ARCHIVES Paige Powell, Ark Online Publisher and Founder, Talks Back to Menu Foods Read more here... Make Sure Menu's Not on Your Pet's Menu Read more from Last Chance for Animals here. Stop Prairie Dog Poisonings! Read more! World Week for Animals In Laboratories Demonstrations held 4/22-4/28. More information here! Farm Sanctuary's 6th Annual Farm Animal Forum! Held April 29th in Philadelphia. More information is here! Urge Iams to Choose Compassion! Tell them to stop testing on animals! Burger King Gets the Crown for Historic Animal Welfare Changes Read more! End the Alaska Wolf Massacre! Find out how to help! Puppy Torturers Receive Strong Sentence Congratulate Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard on his success in his case here! New Action in California Helps Condors Read more! Greenland Sled Dogs Need Help Click to read more and sign the petition. Be a Party Animal with the Humane Society of the United States Save Seals April 1 Increase Penalties for Animal Abuse and Neglect! Support OR H.B. 2722. Dark Day for Elephants One LA Zoo elephant is moved out, but eight more will be moved in. Read more about this problem here! Tell the FDA You Don't Want Cloned Meat Read more here! PETA Uncovers Cruelty at PetSmart Read more! Please save the geese of Rochester, Minnesota! Read more here! Is a wolf's life worth more than $9.75? Idaho plans to cut the price of killing a wolf to under ten dollars. Learn how you can help here. Californians: Check Line 63, Help Sea Otters! You can make a contribution to the California Sea Otter fund by merely marking line 63 on your California State Income Tax form. For more information, read this! Victory! Smithfield Foods, Inc. announces its plan to phase out gestation crates. Read more here! Save Peruvian Jaguars and Other Rainforest Wildlife Moon Bears Need Your Help! An Indian channel recently aired footage of a bear being stoned and burnt to death. For more information on this crime and to donate to help organize a training workshop for bear-human conflict in the area, go here. Want to help more? Adopt an orphaned bear cub! Did your pet come from an animal shelter? Tell your story and send a photo to the ASPCA here! Tea Provides Benefits, but Don't Use Milk Adding milk to tea is found to eliminate health benefits. Read more here! Read Activism Commentaries: the Difference Between American and European Farming Read more here. Put a Pin in Your Easter Bonnet or Basket. Live Rabbits are no Spring Fling By Robin Roth Cartoonist Gets Animal Rights Award Animal Aid: Sanctuary Dogs Need Immediate Rescue Our old list of cruelty free companies. Animal Testing Archive: Companies That Do or Used to Test on Animals Gang tried to explode dead dog with firework A 19-year-old man who tried to blow up a dead dog with a firework while a friend took pictures on a mobile phone was ordered to do 100 hours community service. Read the full story here. It's time for ExxonMobil to put polar bears before profit, and to use its obscene wealth to explore renewable energy rather than continue its destructive pursuit of oil. To learn more, please visit the Exxpose Exxon campaign's website: exxposeexxon.org. Leaving dogs in hot cars can be fatal. Senate Bill 1806 has recently been presented to the California Senate. The passing of this bill would make it illegal to confine an animal to an unattended motor vehicle. Urge your state senator to support SB 1806. Brooks Fahy, of Oregon’s Predator Defense, is furious. The executive director of the Northwest wildlife advocacy group is challenging Oregon Fish and Wildlife’s current proposal to “manage” female cougars in urban areas. Read more at: www.predatordefense.org Victory for horses! The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment, the Rahall-Whitfield-Sweeney-Spratt amendment, stopping the slaughter and sale of wild horses and burros. Next, we must get the same result in the U.S. Senate. Help here! "DOGTOWN USA" 2006: FACT OR FICTION? Portland, Oregon's Dog-Friendly Designation Demands Investigation A Regional Report by Reb Babcock and Gail O'Connell-Babcock All who today take pleasure in Dog Fancy magazine's naming of Portland as "Dogtown USA 2006" need to know that Portland's generally "canine friendly" environment exists in spite of the policies and practices of Multnomah County's government and, specifically, Multnomah County Animal Services (MCAS). More... An animal-friendly holiday gift guide! Sickening 'Animal Olympics' forces kangaroos to box humans Read more here and write letters to protest now! China not ready to give up 'barbaric' horse fighting Campaigners are calling for the barbaric sport of horse fighting, a 500-year-old tradition, to be banned by the Chinese Government. National Pet Abuse Registry Founder, Alison L. Gianotto, Nominated for Animal Planet's Hero of the Year Gianotto influential in cracking animal abuse case--the Stephen Barry King problem--first reported by Arkonline's own Robin Roth! A Pianist Harmonizes With Wolves Help Defenders of Wildlife protect Alaskan wolves! Donate here! Elephants on Broadway--New Musical Moves to Help Animals and the Rainforest Read more about Tusk the Musical here. San Diego Considering Ban on Foie Gras New York City Cracks Down on Mystery Meats 1.6 million pounds of unapproved meat was confiscated from sellers in New York City. Read more at AOL.com. Ethiopian Zoo Poisons Lion Cubs It Can't Afford Read the article here. PETA Launches International Campaign Against Burberry: Read more at Bloodyburberry.com. Russia vows to ban EU animal products: Read more here. Prairie Dogs Under Attack: Download this file, this file, and this file to read more, then sign this petition. Campaign "Animals MATTER to me" Make them matter to governments. Sign the petition here! Coyote Killing Contest Prompts Howls Read more here. Take Action for America's Wolves Read more here to help 75% of Idaho's wolves living in the Lolo District of the Clearwater National Forest. Over 10,000 Free Endangered Wildlife Ringtones The Center for Biological Diversity offers the ringtones here. California Governor Signs Anti-Chaining Bill California has become the second state to recognize dog chaining at a state level, after Connecticut. Read more here! Wealthy Russian hunters are paying more than US$2000 to wake hibernating brown bears and kill them. Donate here to help the cubs of the Russian bear hunt survive! Aerial Gunning Has Killed at Least Ten Wolves in Alaska Defenders of Wildlife need your help! Help Peru's Wildlife! Send a letter to your representative and senators here! POM Ends Animal Tests Read all about it here! Save the Grenada Dove Learn how here! Adopt a Wolf This Valentine's Day Learn how here! HSUS charges ahead for animals in 2007 Make a year-end donation here! Greatest Wild Salmon Fishery on Earth Threatened by Poisonous Open-Pit Mining Sign the petition here. Got Rot? Milk May Lead to Mad Cow Disease, Studies Say Read more info from Notmilk.com here. 23 Greyhounds Found Dead, 'Experienced Prolonged Suffering' at Alabama Race Track Click here to read the story. Dog Rescued After Being Buried Alive Read the story here. Illinois Prevents Use of Dogs As Weapons Thank the state here!