A woman in Chile talking into a microphone at an event

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Make your voice count

Your voice is needed on these important issues. Here’s how you can take action — and why it matters.

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Make sure your elected officials know that you are an advocate for animals. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.

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Harry Eggens

Stand up for wolves!

Gray wolves continue to face ongoing threats to their survival. We need your help to fight back!

Pangolin in Kalahari Desert, South Africa

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Help protect pangolins

Small and gentle pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world. Despite this, the majority of pangolin species are not protected. 

Rooster rescued from a suspected cockfighting crime ring

Kathy Milani/Humane World for Animals

Forced to fight, sometimes to the death.
Put an end to cockfighting

Each year, thousands of roosters suffer in fighting pits in the United States.

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At the killing contest in Williamsport, Indiana, contestants drag coyotes they massacred. They punch holes into the animals' legs so they can hang them upside down and weigh them.
US: Fight for a federal ban on wildlife killing contests

Please act now to ban wildlife killing contests in the United States.

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Act now to protect Proposition 12

Pigs deserve to turn around. Prop 12 provides farm animals with protections like this, and more.

A man holds his dog at HSUS’s Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) program, Taholah, Quinault Nation, WA.

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Keep pets and their families together

Help us increase access to affordable veterinary care, pet food and pet-inclusive housing.

American horses in pens ready to be transported for slaughter in Mexico

Kathy Milani/Humane World for Animals

American horses awaiting transportation to slaughter.
Speak out to end cruel horse slaughter methods

Thousands of American equines are brutally slaughtered every year. Horses deserve a humane end of life.

Horse suffering from soring on his legs

Humane World for Animals

Pass the PAST Act to end horse abuse

No horse should be made to suffer for a blue ribbon. Urge legislators to strengthen penalties for abuse.

Mother dog huddles along side puppies in puppy mill

Kathy Milani/The HSUS

Protect the Animal Welfare Act

Puppies and mother dogs suffer in puppy mills and urgently deserve better conditions.

A beagle in a testing facility look out a metal cage

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Beagles are used in laboratory tests because of their gentle nature.
End outdated drug tests on animals

Urge the FDA to make it clear to companies that animal testing is not required.

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