Your actions make a difference
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.

Mother pigs (sows) confined in crates in the UK spend their adult lives unable to do anything other than stand up or lie down. It is cruel and unnecessary to force sows to be locked in narrow metal cages.

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
Horses are being bred in Canada for the sole purpose of being exported alive to Japan, where raw horsemeat is considered a delicacy. These horses are flown by air, crammed into wooden crates without water, food or rest for the long journey only to be slaughtered upon arrival.

Swoan Parker/Humane World for Animals
Millions of dogs and cats roam the streets worldwide. Many of these animals may suffer from starvation, dehydration, exposure to the elements, injury and disease.

Humane World for Animals
Join us in asking President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the humane treatment of street dogs and effective solutions to population management.

The HSUS
Petland is linked to the cruel puppy mill industry and is the last national chain of pet stores to still sell dogs and puppies. Urge Petland go humane and stop selling puppies.

Kathy Milani/The HSUS
Puppies and mother dogs suffer in puppy mills. Join us in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to enforce and raise their standards at all commercial breeding facilities.

The HSUS
The misguided demand for interactions with wild animals is fueling an industry that harms wildlife across the U.S. and around the world. Avoid attractions that offer close encounters with wild animals.

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Prevent the suffering of animals on factory farms and protect the world around us. Urge world leaders to support and drive a transition toward a more resilient plant-centric food system.

Jean Chung/For HSI
In Indonesia, every month tens of thousands of dogs and cats are brutally slaughtered, butchered and sold for meat.

Meredith Lee/The HSUS
Dogs forced to fight for human entertainment suffer horrific injuries and sometimes death. Speak out against this cruelty.

The HSUS
On average, more than 60,000 dogs are used in experiments each year in the United States. Call on U.S. state and federal governments to end experiments on dogs and invest in science that doesn’t cause animal suffering.

The HSUS
It’s time for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put an end to these outdated and flawed practices—and embrace science without suffering.