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Beaten, bludgeoned, and skinned alive… Canada’s seals deserve better! Demand an end to the brutal seal hunts!

Urge Maryland lawmakers to vote yes on HB 293 and SB 200 to ban cruel and gruesome wild animal killing contests targeting foxes, coyotes, and raccoons.

We oppose the counterfeit restoration proposed for Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve and instead support the new Gentle Alternative, which fosters species recovery…

In Defense of Animals adds £1,000 to a reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons brutally killing foxes with a…

Join our memorial and demonstration to protect Tule elk and stand against corruption at our National Parks.

Dozens of activists rallied to oppose Congressman Jared Huffman’s support for National Park Service plan to kill protected Tule elk and expand public lands ranching…

Lowell Miller, owner of Lowell’s Wildlife Removal, trapped a coyote using a leghold trap and proceeded to shoot the terrified animal over 13 times, primarily in…

Governor Newsom officially signed AB 1788 into law, banning super toxic rat poison statewide! It’s a major victory for mice, owls, bobcats, mountain lions and In…

A giant crowd of 300 members of the public gathered at dairy operating inside Point Reyes National Seashore on Sunday to protest the killing of California’s wild…

Greenwood Lake’s only swan family has been spared a death sentence after complaints. In Defense of Animals is calling for better protections for the swans from harassment…

Washington just became the seventh state to enact a ban on many wild animal killing contests, which reward participants for killing the most, the largest, or even…

Urge your state senator to vote yes on AB 1788 to ban rodenticide poisons statewide and save wild animals.

Urge the EPA to impose tight restrictions on pollution from fish hatcheries in MA, NH, and VT

Two Pennsylvania hunters filmed themselves laughing, kicking, punching and tearing an antler off of a terrified, wounded deer

Tiger King Joe Exotic is serving prison time for animal abuse and killings

Animals struggling to survive outside of workplaces that are empty due to COVID-19

The worry of not being able to care for ourselves or our animal companions during a crisis can be paralysing. Few of us have had to consider a pandemic or the official…

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Harp seals are beaten with clubs, shot, and many skinned alive for their fur.

A state representative is speaking out against hunting in Connecticut

Protect Nyambai Forest Park from clear-cutting and habitat destruction.

The lives of wild horses and burros on their homelands are at stake.

Please encourage others to buy cruelty-free, vegan items in Portland!

Los Angeles is making history by becoming the world's largest city to ban fur!