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Going fur-free
As fur farms prepare to breed mink, global health bodies issue warning on high coronavirus risk

Mink fur farms have emerged as hotspots for the coronavirus, with 11 nations in Europe, Canada and the United States...

Puppy-selling pet stores like Petland have made consumers sick. HSUS/HSLF petition asks feds to require health risk warnings at outlets.

U.S. health authorities have conclusively linked numerous human cases of campylobacteriosis---a bacterial infection with...

Wildlife killing contests
Investigation finds online wildlife killing contests are thriving during pandemic

The Humane Society of the United States has helped make significant progress in ending wildlife killing contests, in which...

A valentine for our companion animals who teach us so much about love

Although many years have passed, I can’t help but think of Dolly on Valentine’s Day. She was my first dog, and the very...

Banning trophy hunting
Court grants Kansas trophy hunters’ request to open season on Wisconsin wolves​

A ​state court has granted a Kansas-based trophy hunting group’s request for a wolf hunt in Wisconsin for the remaining weeks...

Wildlife killing contests
Undercover investigation lays bare extreme cruelty in Indiana and Texas wildlife killing contests. Foxes, bobcats, coyotes among animals blasted with assault rifles

It is a bloody scene at the Texas weigh-in of the “De Leon Pharmacy and Sporting Goods’ Varmint Hunt #1” on a cold January...

Banning trophy hunting
At Dallas Safari Club convention, rhinos, elephants and bears are among hundreds of wild animals on offer for a thrill kill

The annual Dallas Safari Club convention is a sickening display of the havoc American trophy hunters wreak year after year on...

Ending the dog and cat meat trade
A meat farm dog's journey from horror to hope

When our responders rescue dogs from Korea’s dog meat farms, they invariably find the animals living in terrible conditions...

Several states introduce bills banning fur, voicing concerns over cruelty, pandemic risk

The momentum to end the use of fur continues to build. As state legislative sessions get under way across the United States...