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Some Iowa lawmakers push a bad bill to benefit puppy mills, roadside zoos

A dangerous bill in Iowa threatens to undo decades of progress for animals in the state, including dogs suffering in puppy...

Banning trophy hunting
Trophy hunters kill 216 wolves in Wisconsin bloodbath

A no-holds-barred carnage of wolves in Wisconsin last week, which ended with trophy hunters killing nearly twice the...

House approves COVID relief package with historic funding commitments for animal-related pandemic prevention

Update (3/6/20201): The Senate has just passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and it includes almost all of the...

Animal testing and research Animal rescue and response
PREPARED Act would ensure safety of animals in puppy mills, roadside zoos during disasters

The devastation wrought by the recent deep freeze in Texas is a stark reminder of the urgent need for disaster planning that...

Animal testing and research
Beauty industry trade group wins Spira Award for championing end to new cosmetics animal testing

As we worked toward the introduction of the Humane Cosmetics Act in the last Congress, one of our most important partners was...

Helping captive wildlife
'Pet' Tiger rescued from freezing San Antonio gets forever home at Black Beauty Ranch

The freeze in Texas this month turned up a surprise for authorities in Bexar County as they scrambled to get people and pets...

Protecting equines Banning trophy hunting
Deb Haaland, President Biden's pick for Interior Secretary, has a track record of fierce advocacy for animals

Rep. Deb Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior, has a proven track record of working on...

Animal testing and research
Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey among states moving rapidly to end cosmetics testing

Cosmetics animal testing is on its way out the world over and U.S. states are rapidly moving in the direction of that trend...

Banning trophy hunting
Three Montana lawmakers declare war on wolves, bears and other carnivores with flurry of bad bills

Strangling neck snares are among the cruelest methods of trapping animals. These devices, made of cable wire looped through a...