Animal Protection

Animal welfare is increasingly top of mind for modern travelers not wanting to see their tourism dollars used for exploitative profit. In Southeast Asia, elephant riding has taken center stage. Reports of “elephant breaking,” the violent process of taming and…

Powerful Senate committee directs the Department of Justice to make enforcement of animal welfare laws a priority WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations included language in a key spending bill directing the Department of Justice to mak…

TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to attractions that breed or import captive whales, dolphins and porpoises for the purpose of public display.  (Photo: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) TripAdvisor announced Tuesday that it will no longer sell tick…

Nine decades ago, the idea of World Animal Day was mooted by Heinrich Zimmermann, the German writer and publisher of the magazine Mensch und Hund/Man and Dog. He organised the first World Animal Day on March 24, 1925, in the Sport Palace in Berlin, Germany. O…

America's leading animal welfare undercover investigator Pete Paxton's (a pseudonym) new book called Rescue Dogs: Where They Come From, Why They Act the Way They Do, and How to Love Them Well, written with Gene Stone, is a fascinating read about these amazing…

Not all animals can escape when fire comes burning through the forest. In Bolivia, millions of animals are likely dead as a result of the raging forest fires that continue to burn across the region, including the Amazon. Scientists told AFP that more than 2.…

Not all animals can escape when fire comes burning through the forest. In Bolivia, millions of animals are likely dead as a result of the raging forest fires that continue to burn across the region, including the Amazon. Scientists told AFP that more than 2.…

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I have been teaching young people about climate change for 32 years. In 1987, I taught week-long summer courses to middle school students at the University of Pennsylvania. One of those courses was on environmental issues, and another was on animal issues. Ma…

I have been teaching young people about climate change for thirty-two years. In 1987, I taught week-long summer courses to middle school students at the University of Pennsylvania. One of those courses was on environmental issues, and another was on animal is…