Jan 22, 2011 -US BUMBLEBEE POPULATION IN SHARP DECLINE
The population of bumblebees in the United States is in a kind of free fall, dropping 96 percent over the past two decades, according to a new study that has scientists alarmed.
May 6, 2011 - MERCURY LEVELS RISING IN ARCTIC ANIMALS
Global mercury emissions could grow by 25 percent by 2020 if no action is taken to control them, posing a threat to polar bears, whales and seals.
July 8, 2011 - EGG INDUSTRY AND ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP REACH HISTORIC DECISION
The Humane Society and the United Egg Producers do not usually see eye to eye. The Humane Society of the United States is one of the largest animal welfare groups in the country. The United Egg Producers (UEP) represent the interests of 80% of the egg producing farms in America. But today, they announced that they have agreed to support a sweeping new set of regulations for the egg industry--which will be the first federal regulations of any kind for the treatment of farmed animals and the first federal legislation on animal cruelty in 30 years. That isn't big--that's colossal.
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