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California lawmaker introduces bill to ban black bear hunting

A groundbreaking bill introduced in California today would end all trophy hunting of black bears in the state. If successful...

Farmed animal welfare
Biden administration withdraws Trump-era plan for higher line speeds at chicken slaughterhouses

The Biden administration has withdrawn a deplorable pending rule that would have allowed qualifying chicken slaughter plants...

Banning trophy hunting
Breaking news: Efforts to open an early wolf trophy hunting season in Wisconsin defeated

An attempt by some Wisconsin lawmakers to ​force ​a ​rushed and unlawful wolf hunting season in the state beginning next...

Wildlife killing contests
Our 100-day plan for animal protection under the Biden-Harris administration

The inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris heralds a new beginning. Most Americans are looking...

Federal court orders Jeff Lowe to surrender all cubs, mothers

A U.S. District Court has ordered Jeff Lowe, a notorious big cat exhibitor who took over the running of Joe Exotic’s zoo, GW...

Banning trophy hunting
HSUS, allies sue Trump administration for delisting wolves

In October last year, the Trump administration stripped federal protections for wolves, giving state managers in the lower 48...

Animal testing Animal rescue and response
37 chimpanzees once used for research are still locked up in a lab. We are suing the NIH to release them to sanctuary

Thirty-seven chimpanzees languishing at a New Mexico primate laboratory are still waiting for the National Institutes of...

Banning trophy hunting
New ad makes a powerful plea to end rhino horn use in Vietnam

Vietnam is one of the world’s largest consumers of rhino horn for use in traditional medicine. The demand there has helped...

Gorillas at zoo in San Diego test positive for coronavirus

Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in the first known cases of its...