The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

Yesterday, the Trump administration unveiled proposed sweeping changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would ...

On November 5, 2002, voters in Florida approved the first US law prohibiting the use of small “gestation crates” to house pregnant sows. Such crates are but one example of the extreme animal ...

An award program to fund innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal wildlife conflict management and improved methods of wildlife study. This award program provides up to $15,000 to recipients to ...

Every piece of legislation starts as an idea, and that idea can come from a legislator, a staff member, a professional lobbyist, or an “average citizen.” Legislation succeeds or fails depending on a ...

Most of the meat, poultry, egg, and dairy products sold in American grocery stores and restaurants come from animals raised under intensive conditions within concentrated animal feeding operations ...

Cetaceans can travel up to 100 miles daily, feeding and socializing with other members of their pods. Pods can contain hundreds of individuals with complex social bonds and hierarchies. Cetaceans are ...

According to the 2023–2024 National Pet Owners Survey, approximately two thirds of all US households include a companion animal. While the majority of pets are cats or dogs, millions of US households ...

Barn fires cause immense suffering, killing hundreds of thousands of farmed animals every year. Some farmed animals die almost immediately as fires burn through the barns, while others have to be ...

Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms, including finfish, crustaceans, mollusks, plants, and algae for human use. It has been practiced by cultures around the globe for millennia.

What are safe havens for pets? Safe havens for pets are sheltering services available to help individuals experiencing domestic violence place their companion animals out of harm's way so that they ...

Since 2012, AWI and other groups have initiated four lawsuits to protect the red wolf (Canis rufus), the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals. Designated as an endangered ...