Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Act Now to Prevent Inhumane Octopus Farms in New York
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThirty years of rigorous scientific research has shown octopuses to be highly intelligent and sentient beings. However, efforts to develop intensive commercial octopus farming overseas threaten to subject these animals...
International Wildlife Trade Conference Secures Essential Protections for Imperiled Species
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2025Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe international wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that impacts hundreds of millions of plants and animals. It is often fueled by unsustainable demand for imperiled species and their body...
International Shark Protection Measures
Marine WildlifeNumerous countries/jurisdictions around the globe have enacted full or partial bans on shark finning, while other countries and jurisdictions have taken the additional step of enacting complete or partial bans...
What You Can Do for Marine Wildlife
Marine WildlifeBe an Educated Consumer Clearly it will take dedicated public effort to protect marine mammals and their habitat from the many threats they face. Stronger laws, more effective enforcement of...
Act Now to Oppose an Extreme Bill that Prioritizes Profits Over Wildlife
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe House of Representatives will soon vote on an extreme bill that would weaken protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. The “ESA Amendments Act” (H.R. 1897) prioritizes industry...
Act Now to Protect the Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Endangered Species Act—the world’s most powerful conservation law—gives us a fighting chance to save imperiled wildlife. It has achieved enormous success, saving 99% of listed species from extinction. Yet,...
Trump Administration’s Proposed Regulations Would Gut the Endangered Species Act—Again
Press ReleaseNovember 20, 2025Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeYesterday, the Trump administration unveiled proposed sweeping changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would undermine the law’s original intent and leave threatened and endangered wildlife at a heightened...
Cetacean Anti-Captivity Legislation and Laws
Marine WildlifeOrcas are too wide-ranging, too socially complex, and simply too large to cope with captivity in concrete tanks that are a tiny fraction the size of their natural home ranges....
Whaling Laws and Treaties
Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC), formed from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), oversees the conservation and management of whales worldwide. In the US, the Whaling Convention...
Small Cetacean Hunts
Marine WildlifeSmall whales, dolphins and porpoises are hunted for commercial and subsistence purposes across the globe. They are killed for human consumption, fisheries bait, and to reduce the perceived competition for...