down an Idaho law that stifles the public’s access to information about industrial animal agriculture operations, citing food safety and public health concerns. Idaho’s ag-gag law is one of the […]

    10 Super Cool Facts About Butterflies

    10 Super Cool Facts About Butterflies

    By Judy Molland From those small cabbage whites to the largest swallowtails, there are thousands of unique and beloved butterfly species on the planet. Many of us see them outside every day in the spring and summer, but how much do you know about these colorful insects? The Cabbage White is the most common butterfly […]

    11 Foods That Would Disappear Without Pollinators

    11 Foods That Would Disappear Without Pollinators

    By Diane MacEachern We all know honey comes from bees. But have you ever connected other foods you eat with the fact that they only exist because they’re pollinated by bees and other creatures? It’s an important connection to make, considering just how threatened bees, butterflies, birds, beetles and other important pollinators are. The threats […]