Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, are endorsing a new bill introduced in Congress today:

WASHINGTON— Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, applaud the National Institutes of Health for announcing five new initiatives that will help replace animal experiments with innovative human-based research technologies. Today’s NIH announcement included more than $88 million in funding for biomedical infrastructure supporting alternatives to animal experiments, more than $7 million in awards for technologies that can improve scientific measurements without harming animals, and the creation of a new laboratory combining human organoid models with robotics, AI and advanced data tools.

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, commend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today for issuing a direct final rule to implement significant changes to its drug and biologics regulations. Specifically, the FDA seeks to remove outdated references to animal testing, a major step toward clearing regulatory barriers and encouraging drug companies to make greater use of cutting-edge non-animal testing methods.

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, issued the following statement in response to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to expand hunting on public lands and permit the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle. The order raises serious concerns about how wildlife on public lands, which belong to all Americans, will be managed, including whether decisions will continue to prioritize science-based conservation and the health of wildlife and their habitats.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for dumping a wounde

HARRISBURG—Over Labor Day weekend, participants in a live pigeon shoot contest at the Erdman Sportsmen’s Association gathered to blast away at live pigeons.

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislation Fund, issued the following statement today after President Donald Trump announced a new executive order designed to weaken federal protections for wolves as part of a package of concessions that attempt to placate the livestock industry. During a White House event on Friday afternoon, the President suggested that ranchers should be able to shoot wolves at will, which U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins noted that kind of wildlife killing is not allowed where wolves are federally protected.

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund condemn the Bureau of Land Management’s enabling of a pathway that has resulted in circumvention of the longstanding congressional prohibition on wild horse slaughter. This comes in the wake of a New York Times story which reports that thousands of wild horses and burros have been sold to slaughterhouses across our borders since early 2025.  

WASHINGTON—Founded on August 25, 1916 the National Park Service has been entrusted to conserve and safeguard some of the nation’s most treasured places and the iconic wildlife who have called them home for more than a century.