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Animal testing and research
What I saw as a worker at a breeding facility for primates in research

Our Animal Research Issues Department is headed by Kathleen Conlee who has devoted the past two decades of her life to this...

Colorado, Idaho make reckless decisions to persecute bobcats, mountain lions and other wildlife

Each year, trophy hunters and trappers kill around 2,000 of Colorado’s bobcats, either for fun or to sell their furs overseas...

HSI stepped up work during pandemic to help dogs and cats living on streets

Dogs and cats who live on streets around the world face numerous hardships every day. These are animals like Browny, a dog...

Farmed animal welfare
Breaking news: Utah becomes eighth state to prohibit cages for egg-laying hens

Utah has just passed a law prohibiting the confinement of egg-laying hens in tiny wire enclosures known as “battery cages,”...

Pets for Life and RAVS bring lifesaving support to pets and their people during pandemic

The pandemic has hit so many Americans so hard. Among them is Liliana, a single mother in Los Angeles who lost her job as a...

New report: U.S. spends millions of taxpayer dollars to fund experiments on dogs

The U.S. government is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to fund experiments on dogs, a new report we are releasing today...

New HSI investigation reveals appalling cruelty on fur farms

The dreadful cruelty of fur production is on display in video footage we are releasing today, as part of a Humane Society...

Animal testing and research
Breaking news: Virginia governor signs bill ending new cosmetics animal testing

Virginia’s Gov. Ralph Northam has just signed into law bills that would ban new cosmetics animal testing and sales of animal...

Farmed animal welfare
Bill in Congress would reverse dangerous increases to slaughterhouse line speeds

Slaughterhouses are hotspots for the coronavirus, with tens of thousands of infections reported among American workers since...