Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation  /  

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

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson

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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 Kitty Block and Sara Amundson

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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Wildlife, Federal Legislation, State Legislation  /  

The number of U.S. mink fur farms plummets as consumers reject cruelty

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Fur production in the U.S. is plummeting, and that’s good news for animals. Every five years, as part of the U.S. Census, the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases data on mink farms in the country. The newly released numbers show that in 2017, 236 mink fur farms existed in the U.S. Five years later, only 110 mink fur farms remained. With the speed of this decline, we believe even more mink farms have closed in the last year.

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Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation  /  

Breaking: Our rescue team saves more than 200 dogs from two Oklahoma puppy mills

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Early Monday morning, our Animal Rescue Team arrived at two properties in Milburn, Oklahoma, with officers from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, who served search warrants as part of an alleged animal cruelty situation. Law enforcement requested our assistance with rescuing potentially hundreds of dogs from two dog breeding operations.

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Farm Animals, Federal Legislation, In the News  /  

These legislators stood up for animals and against dangerous EATS Act in U.S. Congress

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Every year, our Humane Awards recognize elected officials who help animals through public policy efforts in the U.S. Congress. As sponsors of positive legislation, and as champions of strong regulatory reforms, these legislators are in the vanguard of the fight for creating more protections for animals.

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Equines, Wildlife, In the News  /  

Here’s how the Biden administration should help animals this year

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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

How animals would be impacted by U.S. federal funding package

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Update March 21, 2024: The second package of federal funding bills was released today, and we were pleased to see that there is NO funding to expand primate testing infrastructure at the National Institutes of Health in this final bill! We thank everyone who reached out to their elected federal officials about this important issue.

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Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation  /  

USDA permanently revokes license of breeder where our Animal Rescue Team saved 110 cats

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

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Animals in Research, Federal Legislation  /  

Proposed monkey warehouse in Georgia would be a step backward for animals and science

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

A company called “Safer Human Medicine” is proposing to build a monkey breeding warehouse in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia. At full capacity, the proposed facility, at a significant cost to taxpayers, would be the largest in the U.S., holding up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques bred for experiments. Such a move would not make medicine safer and would only take science and progress for animals backward.

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