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Greyhound racing has ended in Florida. 49 states say animal torture is a felony. In 2021, we will continue to win more battles for animals on the state and local levels
On Dec. 31, Florida's greyhound racetracks closed for good as a result of a ballot measure we helped pass with our partner groups in 2018.
South Dakota will allow trophy hunters to kill 30 percent of its mountain lions
South Dakota has a notorious history of mismanaging its mountain lion population and playing into the hands of trophy hunters. In past years, the Mount Rushmore state has repeatedly increased its hunting quota for the animals, despite evidence that its lion population is on the decline.
Don’t fence them in
We can all prevent supposedly animal-friendly landscaping methods from backfiring through careful product selection and monitoring. Here are a few tips.
The mindful gardener
As it turns out, just beneath the surface of our leaf piles, decaying perennial stalks, grasses and patches of soil are many more species who have no voice to signal their presence. By bringing a reverent approach to your patch of earth this spring, you can save lives.
How to know if an animal has rabies and how to prevent it
Thanks to pet vaccinations, US deaths from rabies has declined from over 100 to about 2 per year, but both people and pets are still at risk. Stay safe with vigilance and prevention.
What are we so afraid of?
Instead of awe and wonder, fear is our default reaction to wildlife near our home, often leading to trapping, poisoning, or, in the case of small creatures, the angry stomp of a shoe. Here's why we should challenge our misguided assumptions about wildlife.
What do wildlife need in winter? Plants!
What we do (or don’t do) outside affects whether wildlife live to see another spring. This winter, use this checklist to cultivate a year-round home for your wild neighbors.
In 2020, we helped disband a trophy hunters' advisory panel, retained protections for grizzly bears and ended more wildlife killing contests
Trophy hunting is a cruel and dangerous pastime that is pushing some of the world’s most iconic animals closer to extinction, and the Humane Society family of organizations has put our might behind stopping it.
Undercover investigation lays bare extreme cruelty in Indiana and Texas wildlife killing contests. Foxes, bobcats, coyotes among animals blasted with assault rifles
It is a bloody scene at the Texas weigh-in of the “De Leon Pharmacy and Sporting Goods’ Varmint Hunt #1” on a cold January morning this year.
Coyotes, foxes among hundreds of animals saved from fur and urine farm in Ohio
More than 250 animals have now been safely relocated from an abysmal fur and urine farm in Hartsgrove, Ohio, to rehabilitators and sanctuaries. Our rescuers are calling this one of the most horrific situations they have ever seen.
“Una situazione orribile”: centinaia di volpi, procioni, ibridi lupo-cane, puzzole e coyote sono stati salvati da un allevamento per la produzione di pellicce in Ohio
OHIO, Stati Uniti (18 marzo 2025)—Nel mese di gennaio, Humane World for Animals—precedentemente nota come Humane Society International e Humane Society of the United States—e le autorità dello Stato dell’Ohio hanno portato a termine un’operazione di salvataggio di centinaia di animali presso un a
How to stop animals from digging or burrowing under fences
An L-shaped footer can keep wildlife from entering your yard or burrowing beneath sheds and other spaces.
Backyard book list
From natural histories of misunderstood species to stories of interconnectedness, the following selections will help you (and, in some cases, your children and grandchildren) think differently about wildlife in your own neighborhood and beyond.
Two-thirds of Massachusetts voters back fur ban ahead of Beacon Hill hearing
Massachusetts lawmakers will soon face a clear choice: stand with two-thirds of their voters, who support ending the sale of fur from animals farmed for their pelts, or stand behind an industry that profits from cruelty.
How to humanely manage conflicts with groundhogs
Groundhogs can cause headaches for homeowners—learn how to coexist with these wild neighbors.
Undercover investigation reveals stressed wild animals trapped in shopping mall petting zoos
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 Agriculture more than 110 times for violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
One year later: Hundreds of animals rescued from ‘horrific’ fur and urine farm are safe and thriving
One year ago, Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, completed the weeks-long rescue of hundreds of animals fro