Search
Found 54 results for hippos
Here’s how the Biden administration should help animals this year
We recently celebrated progress toward protecting wolves, bears, coyotes, cougars, foxes, bobcats and other native carnivores living on the vast U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service advanced a rule that would protect them from lethal and flawed “predator control” programs. Until the rule is finalized, however, their lives still hang in the balance, waiting for a decision that could mean the difference between life and death.
Such is the power that public policy has over the lives of animals. And it’s just one decision that we’re urging the Biden administration to make before election season stalls critical activity to finalize protections for so many species.
U.S. Presidents And Their Pets - The Ultimate Guide
White House pets reflect our ever-evolving relationship with animals
Shocking undercover investigation reveals illicit sale of ivory across Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—Today Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, released alarming results of an undercover investigation at more than 60 locations in Pennsyl
This year, we won some big animal protection battles in the nation’s capital
The fight for public policy gains for animals at the federal level is not for the faint of heart nor the weak of spirit. Every day, in every congressional session, it’s an all-out battle to secure humane laws and regulations.
Trophy hunting is back on the Italian political agenda
BRUSSELS —The issue of trophy hunting is back on the Italian political agenda with the new presentation by Hon.
Breaking: Belgium bans the import of hunting trophies from endangered species
In a triumph for wild animals and the people who advocate for their protection, Belgium’s Parliament voted to prohibit the importation of hunting trophies from many endangered species into the country. This means that trophy hunters who pay top dollar to travel abroad to shoot endangered animals to death will no longer be able to bring home animal body parts to hang on their walls.
Safari Club International’s annual convention will bring more than 850 exhibitors from 30 countries to Tennessee to promote the killing of thousands of animals
WASHINGTON—Next week in Nashville, Tennessee, thousands of hunters will gather at Safari Club International’s annual convention, featuring over 850 exhibitors from more than 30 countries.
Footstools made from elephant feet and slippers made from bear paws: award-winning wildlife photojournalist Britta Jaschinski highlights the macabre reality of trophy hunting
LONDON—An emotive exhibition by award-winning wildlife photographer Britta Jaschinski, in support of a campaign to end UK imports of hunting trophies, has opened in London to public acclaim.
At CITES in Panama, we’re pushing for greater wildlife protection worldwide
What kind of world would this be if there were no regulation of the international trade in wildlife and wildlife parts?
Massive collaboration, massive rescue
Over 700 wild animals rescued from Puerto Rican facilities with help from the HSUS.
Undercover investigation exposes where hunting trophies end up
American trophy hunters target hundreds of thousands of animals in the U.S.
Breaking: Undercover investigation reveals a thriving ivory trade in Maryland, driving cruel slaughter of elephants
Today, we’re releasing the findings of our undercover investigation revealing a thriving market for ivory products in Maryland.