Policy & Law
Analyzes local and global laws, regulations, and policies affecting animals and the environment, including legal battles, reforms, and advocacy efforts.
Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservationists are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers walking back a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes, less than a year after the rules came into effect. The City of Winnipeg says it will hold a public hearing Dec.
US student who took four chickens after breaking into slaughterhouse sentenced to 90 days in jail
A California student has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after breaking into a Petaluma poultry slaughterhouse and taking four chickens in an effort she called a “rescue”.
California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons
The administration of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is moving to loosen restrictions around the most toxic rat poisons, even as a new state report shows the rodenticides are unintentionally poisoning wildlife across the state, including endangered species.
Shark fishing ban to bring endangered species back from brink
Shark conservation has been boosted by a new international trade ban that offers greater protection for 70 species of sharks and rays. Restrictions on shark and ray fishing were announced at a major conference on protecting wildlife in trade.
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The environmental rollbacks came one after the next this week, potentially affecting everything from the survival of rare whales to the health of the Hudson River.
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to significantly limit protections under the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock environmental law intended to prevent animal and plant extinctions.
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservationists are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers walking back a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes, less than a year after the rules came into effect. The City of Winnipeg says it will hold a public hearing Dec.
US student who took four chickens after breaking into slaughterhouse sentenced to 90 days in jail
A California student has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after breaking into a Petaluma poultry slaughterhouse and taking four chickens in an effort she called a “rescue”.
California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons
The administration of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, is moving to loosen restrictions around the most toxic rat poisons, even as a new state report shows the rodenticides are unintentionally poisoning wildlife across the state, including endangered species.
Shark fishing ban to bring endangered species back from brink
Shark conservation has been boosted by a new international trade ban that offers greater protection for 70 species of sharks and rays. Restrictions on shark and ray fishing were announced at a major conference on protecting wildlife in trade.
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The environmental rollbacks came one after the next this week, potentially affecting everything from the survival of rare whales to the health of the Hudson River.
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to significantly limit protections under the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock environmental law intended to prevent animal and plant extinctions.
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
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