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Breaking news: Congress’s omnibus package includes big wins for animals

The appropriations bill and accompanying coronavirus relief/stimulus package for fiscal year 2021 now advancing through...

In 2020, we brought food, essential services to hundreds of thousands of animals and people affected globally by the pandemic

The global pandemic posed immense challenges to the animal protection community this year. Around the world, people—and the...

Farmed animal welfare
Factory farms are baking pigs alive during the pandemic. Veterinarians call for changing guidance on this barbaric killing method

As a result of slaughterhouse closures during the pandemic, some producers have used a cruel method called “ventilation...

Farmed animal welfare
In 2020, we dismantled more cruel cages on factory farms and set new records for egg-laying hens

We have made remarkable progress in our work to end cruel cage confinement of farm animals during 2020. As a result, millions...

Mink living in the wild near Utah fur farm tests positive for coronavirus, increasing urgency to end fur farming

A mink living in the wild near an infected Utah fur farm has tested positive for the coronavirus, providing yet another...

Banning trophy hunting
Breaking news: Missouri votes to open first black bear trophy hunt in decades

Missouri, a state that once nearly wiped out its black bear population, has clearly failed to learn from its mistakes. This...

Wildlife killing contests Banning trophy hunting
In 2020, we helped disband a trophy hunters' advisory panel, retained protections for grizzly bears and ended more wildlife killing contests

Trophy hunting is a cruel and dangerous pastime that is pushing some of the world’s most iconic animals closer to extinction...

Banning trophy hunting
Missouri to vote this Friday on opening black bear hunt

The Missouri state wildlife commission will vote this Friday on whether to allow trophy hunters to target the state’s small...

In 2020 we continued to make advances against puppy mills with new laws, enforcement and closures

Despite the pandemic, our fight against puppy mills continued full throttle in 2020. We won several important legal and...