Legislation for Animals
The Hippos Who Made Legal History For the first time in American history, a U.S. judge has recognized non-human animals as legal persons. Federal Judge Karen Litkovitz has given the status of interested persons to a population of Colombian hippos.
Pro-Animal-Cruelty Bill Aims to Undo Farmed Animal Protections! URGENT! Animal lovers in America, we need you to take action NOW! PLEASE Contact your 2 U.S. Senators and your member of Congress immediately and say: VOTE NO on the EATS ACT!
Amsterdam Bans the sale of Live Lobsters and Crabs in its Markets Good news for our ten-legged friends. The capital of the Netherlands has just announced another important victory for the protection of lobsters and crabs. From 2022 on, it will be illegal to sell live lobsters and crabs in any of Amsterdam’s 34 markets.
America Must Create Wildlife Corridors Think about all the wild animals grappling with extreme heat, drought, wildfires…and the destruction of their land for cattle ranching, factory farms or infrastructure. There is a way to help them. Across the United States, politicians are debating wildlife corridors to help wild animals naturally move from one area to another.
US Courts Reject Challenges to California’s Proposition 12 California’s Proposition 12, which bans the intensive confinement of some farm animals, has survived two more legal challenges. This breakthrough law, approved overwhelmingly by California voters, is set to go into effect on January 1, 2022.
Wild Horse Roundups Need to STOP Now! By Craig C Downer, wildlife ecologist and wild horse and burro advocate America’s wild horses have been betrayed by our own government, which is working for the cattle industry and ignoring the will of the people, who overwhelmingly love wild horses. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (WFHBA) is supposed to protect America’s wild horses.
The International Summit to Transition Beyond Animal Agriculture How can ranchers and farmers thrive on their land without using animals? In the face of excruciating heat, floods, and global wildfires, this is the most crucial question of our lives. Industrialized animal agriculture is destroying the planet before our eyes.
From 2027 Farm Animals May No Longer Be Kept in Cages in The EU The EU has taken one of the most significant steps to ban cages in animal farming. The European Commission has announced that, by the end of 2023, it will propose legislation to phase out cages.
The Humane Party: The U.S. Political Party with a Vegan Agenda Political parties rise up when enough people have a common interest they feel is being ignored by the mainstream political machine. This happened in 1892, when America’s disgruntled farmers created the People’s or Populist Party, wrote a platform, and nominated candidates for national political office.
A Good Month for Anti-Fur Campaigners Around the World In the last few weeks, there have been very significant advances in the campaign to ban fur globally. On June 2nd, 2021, Estonia passed a law to ban fur farming by 2026, becoming the latest European country that is phasing out this horrific industry.