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Animal rescue and response
How you can help your local animal shelter or rescue this holiday season

Earlier this year, we completed the largest transport of dogs we’ve ever undertaken. (You probably remember the Beaglemania...

Wildlife protection Banning trophy hunting
Leopards, sharks and glass frogs win new protections, while hippos face tragic losses

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about our work at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in...

Farmed animal welfare Animal rescue and response
Giving thanks with Helen the turkey

This year for Thanksgiving, I’m in Texas at our expansive animal sanctuary, Black Beauty Ranch. Founded in 1979, Black Beauty...

Animal rescue and response Ending the dog and cat meat trade
Breaking: 18 dogs saved as Viet Nam slaughterhouse shuts down

Something extraordinary happened just outside a dog slaughterhouse and dog meat restaurant in Viet Nam where thousands of...

Wildlife protection Banning trophy hunting
Endangered Species Act proposal would be a win for elephants

There’s a golden opportunity to help protect African elephants now that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new...

Puppy mills
Emaciated puppies, a dead kitten and other horrific violations uncovered at Petland stores

As the holiday season approaches, now is an important time to remind your friends and family not to support pet stores that...

Wildlife protection Banning trophy hunting
Breaking: Brutal trophy hunt returns in shocking ‘emergency’ reversal of policy

Update 12/1/22: The start of the New Jersey bear hunt has been put on indefinite hold, as we, along with the Animal...

Protecting equines
As the House votes to stop soring of horses, it’s PAST time

On the House floor Monday night, the House of Representatives voted 304 to 111 to pass the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST)...

Wildlife protection
At CITES in Panama, we’re pushing for greater wildlife protection worldwide

What kind of world would this be if there were no regulation of the international trade in wildlife and wildlife parts? In a...