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In the U.S., almost all farm animals spend their lives inside factory farms. They’re bad for animals, bad for us and bad for the planet we share. Here’s why.

This week, a court rejected an attempt by Smithfield Foods to dismiss the Humane Society of the United States’ lawsuit

Starting in the 1980s, people all over the world began to feel disgusted by veal, when the treatment of baby cows was exposed: Veal was produced by separating baby cows from their mothers and raising them in tiny crates where they could barely move.

Today the Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit against Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, for misleading consumers about animal abuse in its supply chain.

For decades, the Humane Society of the United States has led the charge against the cruel confinement of animals on factor

Today, the Humane Society of the United States is calling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate and hold McDonald’s accountable for deceiving shareholders and the public about its animal confinement policies.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the pork industry’s lawsuit that attempts to overturn California’s Proposition 12.

Today, a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit unanimously denied an attempt by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation to strike down California’s Proposition 12, considered the strongest farm animal p

We were nervous and excited as we gathered outside the Supreme Court of the United States on the morning of a day we won't ever forget, Oct. 11, 2022.

From wind chimes to kids’ toys, you can gift playtime to our sanctuary animals

Today, I’m asking for your help in urging IHOP to take action to keep its animal welfare promises.

In the battle over farm animal welfare standards playing out in Congress, a number of producers associated with the National Pork Producers Council have made misleading claims about the effects Proposition 12 and other state-level public health and animal welfare laws have on family farmers. So has the Secretary of Agriculture. But when farmers speak for themselves, they tell a different story, and it’s one of strong support for these humane laws and standards.

As the New Year dawns, we celebrate the humane laws taking effect in 2024 that address a range of animal protection concerns.

It’s a gruesome topic that no one really likes to talk about but last week the methods for “depopulating”—killing—hundreds of thousands of pigs and chickens during a natural or manmade disaster, such as a pandemic like COVID-19, were front and center at a meeting of the Ameri

Animal rescuers and Humane World mobilize to free over 200 suffering animals and shut down an alleged cockfighting operation in Oklahoma.