Environment

Indigenous Peoples put Arctic Council on alert on eve of foreign ministers meeting

Fifteen more Indigenous groups have signed onto a joint statement rejecting oil development in the Arctic. The coalition now includes major Indigenous organisations from every Arctic state, including two organisations that are permanent participants...

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U.S. Rep. Meehan, National Animal Welfare Groups Urge Philadelphians to Support Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Mounted Police Unit was joined at its headquarters by U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and The Humane...

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At least 26 elephants massacred in World Heritage Site

Since the poachers arrived no elephants have been seen at the Bai, which was described as an “elephant mortuary”

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IOTC fails to protect vulnerable Indian Ocean albacore tuna, sharks – Greenpeace

Greenpeace International condemned on Friday the lack of action by Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) members to halt the decline of the region's most vulnerable tuna species and for adopting inadequate measures to protect sharks.

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