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Banning trophy hunting
Run, Bruno, run from Missouri

For a few days now, Bruno the bear has been something of a celebrity around the world. Hundreds of people have flocked to...

Banning trophy hunting
Victory! Federal appeals court agrees Yellowstone grizzly bears should remain protected from trophy hunters

A federal appeals court has agreed that Yellowstone grizzly bears should continue to receive protection under the U.S...

HSI undercover investigation shows foxes bludgeoned, skinned alive on Asian fur farms

The cruelty of fur is on terrifying display in these scenes from a fur farm, captured on video by investigators working with...

House subcommittees boost funds for key animal protection measures on wildlife trafficking, slaughterhouse kill speeds and horse soring and slaughter

Congress has begun its annual process of funding federal departments, agencies and programs, and last night two House...

Ending the dog and cat meat trade
Indian state of Nagaland bans dog meat trade

We have more good news to report in our global fight against the dog meat trade. The Indian state of Nagaland last Friday...

Mississippi passes bill making animal torture an automatic felony; Iowa is now the only outlier in nation

We have good news to share from Mississippi and Iowa, the only two states in the nation without a law on the books that would...

Protecting equines
Breaking news: U.S. House passes major infrastructure package with key provisions for wildlife corridors, horse transport

The U.S. House has just approved provisions that would make highways safer for wildlife to cross and create safer conditions...

Animal testing
Breaking news: Nation's top science panel recommends VA should stop most research on dogs

Three years ago, Americans were stunned to learn that puppies and adult dogs were being subjected to gruesome surgeries...

Farmed animal welfare
Breaking news: Colorado becomes seventh U.S. state to ban cages for egg-laying hens

Colorado has just banned cages for egg-laying chickens and will require that eggs produced and sold in the state be cage-free...