The Helsinki Group – Speaking up for Cetaceans It’s time to give traction to a critically important initiative A few years ago, back in 2010, we finally got around to recognizing that perhaps we are not the only species deserving of legally recognized rights. A conference at the Collegium for Advanced Studies in the University...
Endangered belugas in the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada Photo credit: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cbc.ca On at least two of the key fundamentals, we’ve come a long way, and we’re beginning to make progress on a third. Where we once sought them out with whaling boats, to harvest them for their meat, blubber and oil,...
The time to act to protect our beautiful planet is now.Photo by Jeremy Bishop As you may have seen, we the citizens of almost every nation on Earth have recently become party to a global-level agreement that will confer on us some pretty ambitious targets and obligations over the next few years. The goals are...
This legislation could significantly advance our moral frontier.
Photo credit: In Defense of Animals idausa.org
