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$18,000 in reward money is now being offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the rifle killings of 42 donkeys' in California's Mojave Desert.

Due to global climate change many animal species are unable to adapt quickly enough to survive the warming temperatures that are devastating their habitats. Sea turtles such as loggerheads, leatherbacks and green turtles, have a difficult road just making it to adulthood. By weakening the Endangered Species Act, the Trump Administration is signing death warrants for many already at risk animal species. This article appeared in the Daily Mail, Friday August 24, 2019 by Oliver Milman.

In Thursday's, August 22, 2019 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, Kurtis Alexander writes about several prominent environmental groups banding together to file suit against the Trump administrations plans to rollback aspects of the Endangered Species Act.

This past Monday, Florida wildlife officials disclosed that trail cameras had video of one panther and one bobcat who exhibited what look like neurological abnormalities. The animals had difficultly walking and using their hind legs. Officials are investigating possible causes such as toxins, rat poison or nutritional deficiencies. 

The Julian Castro 2020 campaign released the following policy titled the PAW Plan (Protecting Animals and Wildlife), A Humane Future for Animals. Calling President Donald Trump, "The most anti-animal president in our history" the Castro campaign's goals with the PAW plan include ending euthanasia of healthy animals in our shelters; ending the use of animals in cosmetic testing, making animal cruelty a federal crime, strengthening animal welfare and transparency standards on factory farms, addressing the treatment of horses, reinstating the Endangered Species Act. Listen to this ground breaking policy proposal on Animal Breaking News. Thank you!

In the early morning hours of August 16, 2019, the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife "lethally removed" four members of the wolf pack known as the Profanity Peak Pack. The wolves were targeted by the Diamond M cattle ranch which claimed these wolves were responsible for killing their cattle. The Center for a Humane Economy sued Washington State to stop the WDFW from wiping out these wild animals. But on the day the judge ruled in favor of the wolves, actions taken by WSDF killed all but one member of this pack. To find out more contact Center for a Humane Economy at www.centerforahumaneeconomy.org. Also watch the film The Profanity Peak Pack: Set Up and Sold Out produced by Predator Defense: https://youtu.be/G7B56M1eDVM