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This week, members of our Humane World for Animals team arrived at Target’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis and delivered 15 large boxes containing signed petitions; more than 195,000 signatures called on the company to fulfill its long overdue commitments to do better by farmed animals. Target

The Humane Society of the United States steps in swiftly when called upon to help animals in the aftermath of major disasters, natural and man-made. But even in a situation in which we’re working to help transport and rescue hundreds of animals, we never lose sight of the individual, as a recent

During Hurricane Florence, our Animal Rescue Team waded through waist‑deep floodwaters in the Carolinas—working with local officials, the National Guard, and shelter partners—to save stranded pets and help transport hundreds of shelter animals out of harm’s way.

A poignant Washington Post story about a black bear mourning her 6-month old cub, struck dead by a vehicle in Yosemite National Park, is a reminder that even in wild spaces animals are at risk when they come into contact with humans. Since 1995, motorists have killed more than 400 bears in Yosemite

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Everyone caring for a companion animal deserves and should be able to obtain necessary resources for their animal’s health and well-being. The absence of resources doesn’t mean that people are undeserving of the profound joy and love the bond with a pet

Compassionate coexistence. It’s such a simple and worthy goal, yet it’s one of the areas in which the human aspiration to do right by wildlife still falls well short of what animals deserve. That’s why building global capacity and commitment for humane and effective approaches to resolving human

Last year, I traveled to Liberia where I met more than 60 chimpanzees and the amazing people who care for them at our Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge Liberia. It was deeply moving to see the chimpanzees who were used for biomedical research and endured great suffering in laboratories for decades

Colorado has closed a loophole in its law to end all wildlife killing contests of furbearing animals, including coyotes, bobcats, swift foxes and prairie dogs. Although the state had already banned most such contests in 1997, a regulatory loophole permitted some events that limited the numbers of

As Hurricane Florence hit on September 14, 2018, HSUS and partners transported 400+ adoptable dogs and cats from shelters in VA, SC, and NC to safer locations across multiple states, while standing by to deploy for post‑storm search and rescue.

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Update: The bill to ban fur sales has also passed the concurrence committee and will now head to the governor’s desk for his signature. In two historic votes for animals, California lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to ban fur sales and to stop the trophy hunting

Here's what our team has been doing to help people prepare and how you can best equip your family’s companion animals for emergency situations.

The heat index reached nearly 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Indiana last week, and yet most of the dogs our Animal Rescue Team found across two properties there did not even have access to water. This was just one sign of the apparent mistreatment these dogs endured, panting in filthy hutches and cages

No início deste mês, a Câmara dos Deputados aprovou a proibição da venda de cosméticos submetidos a testes em animais. Com isso, o Brasil se une a 45 países e 12 estados dos EUA que limitaram ou proibiram essa prática cruel. Tenho um orgulho imenso da nossa equipe brasileira, pois essa conquista

Earlier this month, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted to ban the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. Brazil is one of 45 countries and 12 U.S. states to limit or ban this cruelty. I am immensely proud of our Brazilian team, as this recent milestone outcome is the result of our

This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit that we and our allies filed last year challenging the

This past month, members of our team returned to Kangaroo Island to see how the environment has recovered since the bushfires five years ago and to reflect on what we accomplished there.

This week, our team in Africa released a new documentary that highlights the threat to East Africa’s super tusker elephants from renewed trophy hunting in the region. It is estimated that fewer than 10 super tusker elephants remain in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem, with fewer than 50 left across

When they learned there was a way out of raising puppies for sale and slaughter, two business owners in Viet Nam seized the opportunity. Because they contacted our team in Viet Nam to help them transition their businesses to kinder livelihoods, they will no longer be complicit in the trade that

Mixing honesty and compassion, cookbook author Joanne Lee Molinaro honors her Korean heritage and builds a more humane world one dish at a time