Anissa Putois
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These Bats’ Cute Faces Are Not the Only Reason They’re Worth Saving
These creatures are more than just cute critters, they're a crucial key to our own survival. → Read More
7 Lessons We Really Should Be Learning From Zoos
Not only does visiting a zoo contribute to this abuse, it does not provide any valid knowledge about animals in the wild. Following are a number of lessons zoos do teach us about captive animals. → Read More
This Organization Helps Ensure Elderly Pets Have Loving Homes Even After Their Guardians Pass Away
Based in the UK, the Cinnamon Trust is one of the few charities of its kind, helping owners ensure their pets are cared for after they no longer can. → Read More
Norway Kills More Whales Than Iceland and Japan Combined – How You Can Stop This Barbaric Practice
A recent report reveals that Norway now leads the world in terms of whaling, killing more whales than Iceland and Japan combined. → Read More
Why We Can’t Give Up Fighting to Empty the Tanks
Animals will continue to suffer until SeaWorld shuts its doors for good. And this can only happen if people stop attending, promoting and funding the company’s inhumane parks and shows. → Read More
Why Wild Horses are Being Pitted Against Cows and Will Likely Not Survive as a Result
This horse is just one of the thousands facing an uncertain future because of cattle ranchers. Seen as a grazing competitor for valuable livestock, he may well endure the same treatment as countless others who have been chased, confined, and slaughtered. → Read More
Cruelty Alert! Don’t Get Fooled by Attractions Featuring Goats Balancing in Trees This Summer
Travelers journeying in Morocco will most likely come across the peculiar and intriguing sight of goats balancing in trees along the road. They will be tempted to stop, stare, and take pictures of the improbable scene, without realizing that the delightful spectacle conceals a darker side. → Read More
The Heartbreaking Reason This Photo of a Snoozing Polar Bear Cub is Anything but Sweet
Nora was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Ohio where she will certainly live out her days in captivity for human entertainment. A life confined to a barren enclosure thousands of miles from her natural habitat to be gawked at each day by hundreds of noisy visitors is no life for a wild animal. → Read More
The Surprising Reason This Manta Ray Will Make You Rethink Your Summer Dip in the Ocean
The following image may lead you to see your anticipated swim in the sea in a new light. Not because it features a gigantic — but harmless — Manta ray, but rather, because of another — and this time entirely harmful — giant presence in the sea. → Read More
This Intimate Photo of The Last Northern White Male Rhino Will Inspire You to Act for All Species
While there were still over 2,000 Northern White rhinos in the world in the 1960s, the species has been poached to near extinction in past decades, with just three individuals remaining today. → Read More
What Elephant Who Lived With Bullet Lodged in His Head Teaches Us About the Ivory Trade
In a truly miraculous turn of events, a wild elephant survived being shot in the head. The attack was probably carried out by poachers intending to kill the elephant for his ivory. → Read More
Imprisoned Monkey Reaching Out to Young Girl Shows That Animals Don’t Belong in Zoos
Some interactions between children and zoo animals are less mediatized but no less tragic. This photograph of a capuchin monkey reaching out to a small child through the wires of his cage is subtly heartbreaking. → Read More
Could Our Food Choices Help This Starving Animal In Drought Stricken South Africa?
This individual animal, pictured painstakingly seeking to extract the smallest scrap of nourishment from a barren, drought-stricken landscape is just one of the countless victims of this extreme weather event. → Read More
Heartbreaking Stories of Recent Victims of Horse Racing Will Inspire You to Act for These Animals
Have you noticed that whenever horse racing enthusiasts discuss the sport they’ll almost certainly refer to the monetary value and dollar-worth of the competing animals? That’s because horse racing isn’t really a sport, and it most definitely isn’t a practice undertaken by animal lovers who want to partake in a mutually benefiting activity with their beloved steed. Horse racing is a money-making… → Read More
Heartbreaking Image Foreshadows the Sun Setting on the Polar Bear Population
The polar bear’s plight was strikingly captured by photographer Paul Nicklen, who recently immortalized one gigantic individual near Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. → Read More
Amazing Shelter That’s Been Saving Animals for 70 Years Is Facing Closure — But You Can Help!
The SDCH is the only shelter in Sydney that places no time limits on animals in their care. Every single animal brought to the home is cared for and rehomed, no matter how long it takes. However, the shelter is running out of time. → Read More
How Eating Meat and Climate Change Have Contributed to Viruses Like Zika
Animal agriculture leads to global warming, deforestation, and illness, which all play a role in the spread of infectious diseases. → Read More
How Our Food Choices Are Related to Animals Showing Up Where They Don’t Belong
Clearly, anthropogenic climate change is wreaking havoc on our planet’s ecosystems in manners we’re just beginning to notice and the mass displacement of species represents another far-reaching threat to our planet’s ecosystems. → Read More
7 Amazing People Who Prove That Living Plastic-Free is Possible
Here are six people who have mastered the art of plastic-free living and are sharing their experiences, impressions and tips to make the task a little easier for the rest of us. → Read More
Climate Change May Create Infertile Hybrid Animals
While these hybrids may look cute and generate witty portmanteau names — the polar bear-grizzly combo has been dubbed a “pizzly” — interbreeding can spell disaster for species and the ecosystems they are part of. → Read More