A massive abandoned fishing net has been discovered in the waters off the coast of the Cayman Islands, containing hundreds of dead fish and sharks. Discovered this week by Dominick Martin-Mayes and his friends, the 27-year-old fisherman and diving instructor said they came across the 50-by-50-foot net just north of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. “At first we thought it was a log, but as we got closer we could see it was a net with floats,” said Martin-Mayes. “I jumped in the water first and was shocked at what I saw. It took my breath away – the...

Jefferson, Iowa is ending it’s inhumane policy of trapping and shooting cats, under pressure from animal welfare organizations and local residents. With the help of Alley Cat Allies, the Animal Rescue League (ARL) of Iowa and the Animal Protection and Education Charity, the city will review its trap and kill policy and hopefully replace it with a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) policy right away. The ARL responded to Jefferson residents’ concerned calls that trapped cats weren’t being taken to shelters.  Scott Wilson of the ARL traveled to Jefferson, where he met with the mayor and police chief to uncover the horrible truth...

They call this protecting the environment? Last month, the White Coat Waste Project (WCW), an organization working to stop useless tests on animals funded by taxpayer dollars, revealed just how “protective” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is. Their report documented how the EPA takes the lives of over 20,000 animals in cruel experiments each year. The rabbits, mice, fish, and other animals that die at the hands of the government agency are exposed to experiments we already know are harmful. According to WCW, researchers make the animals breathe diesel exhaust, air pollution or ozone, force them to ingest lard...