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By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson In an unlawful move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to exempt massive factory farms from reporting their toxic air emissions -- released from animal waste created by these facilities -- to state and local authorities. The rule, finalized last

I traveled to New York to briefly share a Broadway stage (something I never thought I’d be able to say!) with some of the cast members of Water for Elephants, a musical based on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, for a “talkback” panel discussion that followed the show. Animals are central characters to

It is the height of absurdity: There’s widespread public awareness of the immense cruelty of fur factory farming. The fashion industry is just one of many industries inflicting harm on animals while putting terrible pressure on our already-stressed environment. And yet, animals are still being born

Pepper was a beloved dalmatian living on a family’s farm in Pennsylvania until June 1965, when she suddenly vanished. Her family spent days and days searching for her, thinking she may have been hit by a car, which would have already been a heartbreaking loss. Instead, her fate was shocking

It is the sad paradox of wildlife conservation that as soon as a species seems to make progress toward recovery from near extirpation, some people rally to be permitted to hunt and trap them again. This is exactly what’s happening in Indiana right now with the state’s only remaining native wildcat

Once again, members of our Animal Rescue Team are taking action on the ground in the wake of disaster in a particularly brutal storm season. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly this team moves and how many places they go, including areas where there are so few resources. They endure considerable

We’ve been working on wildlife issues since the 1960s, and we’ve been engaged in the challenges of living and interacting with urban wildlife for almost as long. John Griffin, senior director of urban wildlife programs at the Humane Society of the United States, recently co-authored an essay on

This week, as communities across the southeast U.S. were still recovering from Hurricane Helene, some are bracing for yet another extremely dangerous hurricane. Our Animal Rescue Team—having just deployed to various locations across Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina to provide emergency

In the aftermath of Hurricane John, our Humane Society International team has once again stepped up to help vulnerable animals and their families in one of Mexico's hardest-hit regions, Guerrero. These communities are still recovering from Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm that struck last year

In a new Humane Voices podcast, some of our experts discuss the imminent dangers fur farming poses to people and animals, as well as what needs to be done to end this cruelty and keep the public safe from the viruses for which fur farming provides ideal conditions.

In recent weeks, our organization has answered the call to help animals and people displaced by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the United States and Hurricane John in Mexico, as well as disasters in India, Viet Nam, Nepal and Ecuador, where we have sent team members or funds to help local

After more than two years of campaigning by Humane Society International/Europe and fellow animal advocacy groups, Romania has banned chinchilla and mink fur farming. On Tuesday, the Romanian Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority of 217 in favor of the ban, with just six against and nine

I recently traveled to Philadelphia, where our Pets for Life program has been serving the North Philadelphia community for the past 13 years. In a celebration of the human-animal bond, more than 350 community members attended an “Unpacking Pawty” at our new Pets for Life building. The event was

Every animal has a story. After our teams intervene in the lives of animals, whether it’s to help pull them from floodwaters or to rescue them from alleged neglect or cruelty situations, those acts of bravery and trust are only the beginning of change—only the beginning of the next parts of their

The flood of inspection reports detailing animal neglect and suffering at puppy mills, wild animal attractions and animal laboratories in the U.S. regulated under the federal Animal Welfare Act continues to be overwhelming. Strengthening the ability of the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in

Finally, 23 chimpanzees who are owned by the U.S. government and who were previously used in painful biomedical experiments will soon be moved to Chimp Haven sanctuary where they belong, according to an announcement made today by the National Institutes of Health in a New York Times article. After

On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s landmark ban on the sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn. This is a heartening win for these animals because this ruling affirms the right of states such as New York to create laws that protect wildlife and

Keeping wild animals in small, bare cages inside a retail shopping mall is absurd and abhorrently cruel. Yet this is the business model of SeaQuest, a for-profit chain of shopping mall-based wild animal petting zoos that has been plagued with controversies and cited by the U.S. Department of

Some fights for animals are a long-game—and that’s certainly been the case for everyone’s favorite long-necked animal, the giraffe. After years of advocacy, we are thrilled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing all four species of giraffes under the Endangered Species Act