The Malaysian government has accepted a “no cure, no fee” offer by the American private seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity to conduct a new search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. […]
A judge in the United States has dismissed the world’s first petition for a common law writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of elephants, but the lawyers remain undeterred and say […]
A new report by the monitoring network TRAFFIC documents the “industrial-scale” trade in pangolins in Indonesia and states that up to 10,000 of the trafficked animals are being seized by the Indonesian […]
KATHMANDU CONFERENCE, PART ONE. Delegates to the 10th Asia for Animals (AfA) conference grappled with the issue of changing human behaviour, which was the theme of this year’s gathering. There were inspiring presentations about […]
The 10th Asia for Animals conference got underway yesterday (Saturday) in the Nepali capital Kathmandu with a series of workshops followed by four presentations on the subject of Animals and Happiness. The French Buddhist […]
The 10th Asia for Animals conference gets underway this coming Saturday in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, and this year’s theme is Changing Human Behaviour. “Most animal suffering is caused by humans doing, […]
The US-based Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has filed the world’s first petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of elephants. The NhRP lawyers are demanding that “in accordance with state […]
Scientists have identified a new species of orangutan in Indonesia, but there are so few individuals in the population that the newly named Tapanuli orangutan is already being described as one of […]
As work starts on the railway line being built to transport coal from Adani’s planned Carmichael mine, protesters have been locking themselves onto construction machinery, and are vowing to do whatever it […]
Today (Tuesday) is International Gibbon Day and events are being organised around the world to foster awareness about the endangered primates and raise money for gibbon conservation. Gibbons live in tropical and […]
The Malaysian government has chosen an American private seabed exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, to resume the search for MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. It is […]
There are updates at the end of this article about Colton Berrett, who passed away on January 5, 2018, and a court ruling in the US that states that the death of […]
Thousands of Australians protested today against plans by the Indian multinational conglomerate Adani to build the largest coal mine in Australia in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The #Stop Adani movement organised […]
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) today released its final report on the search in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and said the disappearance of the […]
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is appealing for funds to create a forest island for an albino orangutan rescued in April. The primate, who has been named Alba, is believed to […]
A judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada has ruled that a financial disclosure case related to alleged money laundering by relatives of the former chief minister and current […]
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
Hundreds of women marched in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (Sunday) in protest against the country’s “toxic politics”. They dressed in purple, the colour worn by the suffragettes and other women’s […]
The first international symposium about sun bear conservation got underway in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (Monday). Attendees shared information about the plight of the animal, which has been listed as […]
This article has been updated with details of conviction and sentencing. A wildlife poacher who was in possession of a tiger carcass has been arrested in North Sumatra in Indonesia. An anti-trafficking […]
