By Nick Engelfried From the Pacific Northwest, to New York, to New England, vast areas of the United States have already suffered this summer from smoky conditions caused by raging wildfires, largely located in Canada. In early June, the smoke blanketing New York City resulted in the metropolitan area temporarily […]
Target: Massachusetts Residents, Yes I know a coyote attacked a small child on Massachusetts Beach prompting fear of rabies and infection according to National Park Service. But please do not start culling coyotes. It would be better to vaccinate all the coyotes for rabies and release them back into the […]
By Nick Engelfried Fur farms, where hundreds of animals spend their entire lives in cramped wire cages before being brutally killed for their skins, are among the fashion industry’s cruelest secrets. Approximately 100 million animals including mink, foxes, chinchillas, rabbits, and raccoon dogs are raised and slaughtered on fur farms […]
By Nick Engelfried Towering above vast herds of wildlife on the African plains, giraffes are among the most distinctly recognizable animals on Earth. Their famously long necks can hardly help but make them stand out, and their immense size earns them a place on a select list of herbivore species […]
By Nick Engelfried Imagine spending almost your entire life crammed in a space so small and crowded that you can barely turn around. It sounds like a nightmare–but this grim fate represents reality for millions of hens on industrial egg farms who are kept in the cruel devices known as […]
By Nick Engelfried The world is facing a biodiversity extinction crisis unlike anything that has happened for millions of years. From climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, to the destruction of habitat to make way for agriculture and development, human activities threaten almost every major ecosystem on Earth and […]
By Nick Engelfried Majestic, beautiful, and famously elusive, wild cats are among the most regal predators to roam the world’s forests, grasslands, and deserts. Lists of wild cat species native to North America commonly include three members: the cougar, bobcat, and lynx, all of which are found over large geographic […]
Target: FDA, Cows get no sleep. Milk isn’t meant for human consumption. There is a problem with the over use of cattle for everything when you know if you skip the middle man and go straight for the plant based diet you get the nutrients that the cow takes away […]
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Target: Humane Society, Saiga antelope look like miniature cows with cylinders for nostrils. People say they look like they’re out of Star Warz, but yes they are a real animal. Saigas are the most threatened species on the planet. They’re often poached for their meat, horns and Chinese medicine. Disease […]
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Target: Fisheries Around The World, Dear Fisheries around the world, The bowmouth guitarfish is an endangered species of ray. They look very cute like little blue fish with long snoots and big fins. Please stop murdering them for shark fin soup. Their population dwindled by 80%. If you keep this […]
By Nick Engelfried Hundreds of terrified sheep are herded onto a ship chartered for a distant port. During the next few weeks, the animals will live in cramped, filthy conditions surrounded by their own feces while enduring massive temperature swings as the weather varies from suffocatingly hot to freezing cold. […]
By Nick Engelfried With the exception of the domestic dog, no member of the canine family is more closely associated with humans in North America than the coyote. Larger and more powerful than a fox, but smaller than a wolf, at about 25-35 pounds a typical coyote could be easily […]
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Target: Board Of Director For Pets In Need, Tuesday October 26th, 2021 :: 04:29 p.m. PDT Community News Release: Animal Shelter Employees Cited for In-Custody Puppy Deaths Police cited three employees of the Pets In Need Palo Alto Animal Shelter for their role in the deaths of 7 puppies who […]
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Target: Board Of Director For Pets In Need, Tuesday October 26th, 2021 :: 04:29 p.m. PDT Community News Release: Animal Shelter Employees Cited for In-Custody Puppy Deaths Police cited three employees of the Pets In Need Palo Alto Animal Shelter for their role in the deaths of 7 puppies who […]
By Nick Engelfried Imagine a species that lives in towns of hundreds or thousands of individuals; that changes the surrounding landscape in profound ways; and in which individuals communicate with one another using a complex spoken language. This description may sound like it refers to human beings–but it also applies […]
Animal research labs–where scientists perform experiments on living creatures to develop products or procedures for use on humans–have long been a major focus for animal welfare advocates. Images of monkeys and apes in tiny cages, dogs forced to undergo painful operations, or cats being injected with chemicals are almost certain […]
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Target: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), Nearly 3 million people from all over the world visited Yellowstone during 2020. Most people visit the park to view rare wildlife such as bison, grizzly bears and wolves, bringing approx. $642M in economic benefit to the area according to NPS estimates. At […]
By Nick Engelfried Submerged beneath the waves, just a short ways from the shore along many parts of North America’s Pacific Coast, forests 150 feet or more in height sway gently back and forth with the tides. As impressive in their way as the Douglas-fir and redwood trees growing on […]
By Nick Engelfried Every year, in more than 40 states, countless numbers of wild coyotes, foxes, bobcats, rabbits, prairie dogs, and other wildlife are hunted down and murdered like trophies as part of legalized “killing contests.” These cruel events, which are largely unregulated and unfold far from the public view, […]
By Nick Engelfried More than probably any other animal species, pigs are considered by countless people around the world to be practically synonymous with meat. In the U.S. alone, approximately 120 million pigs are slaughtered every year to make ham, sausage, and other meat products consumers love. Yet, what is […]