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Protest the FBI: A Government Against the People
450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2022 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 10:28pm PDT
Western monarchs rebound to final tally of nearly 250,000 butterflies
PORTLAND, Ore.; Tuesday, January 25, 2022 – For decades, the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count has been cataloging the rapid decline of one of North America’s most enigmatic butterflies. In a surprising and remarkable outcome, this winter brought a final tally of 247,237 monarch butterflies observed across the West, an over 100-fold increase from the previous year’s total of less than 2,000 monarchs and the highest total since 2016....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2022 6:05pm PST
Food Empowerment Project Announces New Anti-Dairy Literature
Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, is pleased to announce the release today of its new anti-dairy booklet "One Glass at a Time." Today, January 11, is the date that the U.S. dairy industry observes as National Milk Day. The eight-page booklet examines not only how animals are harmed for milk production but how the dairy industry hurts the environment and workers, as well as its role in colonization and environmental racism....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2022 8:56am PST
Four California Frog Populations Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
SACRAMENTO, December 27, 2021 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada and central and Southern California. This stream-dwelling frog species has disappeared from more than 50% of its historic habitat in the state....
Posted: Mon, Dec 27, 2021 3:54pm PST
California’s Epic Traveling Wolf OR-93 is Dead After Vehicle Strike Along I-5
SACRAMENTO, Calif., November 24, 2021 — State wildlife agency officials announced today that OR-93, a radio-collared male wolf from Oregon who first entered California on Jan. 30, has died after being struck by a vehicle along Interstate 5 in Kern County....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2021 12:17pm PST
Early signs of hope as monarch butterflies return to California overwintering sites
Western monarchs are showing up along the California coast in greater numbers than last year’s historic low....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 10:52pm PDT
California Protects Leatherback Sea Turtles as Endangered
Decision Comes in Time for Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Day...
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2021 6:27am PDT
Animal Liberation March to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation
From Dolores Park to City Hall with a die-in at Whole Foods, a march organized by DxE, Direct Action Everywhere...
Posted: Sun, Sep 26, 2021 6:34pm PDT
Federal Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Humpbacks From Fishing Gear
West Coast Pot Fishery Unlawfully Entangles Endangered Whales...
Posted: Mon, Sep 20, 2021 3:41pm PDT
California Agency Recommends Listing Leatherback Sea Turtles as Endangered
Prehistoric Reptiles Threatened by Fishing...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2021 1:48pm PDT
Two of California’s Three Wolf Packs Confirmed to Have Pups
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3, 2021 — Two of California’s three existing wolf families, the Lassen pack and the Whaleback pack, have produced pups this year, according to a new quarterly report published by the California Department of Fish and Game....
Posted: Tue, Aug 3, 2021 6:37pm PDT
Sierra Nevada Red Fox Population Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
SACRAMENTO, August 2, 2021 — In response to a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today granted endangered status to a population of one of North America’s rarest mammals, the Sierra Nevada red fox....
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2021 11:34am PDT
Endangered Orcas’ West Coast Habitat Receives New Federal Protection
15,910 Square Miles of Critical Habitat Added to Existing Salish Sea Protections...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2021 5:02pm PDT
Members of Congress Urge Secretary Haaland to Use Emergency Authority to Save Western Monarchs
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 — Fourteen members of Congress, led by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), urged Interior Secretary Deb Haaland today to take immediate action to protect the western population of monarch butterflies from extinction using her emergency authority under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Wed, Jun 30, 2021 11:24am PDT
New Wolf Pack Confirmed in California’s Plumas County
Third Pack to Establish Home in State in Nearly 100 Years...
Posted: Wed, Jun 23, 2021 6:39pm PDT
‘A Wake for the Whales’ Marks Bay Area Deaths, Calls for New Protections
World Oceans Day Event Highlights Ship Strikes, Fishing Gear Entanglement, Climate Change as Top Threats to Whales...
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2021 9:37am PDT
Let Dairy Die: Mothers Day Protest
WHERE: Powell Street BART, Francisco.
WHEN: Sunday May 9th, 11:30 am...
Event Date: Sun, May 9, 2021 11:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2021 9:15am PDT
Members of Congress Request $50 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021— For the first time ever, nearly 60 U.S. representatives have urged the House Appropriations Committee to spend $50 million per year to stabilize and help recover monarch butterflies. Today’s letter, led by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), notes that the monarch population has plummeted more than 80% in the past two decades....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2021 3:43pm PDT
Animal Liberation Conference in September
The Animal Liberation Conference brings together the most dedicated animal rights activists from around the world and empowers them to take bold, collective action to achieve revolutionary social and political change for animals....
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2021 11:57am PDT
Court Upholds Constitutionality of San Francisco Fur Ban
International Fur Trade Federation’s amended complaints dismissed in decisive victory for animals...
Posted: Mon, Apr 5, 2021 11:48am PDT