By Nick Engelfried When deputies went into a home in Spring Hill, Florida where they had received a tipoff about a possible animal hoarding situation, they say they found almost 100 pets living in filth and suffering from neglect. The officers claim to have discovered about thirty bird cages with […]
By Nick Engelfried Between November 2024 and January 2025, researchers in Antarctica found remains of 35 dead skuas (large predatory seabirds) that had no signs of injury or an obvious cause of death. The ominous discoveries prompted fears that the birds had been infected by disease–and subsequent testing confirmed one […]
Target: Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Mayor Gallego, Phoenix City Council On the morning of Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, an unknown arsonist attacked a family’s dogs (an 8 y/o Doberman named Duchess and a 16 y/o Pitbull-mastiff named Duke) while they were sleeping in their backyard pen. Stella McPhee was away […]
By Nick Engelfried Grizzly bears are the largest land omnivore in North America, weighing up to 800 pounds. When standing upright, adult males may reach a height of eight feet. For many people, grizzly bears represent a symbol of untamed wilderness–but their numbers have plummeted to a tiny fraction of […]
By Nick Engelfried The practice of subjecting live animals to tortuous surgeries and other medical procedures was once common practice in the U.S. medical establishment. Pigs, goats, and other helpless animals endured agonizing pain as doctors practiced operations they would later perform on human patients. Thankfully, as technologies have advanced […]
By Nick Engelfried If you are an animal lover, you almost certainly know about the environmental harm and animal suffering caused by the cattle industry. Cattle farming is responsible for massive deforestation and a significant percentage of global carbon emissions. It also subjects millions of animals to short lives of […]
By Nick Engelfried In Colombia’s Magdalena River, a pair of big eyes and two round ears protrude above the water. A long snout slopes away from the eyes, toward a pair of huge nostrils that hint at the very large animal concealed beneath the surface. It’s a full-grown hippopotamus, a […]
By Nick Engelfried The stands in a giant arena are filled with eager spectators, waiting in suspense. In the center stands a man with a sharp lance and a colorful cape, facing an angry bull with lethally sharp horns. Suddenly the bull charges at the man–or matador–who skillfully steps aside […]
By Nick Engelfried Last year, a single organization killed over 375,000 native wild animals in the United States, including cougars, bobcats, black bears, coyotes, foxes, and wolves. The entity responsible wasn’t a hunting club or a private wildlife-killing contest. Rather, it was a secretive agency within the federal government. For […]
Target: To anyone that has the power to stop this awful law ,ful, My main concern is make it to we’re they cannot eucanize dogs or cats because none comes to claim them , because there is no room to house them I am asking that you stop this awful […]
Target: PetSmart Grooming Services, PetSmart needs to have a class action lawsuit brought against them for injuring and lying about the lack of their “trained” groomers. The PetSmart in my town of Macon, Georgia cut the tip of my service dog’s ear off and told me it was just a […]
Target: Michigan State Legislature via Michigan State Senator Paul Wojno, Mammals are not bugs. Glue traps cause long agonizing death for birds and mammals. They are unnecessarily cruel and too commonly used. Glue traps should be banned in Michigan.
Target: MARICOPA COUNTY ANIMAL CRUELTY PROSECUTOR THOMAS RINEHART, LESTER PAUL RiCHMOND (35) AND HEATHER AUDITOR (32) TOOK AN INNOCENT 9 WEEK OLD PUPPY, USED A CORD TO TIE HIS LITTLE MUZZLE SHUT, CAREFULLY WRAPPED IT TIGHTLY BEHIND HIS EARS, THEN WRAPPED HIS NOSE & MOUTH COMPLETELY IN RED PLASTIC TAPE, […]
By Nick Engelfried For people who care about ending animal cruelty, the modern world is full of products to avoid. From pigs, cows, and chickens slaughtered for meat, to egg-laying hens whose beaks are mutilated in factory farms, to cattle killed for their leather hides, the aisles of stores are […]
By Nick Engelfried For the first time in history, humans are “farming” more fish and other aquatic life for food than we catch from oceans, lakes, and rivers. That’s according to a report recently released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which showed aquaculture supplied 51 percent of the […]
By Nick Engelfried Every year, an estimated 6.3 million homeless cats and dogs are taken into shelters in the United States. Some are strays who may never have known a loving home, while others are surrendered by owners who are unable or unwilling to care for them. Each one of […]
By Nick Engelfried Few things are cuter than a loris. These small primates with big, round eyes and bodies covered in fuzzy fur look as if they were born to be cuddled–and as a result, pet lorises have become internet sensations and popular novelty pets. However, the trade in these […]
Target: Mexican Government Claudia Sheinbaum to take action and stop this immediately !, Mrs. Sheinbaum, The reports about thousands of animals that die of starvation in the Mexican zoo’s to get funds from insurance companies has been more notable, it mentions 22 millions of pesos. We request an explanation and […]
By Nick Engelfried In 1982, North America’s largest bird seemed to be heading for extinction. California condors, which prior to European colonization soared above forests, prairies, and deserts from what is now British Columbia down into Baja California, had been reduced to just 22 individuals. A variety of factors, from […]
By Nick Engelfried Every summer, millions of people head to ocean beaches to surf, swim, fish, or otherwise enjoy the water. For some, there’s nothing more relaxing than a day at the beach. However, what many beach-goers don’t realize is that they may be recreating in proximity to some of […]
Over 1,620,280 Animal Shelter Meals Donated So Far!
