Animal Welfare

One million dogs are eaten each year in Vietnam, reports CNN. Due to the strong demand for dog meat, business is rising for dog smugglers - hence a market for dog meat smuggling. Stray dogs and pets are captured in Thailand and traded for $60 each in Vietnam. The life of a loving Read More

The phrase Man Bites Dog usually refers to how unusual stories make headlines over typical stories. Who cares about “dog bites man” if you have a story like “man bites dog?” The problem is, man doesn’t usually bite dog, does he? Hence why when it does happen, it captures our Read More

Rescue dogs (and cats) are wagging their tails proudly today as a new bill just passed in their honor. As of Monday May 13, 2013 Colorado’s State pet is the animals of shelters and rescues. The bill was introduced by young students of the Peakview School in Walsenburg, Colorado. Read More

Illinois is getting set to become the latest state to enact a puppy lemon law. The bill has passed the Senate with a vote of 31-18 in favor and is now moving on to the House. If successful, it will join a list of twenty other states that have puppy lemon laws in place. Although Read More

First Ag-Gag Prosecution Almost Comes to Fruition in Utah Amy Meyer was driving by the Dale Smith Meatpacking Company slaughterhouse in Utah when she decided to pull over and videotape what she saw: piles or horns littered across the property, cows being dragged across the Read More

Most cities and counties have that one go-to animal shelter (often named after the city it’s housed in), where we know, no matter what, we can rescue a dog or a cat. And while it’s certainly a noble cause to rescue an animal from a shelter, there are a few issues that come into Read More

The death of four monkeys, since 2010 seems, to be enough to force the New England Primate Research Center at  Harvard to close its doors, by 2015, after these deaths drew significant government warnings. The center’s officials don’t cite the warnings as the reason behind the Read More

The image is striking: the long-haired primate locked behind a cage, covered in chains, eyes pleading yet somewhat vacant. This primate looks scared, hungry, not well taken care of. We’ve seen these images before, with shelter dogs and other animals locked in cages. So why was Read More

The illegal wildlife trade suffered a setback recently thanks to a multinational crackdown led by China. The crackdown included Asian and African nations, in an operation named COBRA, which spanned from January 6 to February 5. Seized in the crackdown were: 6.5 tons of elephant Read More

Shark fins may become an illegal commodity in the Texas if a recently proposed bill becomes law. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) expressed its approval of Bill 852 (H.B.852), which was sponsored by state Representative Eddie Lucio and Senator Larry TaylorHouse, in Read More