Animal Welfare News

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACK for Whales, the Nantucket non-partisan grassroots environmental group, and two local businessmen have sued the federal government for violating federal law in allowing Vineyard Wind to build offshore wind turbines that destroy the environment, harm endangered whales and other marine life, destroy historic viewsheds and dramatically drive up the costs of electricity. The suit, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, al...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than four years in front of courts, and legal fees far beyond their means, the British Columbia Mink Producers Association and the Canada Mink Breeders Association are dropping their petition for judicial review of the Province of British Columbia’s decision to impose a ban on their industry. The result is that the government and an aggressive anti-fur lobby have effectively shut down, without any compensation, farmers in one of Canada’s...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNCAGED Innovations, the world’s first biomaterial company to create a sustainable leather alternative from grains, today announced a partnership with Academy Award–winning actor and producer Natalie Portman. Portman, a long-standing advocate for animal welfare and ethical consumerism, will work with the company to promote the adoption of sustainable, animal-free materials within the luxury and fashion sectors. UNCAGED Innovations, founded by serial entrepreneur Steph...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Make America Fish Again (MAFA) coalition, representing America’s leading sportfishing advocates and coastal business owners, today announced it has sent a formal letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to issue an Executive Order banning industrial-scale forage fishing in U.S. waters. The letter calls on the President to protect the foundation of America’s ocean ecosystems — small “forage” species such as menhaden, that sustain larger fish, seabirds, and...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vantara Forrest Galante Launch Animal Planet...

LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a TV ad airing today in Grand Rapids and Detroit, actors and Wayne State alumni Lily Tomlin and Ernie Hudson call out their alma mater for killing dogs in invasive experiments and urge Michiganders to contact their legislators. Working with the medical ethics nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Tomlin and Hudson also sent a letter to House Speaker Matt Hall and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks to advance Queenie’s Law. The legislation...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Florida Aquarium, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) and its Coral Specialist Group (CSG), has established the world’s first global hub for the Center for Species Survival (CSS) focused on coral conservation. This historic milestone creates the first center specifically dedicated to safeguarding corals and reef ecosystems from extinction, further expanding the international CSG network...

MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wildlife Acoustics, the world’s leading provider of bioacoustics monitoring technology, announced today that it has transitioned to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), making the company fully employee-owned. The move marks a significant milestone for the Massachusetts-based manufacturer, which has been at the forefront of developing innovative wildlife recording and analysis tools for over two decades. Founded in 2003 by Massachusetts entrepreneur Ian Agra...

GROVELAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sweet Paws Rescue is thrilled to announce a new and exciting chapter in its journey: the official purchase of a 20-acre farm in Boxford, MA which will now serve as the permanent home for its rescue operations. This unexpected but fortunate pivot marks a significant milestone in the “A Forever Home for Sweet Paws Rescue” capital campaign. Originally, Sweet Paws Rescue had been under agreement to purchase a 69-acre property in Bradford, a space envisioned as a s...

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Interior will ask a federal court to remand the pending challenge to the New England Wind project so that the government can review the badly flawed process that allowed the project’s permits to be granted. The local, independent and non-partisan environmental group ACK for Whales said today that the government also seeks to cancel the project’s approvals entirely. Interior’s move comes in a federal case brought earlier this year by the...