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By Nicole Rivard

We hit the ground running this year, appearing in court in January defending Utah’s prairie dogs. We are challenging permits and a range-wide plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that allows the removal and killing of thousands of threatened Utah prairie dogs, imperiling the species just to appease a relentless...


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Summer is in full swing and temperatures can be sweltering. If you’re dreaming of a dip in a pool, it’s worth remembering that so, too, are wildlife.

Every year, Friends of Animals hears of far too many pool-related tragedies where wildlife are unable to escape and drown.

Recently our allies at Wildlife in Crisis, the largest wildlife rehabber in the state...


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Speaking from Central Park in New York City, City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced this afternoon that she would support Intro 943, formerly known as Ryder’s Law, to ban carriage horse rides after a tourist and horse died in separate accidents last month. She is the first City Council Speaker to publicly back a carriage trade ban.

“When I first became Speaker, ...


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In June, the NYC carriage trade claimed two lives in a week. City Council can stop it from happening again.

On July 15, the New York City Council Health Committee will hold the official public hearing on Intro 943, legislation reintroduced last month by Council Member Christopher Marte, which would phase out the city’s longstanding and controversial horse carri...


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Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved three new pesticides widely recognized as “forever chemicals” (PFAS) for use on food crops.

The pesticides were approved not long after Kyle Kunkler, a former lobbyist for the American Soybean Association—an agriculture trade group who advocates against regulations of pesticides—took over as the EPA’s top...


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