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Protecting equines
Urgent alert: Help us stop the USDA's latest attempt to protect puppy millers, horse sorers

Recently, in a shocking move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plans to continue to conceal crucial animal...

Farmed animal welfare
In 2019, Macy’s, Prada and Queen Elizabeth II shunned the cruelty of fur

The year 2019 saw many pioneering and major wins in our work to end the cruelty of fur, both here in the United States and...

HSLF and HSUS deliver big wins for animals in 2019: Our banner year in the nation's capital

Given the highly polarized atmosphere in Washington, DC, these days, our crucial bipartisan wins for animals in 2019 give...

BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Cuomo signs bill making New York first U.S. state to ban giraffe trade

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has just signed into law a groundbreaking bill that makes the Empire State the first in the...

Ending animal testing
Sixty chimpanzees, once held for research, thrive at Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia

A lovely new story in the Washington Post tells the tale of Joseph Thomas and the other wonderful individuals involved in...

ProPublica reveals Trump Jr. used U.S. resources to hunt endangered sheep in Mongolia 

This morning, ProPublica revealed that Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Mongolia in August to slay a rare and endangered argali...

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Petland investigations, Macy's fur-free announcement among most read blogs of 2019

Every day, I share on this blog news about the progress we are making for animals. I am grateful to the thousands of readers...

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. House rejects amendment threatening protections for whales, dolphins

The U.S. House has just voted 259 to 160 to reject a bad amendment that would have placed some of America’s most critically...

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In 2019, HSUS legal team secured crucial wins against trophy hunting, fur, puppy mills and farm animal suffering

Our Animal Protection Litigation team plays a critical role at the Humane Society of the United States, filing lawsuits and...