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President Trump’s proposed budget abandons wild horses to slaughter

President Trump’s proposed FY27 budget cuts the Wild Horse and Burro Program’s funding and eliminates a crucial prohibition...

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Teddy, an 18 month old beagle, has fun at his new home
Animal testing and research
Beagle’s life story shows real change is possible for animals in laboratories
Teddy was never meant to have a name. When he was born, he was given only a number, just like the tens of thousands of dogs...
a person with a dog
Access to care for pets
Everyone deserves the joy and companionship of having a pet

Pets for Life takes a comprehensive, community-based approach, providing veterinary care, pet supplies and services at no...

a black bear and a baby bear
Banning trophy hunting Wildlife protection
Wake-up call: Over 1 million American black bears killed by trophy hunters in 25 years

Right now, across the U.S. and Canada, black bears are preparing for hibernation by consuming 20,000 calories each day. This...

Chimpanzees previously used in experiments at Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) who were moved to Chimp Haven sanctuary in February 2025.
Animal testing and research
Animal testing is out. Better science is in.
Earlier this year, a 51-year-old chimp named Montessa arrived at Chimp Haven, a lush 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana. For...
Sangkyung Lee, Campaign Manager of Humane World for Animals Korea, interacts with a dog inside a cage at a dog meat farm.
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
How South Korea finally achieved a ban on the dog meat industry
A decade ago, when our team at Humane World for Animals Korea (known then as Humane Society International/Korea) began its...
Humane World for Animals India's Sally Varma rescued Tweety the chick from a trash pile at an egg farm in India.
Farm animal welfare
Baby chick discarded as trash at egg farm makes beautiful transformation with a little love

When we say we want to change the world for animals, we mean it—and that’s why, so often, the stories I tell here are about...

Close up of a pig
Farm animal welfare
Victory: Court affirms Massachusetts' groundbreaking farm animal protection law
One court after another has shot down the pork industry’s repeated challenges to the legality of our game-changing farm...
Primate
Animal testing and research
‘What I saw as a worker at a monkey breeding facility for animal testing and research’

For more than two decades, Kathleen Conlee, our vice president of Animal Research Issues in the U.S., has been working to end...

Fox in a cage
Going fur-free
Good news! Condé Nast, parent company of Vogue and Glamour, goes fur-free
The world just became a more humane place for animals, as Condé Nast, the parent company for Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair...

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