Animal Welfare News

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Goldman Environmental Foundation announced six recipients of the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists: Iroro Tanshi, Borim Kim, Sarah Finch, Theonila Roka Matbob, Alannah Acaq Hurley, and Yuvelis Morales Blanco. Awarded annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six primary regions, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors the achievements and leadership of grassroots environme...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communities across Newfoundland & Labrador and Quebec will look to the sea today and see boats of well-trained and licensed sealers set out to kick off the 2026 seal harvest season. Members of Canada’s Seals and Sealing Network, which includes professional sealers, provincial and territorial governments, seal products manufacturers and Indigenous Peoples, are entering the harvest with more optimism than in recent memory. “We’re not feeling surprised,” says...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As communities nationwide confront rising narcotics activity, school safety concerns, and increasingly strained law enforcement resources, K9s.org is deploying 15 grant-funded K9s across three states in the first quarter of 2026 - expanding frontline response capabilities where they are needed most. The placements, spanning Kentucky, Texas, and Florida, include narcotics, explosives, and accelerant detection, as well as dual-purpose patrol K9s. The expan...

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As debates continue over elephant numbers, specifically whether Africa’s elephants are overpopulated in some regions or nearing collapse in others, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is reinforcing a science-based approach and calling for calm, urging those immersed in the debate to ‘cut through the clutter’ by looking beyond headline numbers, and focusing on how elephant populations change over time, their movement across landscapes, and their r...

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...