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03/30/2021
02/12/2021

Leydy Pech, a Mayan beekeeper who led a coalition that stopped Monsanto from planting genetically modified crops in seven states in southern Mexico, was recently awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. Pech, a 55-year-old Indigenous woman from the state of Campeche in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula,...

This week's Advocacy article comes from The Conversation: sharks and rays in the ocean have declined a whopping 71% in t...
02/04/2021

This week's Advocacy article comes from The Conversation: sharks and rays in the ocean have declined a whopping 71% in the last 50 years. What can we do?

Dr. David Sims, author of The Conservation article below, analyzed a recent study in Nature that examined historical trends in shark and ray abundances in the deep oceans. The Nature study determined that abundances of the 31 species of ocean-going sharks and rays had plummeted since 1970, underscor...

01/20/2021

President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign a slew of executive orders Wednesday afternoon aimed at unwinding President Trump’s environmental legacy, from restoring boundaries to national monuments to rejoining the Paris climate accord to reviving the government's role in protecting the air, water and...

01/14/2021

On Sunday, the Delaware Humane Society will honor the "wages to riches" journey of future first dog, Major, with a virtual ceremony. The Bidens adopted Major from the shelter in 2018.

01/10/2021

Selling off America's pristine natural habitats

12/17/2020

A controversial group of salmon farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, B.C., will be phased out over the next 18 months over environmental concerns, officials said Thursday.

A new strain of coronavirus has been found in farmed mink populations around the world, and the animals are being culled...
12/07/2020

A new strain of coronavirus has been found in farmed mink populations around the world, and the animals are being culled as a result. But minks shouldn't be farmed for fur in the first place! Read more about the coronavirus in minks at this week's Advocacy article.

The coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, has infected minks in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and in several U.S. states, which has led to the deaths of these mammals from prescribed culling programs (undertaken to prevent the spread of the virus) and the virus it...

12/02/2020
09/19/2020

On September 18, 2020 we lost an extraordinary individual and a brilliant mind. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an iconic pioneer for justice, equality, and integrity, and we are deeply thankful for her service to our country and humankind. May her legacy embolden us to believe in ourselves and our ability to change the world for the better.

This week Advocacy revisits an original article by Carole Baskin, about how she founded her animal rescue, in honor of h...
09/14/2020

This week Advocacy revisits an original article by Carole Baskin, about how she founded her animal rescue, in honor of her debut on Dancing with the Stars this week!

We bought every carrier, basket, tool box, or bucket that you could put a cat in and bales of hay for nesting for the ride from Minnesota to Florida.

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