Researchers working in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park in 2012 witnessed just how intelligent mountain gorillas are when they observed them dismantling traps laid by poachers. Only days after a young gorilla died after being...
Sign This PetitionAs Canada gears up to open its grisly commercial seal hunting season, India has made the laudable decision to join 36 other countries in banning the import of seal furs and skins. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade for...
Sign This PetitionA boy who was targeted by bullies for his unique differently colored eyes and cleft palate has found his soulmate in the form of a cat named Moon with eyes that match his. Seven-year-old Madden Humphries from Oklahoma was born...
Sign This PetitionTwo chimpanzees who have spent most of their lives as research subjects at the University of Lousiana’s New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) have finally been released to a sanctuary in Georgia. The chimps, Hercules and Leo, have...
Sign This PetitionA new law has passed in Mississippi that toughens penalties for dog fighting and related crimes. The new bill increases the maximum sentence for first offenders to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000. This...
Sign This PetitionThe man responsible for the horrific abuse of a dog known as “Puppy Doe” in 2013 has finally been convicted to a minimum of eight years in prison after a jury found him guilty on 12 counts of animal cruelty this week. Radoslaw...
Sign This PetitionWhen a surveillance camera captured a homeless dog shoplifting a book about abandonment, the stray canine finally got the break he needed to find a loving home. Last week in the Feevale University bookshop in Hamburgo, Brazil,...
Sign This PetitionThe forest department in the Athmalik district of Odisha, India has begun construction of simple wooden or bamboo fences around abandoned wells to prevent elephants from falling into them. Last year, the department reported that...
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