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Earlier this year, we highlighted a heartbreaking story of a man who had to give up his dog because he couldn’t afford the veterinary treatment she needed. The reason we highlighted his story is because this man is not alone: Many Americans are currently facing compounding socioeconomic challenges—and what affects people affects their pets. Since then, these struggles have only intensified, as the recent crisis related to the government shutdown and SNAP benefits showed. 

A ​state court has granted a Kansas-based trophy hunting group’s request for a wolf hunt in Wisconsin for the remaining weeks of February.

In so many respects, scientific and technological innovation has defined this era—so it is nothing less than absurd that taxpayer dollars still fund animal experiments when non-animal approaches that could yield far better results for human health exist. That’s why we push to take the suffering out of science by, among other things, advocating for changes in how taxpayer funding is spent.

CAPE TOWN—Today, the High Court of the Western Cape granted urgent interim relief pending the judgment of the interim interdict against the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE) hunting and export quotas for leopard, black rhino and elephants.

WARSAW, Poland - The animal protection organization Humane World for Animals, formerly known as Humane Society International, recently made grants to assist five animal shelters in areas affected by the devastating flooding in 2024 in southwestern Poland.

Update (11/26/24): 17 State Congresses have approved this historic amendment, which means the bill has passed, since it had already been approved by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. MEXICO CITY—Humane Society International/Mexico celebrates a landmark victory for animal protection in

The federal government has handed out a record number of waivers this month for chicken slaughterhouses to dial up the already dangerous speeds at which they kill birds.

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan― International trade in critically endangered Galápagos land iguanas and vulnerable marine iguanas has been banned at the 20th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting, to the relief of wildlife campaigners.

In the wake of the devastation in Los Angeles, it is as important as ever to show solidarity around animals and those who care for them.

With hundreds of millions of people required to stay indoors during the coronavirus pandemic, the media is reporting an

The euthanasia of homeless companion animals in gas chambers sounds archaic and is inhumane, but the practice is still prevalent in four states—Ohio, Missouri, Utah and Wyoming—w