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Iceland will allow up to 318 whales to be killed this summer. That’s 318 too many.

Iceland has reduced its whaling quota for 2026—but it still allows the killing of up to 318 fin and minke whales this summer...

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Undercover investigation exposes grisly cruelty at Oregon wildlife killing contest; lawmakers move to ban such events in the state

At the Oregon contest weigh-in, trucks pulled into the parking lot one after the other to unload the bodies of the animals...

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California, which passed world's strongest farm animal protection law and the nation's first cosmetics testing ban, tops Humane State rankings again

California has once again topped our 2018 Humane State rankings list, after overwhelmingly passing the strongest farm animal...

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Wildlife gains for 2018 range from bans on wild animal circus acts to major fur-free announcements

We’re fierce defenders of wildlife in the United States, and we made major strides on that front in 2018. We won major...

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Pets in the workplace: Why we let the HSUS go to the dogs

One of the great benefits of working at the Humane Society of the United States is that staff members can bring their pets to...

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