COVID-19 and rabies are both zoonotic diseases, with the viruses originating in non-human animals and then infecting people after a transmission event. In the last 17 months, COVID-19 has infected nearly 35 million Americans, with
Nike drives the killing of kangaroos in the Australian Outback to make soccer cleats. But why? At the European Football (soccer) Championships that the Italy won a week ago, kangaroo skin shoes tightly swathed the
There are no spectators. There’s no gambling. There is no referee. And there are no knives or blades attached to the legs of the mink. But on the mink farms, there is animal fighting. It’s
Animal Wellness and the Center for a Humane Economy release science-based report on the risks posed by mink farms to public health, native wildlife populations, and ecosystems Today, a remarkable set of U.S. Representatives, led
Meanwhile, the stakes remain high as foreign racing tracks seek to broadcast races in the United States for profit Almost exactly a century ago, a would-be entrepreneur launched live greyhound racing as a spectator sport
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed a multi-billion-dollar bill to boost American manufacturing to allow us to better compete with China. Tucked within it was a provision to ban selling shark fins in the United States.
Key House Committee Can Adopt Key Anti-Horse Slaughter Provision Today, Congress takes up what is now a familiar topic – the transportation of horses for slaughter for human consumption. Reps. Troy Carter, D-La., John Katko,
The Packs are Under Siege in America President Biden indicated, in an appearance last week on the YouTube program “Brave Wilderness” that focuses on connecting young people to the great outdoors, that he’s alert to the plight
The Center’s support is enabling the feeding of starving elephants In what has been a sorrowful story since we learned their fate, there’s promising news on what your support is delivering to desperate captive elephants
Last Week’s Leaked Video of NRA Leader Shooting Elephant Shows Peril for Wildlife in Southern Africa The video released last week by The New Yorker of a hunting gambit by National Rifle Association (NRA) chief Wayne