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In blow to the fur industry, EU bans breeding and keeping of American mink

Last week, the European Union officially added the non-native American mink to its list of Invasive Alien Species of Union...

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Scotland bans fish farmers from shooting seals; law inspired by U.S. reforms for marine mammals

For years, Scotland has allowed fish farmers and other fisheries to shoot seals in order to keep them from eating their fish...

Ending the dog and cat meat trades
Yulin dog meat festival to begin this weekend, defying Chinese declaration that dogs are pets not food

Once again, we are seeing heartbreaking visuals from Yulin, China, in the run-up to the annual dog meat “festival” there this...

Farmed animal welfare
KFC, more Americans want to eat the plant-based ‘Kentucky Fried Miracle’

Last year, when KFC launched a new, plant-based chicken at one of its Atlanta locations, it sold out within five hours, with...

Protecting equines
Triple Crown season begins this Saturday with racing industry under a cloud over horse deaths, trainer indictments

The coronavirus pandemic is not the only problem plaguing the horse racing industry as it prepares for the first of the...

Animal Care Expo takes place online this year; Event to feature more than 30 sessions

Animal Care Expo, our marquee training and exhibition event for animal welfare professionals, has moved online this year...

Horrible Hundred report leads to closures of problem puppy mills in states, spurs new laws in states, localities

For the last eight years, we have published the annual Horrible Hundred report listing 100 problem puppy mills in the United...

Dutch fur farms have killed 575,000 mink, mostly pups, following coronavirus outbreak

Update (6/12/2020): Dutch authorities have confirmed they have killed 575,000 mink, including 480,000 pups, during the cull...

Banning trophy hunting
Trump administration opens Alaska's national preserves to cruel practices like trophy-hunting denning bears and wolves and their cubs; proposes disbanding protections on Kenai Wildlife Refuge

The Trump administration has given trophy hunters the green light to commit some of the worst sort of carnage on 20 million...

Banning trophy hunting
Trump Jr.'s argali trophy hunt in Mongolia cost American taxpayers $77,000

We’ve just learned that Donald Trump Jr.’s trophy hunting trip to Mongolia, where he hunted an argali sheep—an animal listed...