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Animal rights activists hold a rally in support of a bill to ban the sale of foie gras on June 18 at New York City Hall in New York. ANGELA WEISS / AFP / Getty Images
By Lindsay Campbell
New Yorkers will have to say au revoir to foie gras come 2022.
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House Unanimously Approves ‘Watershed’ Bill Making Animal Cruelty a Federal Crime
25 October
Animals
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Republican and Democratic lawmakers have found something they can agree on: The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to make animal cruelty a federal felony, CNN reported.
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Animals most targeted by the fur industry include minks, foxes and rabbits. Hal Trachtenberg / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0
Macy's announced Monday that it will stop selling fur by 2021, The New York Times reported.
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Naya made wildlife history when she became the first wolf to be spotted in Belgium for more than 100 years in January 2018.
But the wolf, who was carrying cubs, has not been seen since May. Belgium's Nature and Forest Agency (ANB) says it is "virtually certain" she has been killed, according to The Guardian.
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Scientist watching mice in laboratory. Adam Gault / OJO Images / Getty Images
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged Tuesday to "aggressively reduce animal testing" and to end funding for mammal tests by 2035. The move makes the EPA the first federal agency to set a timeline for ending animal tests, according to Science Magazine.
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Packs of 'Brexit Selection Freshly Chlorinated Chicken' sit on display at 'Costupper' Brexit Minimart pop-up store, set up by the People's Vote campaign group, to demonstrate predicted price rises and supply problems in south London, United Kingdom on Nov. 23, 2018. Tayfun Salci / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
By Dan Nosowitz
A hot-button issue in the UK focuses on something most Americans don't even know about: a particular method of disinfecting raw poultry.
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Washington State Kills Last Four of a Wolf Pack Hours Before Court-Ordered Reprieve
20 August
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Wolves in Mount Rainier, Washington. Ron Reznick / VW Pics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The last four members of an embattled wolf pack were killed in Washington State Friday, hours before the court order that could have saved them.
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New York is officially the first state in the union to ban cat declawing.
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Chickens raised for meat in McDonald's supply chain suffer every day. ANDREW SKOWRON / OPEN CAGES / The Humane League
By Taylor Ford
Golden arches tainted with blood. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the "Headquarters of Cruelty." Dozens of protesters. Horrified passersby.
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A sei whale, considered endangered by the IUCN; sei are one of three species that will be hunted commercially in Japan starting today. Gerard Soury / Getty Images
Commercial whaling ships set sail from Japan Monday for the first time in more than 30 years, The Guardian reported.
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