Food Industry Advocates for Animals After Pressure From Customers
Several large supermarket and big-box chains have announced that they will eventually discontinue stocking their shelves with fish and seafood considered “unsustainable,” that is those vulnerable to over-fishing or capture methods that lead to environmental damage...
May
21
Illegal Trafficking
In a federal court in Miami earlier this month, a 48 year-old taxidermist named Enrique Gomez De Molina was found guilty of illegal trafficking in endangered and protected wildlife and sentenced to 20 months in prison. Documents filed with the court allege that he imported the parts, skins and remains of among oth...
Mar
27
A mother duck and her ducklings visited the White House recently, but not without some help from the White House secret service guards.
Mom went first – waddling through the fence bars and onto the lawn. But the ducklings couldn’t quite make it over the concrete barrier and were stuck milling about outside.
When a group ...
Mar
22
Known for its light colored spots, the West African giraffe once roamed in pockets across Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Benin; that is until drought and hunting decimated their numbers.
In 1996, with just 50 left in the wild, conservationists in Niger launched a campaign to protect them from poachers. With a current count of 310...
Mar
22
Penny Stallings, ecology.com’s Species Curator and noted cultural commentator, offers her views on ten animated movies, whose casts of colorful, cuddly creatures entertain and enlighten audiences about the environment. - Bridget Terry, ecoFilmmaking Curator
Top Ten Animated EcoFilms
EcoValues for the Kids vs Controversy for t...
Mar
20
