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Educational Series: Jane Goodall’s Call to Action for a Better World
By Nick Engelfried When renowned scientist, conservationist, and educator Jane Goodall passed away on October 1, the world lost one of modern history’s greatest advocates for animals and nature. Over the course of her life, Goodall helped inspire many thousands–perhaps millions–of people to take action for a better world. As […]
Educational Series: Don’t Contribute to the Pet Store Cycle of Cruelty
By Nick Engelfried Few things are guaranteed to get an animal lover’s attention like an adorable puppy or kitten looking out of a pet store window. It’s no surprise many of us are drawn to stores selling cats and dogs–usually very young ones–with the promise of providing a furry companion […]
Educational Series: No More Animals Should Die Trapped Agonizingly for Their Fur
By Nick Engelfried Imagine being caught by the leg in a pair of steel jaws that cut through muscle down to the bone. No matter how you twist and turn in a desperate attempt to escape, there is no way out. You remain trapped, writhing in agony as the metal […]
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Educational Series: The Cruel Blood “Sport” of Cockfighting Must End
By Nick Engelfried In a secluded alley, two roosters face each other, both full of rage. The birds have been specially bred for traits that encourage aggression, and may also have been given steroids or vitamins that promote violent behavior. Their natural fighting instincts are made more dangerous by the […]
Educational Series: No Animal Should be Hurt or Killed Making Movies
By Nick Engelfried If you were growing up in the ‘90s–or maybe even more recently–you likely remember the animal protagonists in the popular children’s movie, The Adventures of Milo and Otis. The live-action film depicts a pug and an orange tabby cat who navigate a variety of comical and at […]
Educational Series: It’s Time to Make the Dog Meat Trade History
By Nick Engelfried Claiming the lives of tens of millions of domestic canines every year, the brutal dog meat trade is–for many people–one of the most shocking industries on the planet. From stray dogs snatched off the streets, to pets stolen from loving homes, to dogs bred in factory farm-like […]
Educational Series: Animal Hoarding is Tragic for Pets and People
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 […]
Educational Series: Bird Flu is Devastating Animal Populations
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 […]
Educational Series: A Future for Grizzly Bears is in Our Hands
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 […]
Educational Series: Why is the Defense Department Still Cutting Apart Live Animals?
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 […]
Educational Series: Leather is a Disaster for Animals and the Planet
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 […]
Educational Series: Colombia’s Escaped Hippos Are Being Targeted for Extermination
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 […]
Educational Series: Bullfighting Must Become a Thing of the Past
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 […]
Educational Series: ‘Wildlife Services’ is Massacring Animals
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 […]
Educational Series: Geese and Ducks Are Being Tortured to Make Down Products
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 […]
Educational Series: Are Fish Farms the New Factory Farming?
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 […]
