Student Arrested For Asking Question About Primate Experimentation

CALL TO ACTION! Phone/email campaign in response to arrest of student for asking a difficult question about animal experimentation. Background: On Friday, September 9th Canisius College’s Institute for the Study of Human-Animal Relations (ISHAR) hosted […]

Peru president signs indigenous rights act into law

Peru’s new president, Ollanta Humala, has signed into law a measure requiring that indigenous groups are consulted prior to any mining, logging, or oil and gas projects on their land.  If properly enforced, the new […]

Fetus soup? Irresponsibility and racism go hand-in-hand

We would like to draw everyone’s attention to another irresponsible article in regard to the ridiculous accusations against Asians in regard to the consumption of serving human fetuses as food in Asia here. “Believers” in the […]

A Last Stand for the Xingu 2: Stop the Belo Monte Dam

On the banks of the Xingu River in Brazil, construction crews have begun arriving to work on the Belo Monte Dam, which will cause extensive devastation to Amazon biodiversity, and its people. Indigenous leaders like […]

Dolphins held captive at Hotel in Hawaii by Kevin Nguyen

Ahh Hawaii. Nice beaches, high mountains, cold Pina Coladas, and… captured dolphins?   Yes, dolphins imprisoned for the entertainment of others. The location? Kona Hotel, Hilton Waikoloa Village. Here I was, at the largest hotel […]