CURRENTS

What happens when a brown faced monkey breaks into a hotel room in Africa? You’re about to find out.

Single use plastics are destroying our ocean. We all have a choice in what we buy and consume. Its time that we stand together to demand change that will forever help our planet.

Kurt Kawamoto from NOAA explains why you should only fish with barbless hooks.

Because of irresponsible human impact, Mountain Gorillas are now an endangered species.  By government support of tourism, Mountain Gorillas are getting a second chance.

Shark finning is the abhorrent and wasteful practice of cutting off a shark’s fins and discarding the body, often still alive, back into the ocean to drown or bleed to death. The shark fin trade in the U.S. contributes to plummeting shark populations across the world. Las Vegas is a major destination of tourism including […]

Hawaii just became the first U.S. state to ban the use of elephants, bears and other exotic wild animals for entertainment purposes. Inga Gibson, Hawaii senior state director for the Humane Society, told HuffPost the issue is not only one of animal welfare, but also public health and safety. And in Hawaii — a state […]

SeaWorld Entertainment said Thursday that the killer whales currently living at its facilities will be its last as it will stop breeding them immediately and phase out theatrical orca shows.The move comes nearly three years after SeaWorld came under pressure for its treatment of killer whales and their trainers in the documentary Blackfish. SeaWorld will […]

After decades of giant tricks and synchronized dances, the elephants at Ringling Bros. performed their final act Sunday. The elephants’ last show was in Providence, RI, nearly two years before the pachyderms’ expected retirement. Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, had said its touring elephants would head to a Florida […]