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OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communities across Newfoundland & Labrador and Quebec will look to the sea today and see boats of well-trained and licensed sealers set out to kick off the 2026 seal harvest season. Members of Canada’s Seals and Sealing Network, which includes professional sealers, provincial and territorial governments, seal products manufacturers and Indigenous Peoples, are entering the harvest with more optimism than in recent memory. “We’re not feeling surprised,” says...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lorsque les communautés de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador et du Québec se tourneront vers la mer aujourd’hui, elles apercevront des bateaux remplis de chasseurs de phoques qualifiés et titulaires d’un permis s’apprêtant à donner le coup d’envoi de la saison 2026 de la chasse au phoque. Les membres du Réseau des gestionnaires de la ressource du phoque du Canada, qui regroupe des chasseurs professionnels, des gouvernements provinciaux et territoriaux, des fabricants de...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As communities nationwide confront rising narcotics activity, school safety concerns, and increasingly strained law enforcement resources, K9s.org is deploying 15 grant-funded K9s across three states in the first quarter of 2026 - expanding frontline response capabilities where they are needed most. The placements, spanning Kentucky, Texas, and Florida, include narcotics, explosives, and accelerant detection, as well as dual-purpose patrol K9s. The expan...

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As debates continue over elephant numbers, specifically whether Africa’s elephants are overpopulated in some regions or nearing collapse in others, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is reinforcing a science-based approach and calling for calm, urging those immersed in the debate to ‘cut through the clutter’ by looking beyond headline numbers, and focusing on how elephant populations change over time, their movement across landscapes, and their r...

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACK for Whales, the Nantucket non-partisan grassroots environmental group, and two local businessmen have sued the federal government for violating federal law in allowing Vineyard Wind to build offshore wind turbines that destroy the environment, harm endangered whales and other marine life, destroy historic viewsheds and dramatically drive up the costs of electricity. The suit, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, al...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Après plus de quatre années passées devant les tribunaux et des frais de justice dépassant largement leurs moyens, la British Columbia Mink Producers Association et la Canada Mink Breeders Association renoncent à leur requête de révision judiciaire de la décision de la province de Colombie-Britannique consistant à imposer une interdiction à leur secteur d'activité. Le gouvernement et un lobby anti-fourrure agressif ont ainsi mis fin, sans aucune com...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than four years in front of courts, and legal fees far beyond their means, the British Columbia Mink Producers Association and the Canada Mink Breeders Association are dropping their petition for judicial review of the Province of British Columbia’s decision to impose a ban on their industry. The result is that the government and an aggressive anti-fur lobby have effectively shut down, without any compensation, farmers in one of Canada’s...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNCAGED Innovations, the world’s first biomaterial company to create a sustainable leather alternative from grains, today announced a partnership with Academy Award–winning actor and producer Natalie Portman. Portman, a long-standing advocate for animal welfare and ethical consumerism, will work with the company to promote the adoption of sustainable, animal-free materials within the luxury and fashion sectors. UNCAGED Innovations, founded by serial entrepreneur Steph...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Make America Fish Again (MAFA) coalition, representing America’s leading sportfishing advocates and coastal business owners, today announced it has sent a formal letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to issue an Executive Order banning industrial-scale forage fishing in U.S. waters. The letter calls on the President to protect the foundation of America’s ocean ecosystems — small “forage” species such as menhaden, that sustain larger fish, seabirds, and...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vantara Forrest Galante Launch Animal Planet...