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Major gains for farm animals in 2019, including advances for laying hens, growth in plant-based foods

The year 2019 saw some spectacular victories in our campaigning for farm animals around the world. We spearheaded successful...

Giving thanks for animals

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for all of the wonderful people -- family members and friends -- who share our lives...

New Jersey lawmakers ban shark fin sales; 14th U.S. state to crack down on the trade

New Jersey could soon join the growing ranks of states that have banned the inhumane shark fin trade. A bill banning the sale...

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump signs PACT Act; law will crack down on some of the worst animal cruelty crimes

Starting today, those who commit the most extreme acts of cruelty against animals will face severe federal penalties...

Farmed animal welfare
BREAKING NEWS: Judge rejects meat lobby attempt to block California’s landmark farm animal protection law

A California judge has rejected an attempt by the meat lobby to stop Proposition 12, the state’s historic law that would ban...

Farmed animal welfare
BREAKING NEWS: Michigan passes law ending cages for hens; first Midwestern state to do so

Moments ago, Michigan passed into law a ban on the production and sale of eggs from chickens locked in cruel cages. This is a...

BREAKING NEWS: New Mexico votes to end trapping of cougars

New Mexico will no longer allow trophy hunters to prey upon its cougars with cruel snares and leghold traps. The State Game...

BREAKING NEWS: House votes to end shark fin sales in the U.S.

The U.S. House just said a decisive and resounding “no” to the terrible shark fin trade, in which fishermen cut the fins off...

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On our 65th anniversary, a salute to our founders

Sixty-five years ago, four animal advocates, determined to fill “a great vacuum, at the national level, in American humane...