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An inside look at what it takes to go undercover for the animals
Imagine having to work in a roadside zoo, a pet store selling puppy mill puppies, a slaughter plant or a factory farm without ever being able to show your true feelings.
This was Magnolia before your support made her rescue possible
It was November 2022 when, at the request of the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, our Animal Rescue Team arrived at a property in Ohio that seemed abandoned. Inside two ramshackle barns, filled with cobwebs and feet of filth and manure, there were animals struggling to survive. The horse who would later be named Magnolia had a ruptured eye that had scarred over and was pacing anxiously in her pen as rescuers surveyed the conditions of all the horses.
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Post Hurricane Michael, HSUS Animal Rescue Team helping move hundreds of animals
Our Animal Rescue Team is on the ground in parts of Florida that were ravaged by Hurricane Michael.
States act to protect animals left outside in cold weather
Late last year, Pennsylvania investigators found a dog named Cam dead and frozen solid on a heavy chain, wedged between a small dog house and a fence. He appeared to have been digging for warmth when he died.
Mississippi passes bill making animal torture an automatic felony; Iowa is now the only outlier in nation
We have good news to share from Mississippi and Iowa, the only two states in the nation without a law on the books that would make acts of animal torture, like burning, drowning and intentional starvation, an automatic felony.
In 2020, we continued to make tremendous progress for animals; support our lifesaving work this Giving Tuesday
Each December, we round up some of the year’s most notable successes in carrying on the fight for animal protection.
How Petland is trying to keep puppy mills in business
Petland, a company we’ve exposed for buying puppies from some of the worst puppy mills in the nation, is putting its money and influence behind this bill.
Animal rescue and response
Local emergency response departments, humane societies and animal shelters often don’t have the resources to help animal victims of disasters and large-scale cruelty cases. That’s where we come in.
The American Kennel Club is actively obstructing stronger protections for dogs
The American Kennel Club turns 140 years old this week. Its tagline is “For the love of all things dog.” Nothing could be more misleading. Although it tries to pass itself off in the U.S. Congress and elsewhere as an authority on animal welfare, the organization is a breed registry for purebred dogs, one that has actively come to resist progress for animal welfare. Over the last few decades, the AKC has become little more than a front for the puppy mill industry, one that serves the interests of large-scale mass breeders while charging them for the AKC’s certifications of pedigree and litter registrations. Despite its widespread name recognition as an animal organization, the AKC is not in the business of protecting dogs, as some elected officials and members of the public seem to believe. It’s in the business of protecting and supporting the interests of dog breeders and their profits.
Airbnb, TripAdvisor announcements herald progress for wild animals trapped in tourism industry
Today, the New York Times reported on Airbnb’s new featured offering of “animal experiences,” which will have an ethical focus and will ban any direct contact with wild animals.
In 2019, we made big strides for companion animals in puppy mills, dog meat trade, research and more
Each year, our campaigns work on a multitude of issues related to improving the lives of companion animals, including dogs, cats and horses. In 2019, we made incredible gains on this front, culminating with the signing of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act into law in November.
In 2019, HSUS legal team secured crucial wins against trophy hunting, fur, puppy mills and farm animal suffering
Our Animal Protection Litigation team plays a critical role at the Humane Society of the United States, filing lawsuits and legal petitions to support our major campaigns, drafting language for state and federal animal protection bills and ballot measures, and defending animal protection laws onc
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Rescuing dogs from breeding operation in Maryland
Our Animal Rescue Team rescued more than 100 dogs and puppies from alleged neglect at a breeding operation in Harford County.