When you share petition after petition after petition for years, you hope to one day hear the wonderful news that the change you’ve been waiting and wishing for has finally arrived. Well, today was that marvelous day! I woke up to this lovely news on my Facebook newsfeed this morning and have seen it everywhere […]

Something that stood out to me when I first watched Sea Shepherd‘s Whale Wars was that they called themselves an environmental organization, not an animal rights/welfare group. This was one of the few times I saw someone other than myself claim to be helping more than just animals, but the environment and people, too. Not […]

How about this for an advertisement and raising awareness? Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, international non-profit marine wildlife conservation organization, teamed up with agency Lowe GGK to create this memorial for the 172 whales that have been killed thus far this year (from January to March 2011) due to whaling. They’ve placed 172 unique posters, each […]

I’m sure you’ve heard of The Cove where thousands of dolphins are killed each year, but have you heard of the dolphin and whale slaughter in the Faroe Islands’? Every year, the people of the Faroe Islands’ (located between Great Britain and Iceland) kill hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins. They use their boats to […]

I think I need to watch more news in the morning. There have been a bunch of animal stories lately. Whether the news is good or bad, it’s great to see that others care. Today I found out that Japan has put a halt to their whaling for the time being due to the “danger” […]