Pets & Cruelty, In the News /
The truth Gov. Noem’s puppy-killing scandal reveals about us all
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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Hoosiers, it’s time to hold legislators accountable
The Indiana Humane Scorecard is available for the first time this year, offering a new resource for Indiana voters whose compassion for animals influences which political candidates they support. Holding legislators accountable on animal-welfare issues is critical as we strive to make our voices louder than those who hurt animals for sport or profit.
By uniting behind candidates who understand what is at stake, we can better fight animal cruelty in all forms.
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Help stop ‘fix’ in Farm Bill that would undercut strongest farm animal welfare law in U.S.
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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What you need to know about new dog import rule that bans puppies coming into the U.S.
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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Chimps await sanctuary, while NIH still refuses to move them despite judge’s ruling
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Despite a recent court ruling and the animal welfare benefits of sanctuary retirement, media reports indicate the National Institutes of Health is still refusing to allow 26 chimpanzees warehoused in a government laboratory in New Mexico to spend the rest of their lives at Chimp Haven. These chimps have been at this government facility since at least 2001.
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Congressional hostiles seek to “endanger” wildlife further still
Leave it to a chamber of Congress that in too many respects has lost its way on wildlife to embrace a full-scale assault on gray wolves in the immediate aftermath of one of the most sadistic acts of cruelty ever committed against a wild animal―a female gray wolf yearling―in the nation’s history.
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Breaking: In a huge win for horses, USDA announces final rule seeking to end horse soring
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
From the perspective of public policy, there are certain cruelties that seem to hang around forever, even when their depravity is abundantly evident, defying―in a way―the political equivalent of gravity. Horse soring, which involves the very intentional infliction of pain and suffering on Tennessee walking horses and related breeds in the show world, is just that kind of cruelty.
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Breaking: ‘Horrible Hundred’ report exposes American Kennel Club as complicit in puppy mills
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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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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+ Read MoreAnimals 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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+ Read MoreWildlife, In the News /
Horrific wolf killing in Wyoming shows urgent need for increased protections
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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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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