Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News, State Legislation  /  

Elephant’s brief escape from circus in Montana underscores the urgency to end animal acts

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Animals in Research, Wildlife, Federal Legislation  /  

Our fight against expanded use of monkeys in research heats up

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

We’re pushing back hard against plans to fund expanded reliance on monkeys in experiments in the U.S., plans that would see even more of these intelligent, curious animals used in outdated and unreliable tests, often at taxpayer expense.

Instead, we’ve advocated for broader investments in technologically-advanced methods that don’t use live animals and can tell us more about how the human body works—instead of attempting to translate the results of animal experiments to humans.

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Wildlife, In the News  /  

Horrific wolf killing in Wyoming shows urgent need for increased protections

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Wildlife  /  

Breaking: We’re going to court to fight for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation  /  

Presidential Candidate Profile: Donald Trump’s record on animal protection

With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump.  

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Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation  /  

Presidential Candidate Profile: Joe Biden’s record on animal protection

With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump.

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Wildlife  /  

Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections for African elephants

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized critical trade protections for African elephants. Serious threats such as poaching, habitat encroachment and climate change continue to imperil this endangered species; African elephants have suffered a severe population decline over the last 100 years.

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Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation  /  

As hippos disappear, U.S. drags its feet on endangered species protections

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Animals in Research, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation  /  

New hope for 26 chimps who deserve life in a sanctuary, not a lab

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Twenty-six chimpanzees at a laboratory in New Mexico have a stronger shot at spending the rest of their lives in a sanctuary now that the National Institutes of Health has dropped its appeal in a lawsuit focused on their future.  

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Farm Animals, Federal Legislation  /  

Breaking: Threat to nation's strongest farm animal law deepens in U.S. Congress

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Whatever doubt there may have been before, the situation is now crystal clear. The battle over California’s Proposition 12 and the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act (or some other approach to blocking Proposition 12 through the Farm Bill) has been joined, and we’re in the thick of it.

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Animals in Research, Federal Legislation, State Legislation  /  

Good news! Washington becomes 12th state to ban sale of animal-tested cosmetics

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Wildlife, In the News  /  

Another beloved elephant in Tanzania has been killed by a trophy hunter

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

News has come out that another bull elephant was shot and killed in Tanzania, reportedly by an American trophy hunter from Texas. This is the third bull, believed to likely be another “super tusker,” beloved by locals, gunned down near the Tanzanian-Kenyan border, part of the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, within the past six months.

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