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.

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.

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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.

black mink fur farms in Asia
Ban fur farming across Canada

Animals live and die in misery on fur farms so humans can wear fur as "fashion".

Scared fox in dirty cage on fur farm

Jo-Anne McArthur/SPCA Montreal

End cruel and deadly fur farming worldwide

Farming cause immense animal suffering and appalling conditions make fur farms a breeding ground for pandemic disease spread from animals to humans.

Pigs look out from an enclosure
Gabriela Penela/We Animals Media
Ban farrowing crates in the UK

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. 

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.

Image of live horse export in Canada

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition

End the export of live horses for slaughter

Horses are flown by air, crammed into wooden crates without water, food or rest.

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.

Haiti Street Dogs

Swoan Parker/Humane World for Animals

Help dogs and cats on the streets

Millions of dogs and cats roam the streets worldwide.

Sick puppy at a Michigan Petland store

The HSUS

Petland cruelty exposed

Undercover investigations have unveiled terrible suffering in Petland stores.

Mother dog huddles along side puppies in puppy mill

Kathy Milani/The HSUS

Urge the USDA to protect puppies

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

Two sloths fighting in the presence of customers who purchased an encounter with sloths. One sloth suffered from a wound under his chin.

The HSUS

At Sloth Encounters, an undercover investigator from the Humane Society of the United States documented sloths fighting in the presence of customers who purchased an encounter with sloths. One sloth suffered from a wound under his chin.
Pledge to protect captive wild animals

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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This is an important win for farm animals: Prop 12 has been called the world’s strongest farm animal law, and in addition to banning cruel cages in California, it also prohibits the sales of products that come from these abused animals, no matter where the eggs, pork and veal were produced.
Speak up for animals suffering on factory farms

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.