September 1, 2010 Moving Day for Prairie Dogs Prairie dog successes are popping up all over. As you may know, I’ve been working hard with our partners to truck many prairie dog families to safe new homes. In particular, the U.S. Forest Service is playing a vital role in saving these animals. I aim to [...]

On Friday, September 11th, 2010, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States . Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country’s worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their [...]

Update………….Photo AP  …………….September 2, 2010 Brought to you by Oceanic Preservation Society Taiji Update The eyes of the world are focused on “the little town with the really big secret” this week as September 1, the official start of the dolphin hunt has finally come. Town leaders indicated no change of plans of this annual [...]

Tell Obama: Stop the Next Drilling Disaster Obama must act now to save an irreplaceable way of life. Obama’s support for drilling in the Chukchi could doom this sensitive area’s polar bears and native communities. Dear Friend, Last month, a federal court in Alaska found that the Bush administration violated the law when it approved [...]

 Only in South Carolina: Barbaric Bear Baiting Dear Brenda, HSUS investigators recently attended several bear baiting events in South Carolina. What they found will shock you. A captive bear — claws and many teeth cut down or removed — is tied up and abused for hours. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources gives permits [...]

PARIS — Former screen idol Brigitte Bardot and marine campaign group Sea Shepherd on Thursday jointly appealed to Denmark’s sovereign to halt the annual killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory. Hundreds of pilot whales — despite their name, members of the dolphin family — are being chased towards the shore, where [...]

Last week, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies won a major victory when a federal court reinstated federal protections for these animals. But with Idaho officials still seeking to kill hundreds of wolves, Montana likely to follow1 and Wyoming officials still pursuing a deadly shoot-on-sight wolf management plan2, our work to ensure a [...]

ireport.cnn.com This is a cute video………………… CNN producer note mzkreepin shot this video today, August 18, of her chihuahua Izzy that has taken two baby squirrels under its wing. mzkreepin says she grew up around vets and learned something about how to handle baby animals in the process. – nsaidi, CNN iReport producer iReport — [...]

Eating Local Food: The Movement, Locavores and More The local food movement, eating local, being on the “100 mile diet” or being a locavore are all synonymous with local food, an idea that has risen to prominence as an important part of the larger green movement. Local food integrates production, processing, distribution and consumption on [...]

Organic Food: Healthier for You and the Planet Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain certification. In agriculture, this [...]