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CA SB 790 would incentivize the state to construct life-saving wildlife crossings. Please urge the CA State Assembly to protect innocent animals!

Plans are underway to build a wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon, near LA. This would allow animals to cross 101 safely! Click here to learn more.

4VAC15-20-260 would ban animal killing contests in Virginia that pay out cash prizes. These contests have nothing to do with wildlife management.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to expand hunting and fishing in 90 National Wildlife Refuges! Urge USFWS to withdraw this awful rule change.

Pollinators are key to our food system. Tell Kroger you will shop elsewhere until they stop selling products produced with pollinator-toxic pesticides.

We are thrilled to report that the Biden Administration has announced that they will restore endangered species protections.

The Biden admin has suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For now one of the final expanses of pure wilderness is safe.

News recently broke that the parents of a beloved polar bear in Berlin's Tierpark zoo are brother and sister.

Private organizations in more than 40 states conduct brutal killing contests in which they hunt various animals in exchange for cash and prizes.

Stop the Southbridge Subdivision HOA from rounding up and brutally killing Canada geese seeking safe harbor from local hunters. Urge the HOA to rescind its deadly…

CAL FIRE and the California Senate are set to clear 500,000 acres of habitat. A better solution exists to protect CA’s residents, wilderness, and wildlife.

The climate crisis must not be ignored. Scientists tell us that cattle ranching and dairy farming is a leading contributor of greenhouse gases.

Up to 500 bison live in the Northern Grand Canyon. The National Park Service is asking volunteers to kill some of them.

A Richmond, CA golf course at Hilltop Lake Park has been rejected. The East Bay Disc Golf Club must now leave residents’ park and animals alone.

There is a wilderness area near San Francisco that is increasingly being given over to recreation. We are asking the city to prioritize protecting the wilderness…

In Defense of Animals, the international animal protection organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is celebrating the rejection of a disc golf course installation…

As many as 73 million sharks are killed every year in horrific ways to meet the global demand for their fins. Tell your representative to support the Shark Fin Sales…

Maryland legislators passed a ban on wildlife killing contests that target foxes, coyotes, and raccoons. Once signed by the governor, Maryland will be the eighth…

Activists have vowed to fight a narrowly-passed decision by the California Coastal Commission today to shoot rare Tule elk and expand ranching at Point Reyes National…

Make your voice heard. Speak up for the Tule elk at the upcoming California Coastal Commission meeting.

The California Coastal Commission is considering a USFWS plan to dump super-toxic rat poison on the Southeast Farallon Island which will kill thousands of wild animals.…

AMAZING NEWS! After decades of protests, petitions, and demonstrations by dedicated animal advocates like you, Saks Fifth Avenue will be going fur-free!

April 22nd is Earth Day and the outlook for the planet looks worse than ever. Here’s what you can do to protect the planet and our fellow non-human animals.

120-strong rally highlights mass killing of rare Tule elk by National Park Service & plans to kill more at Point Reyes National Seashore