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Pathbreaking DC Cat Count project would help humanely manage outdoor cat populations

An estimated 30 to 40 million cats live outdoors in the continental United States at any given time. These are bright and...

Animals in research
On World Chimpanzee Day, let’s celebrate progress and seek a better future for our ‘closest cousins’

When Dr. Jane Goodall went to Africa to study wild chimpanzees exactly 58 years ago today, she embarked on a career that...

Farmed animal welfare
Victory! Rhode Island bans battery cages for egg-laying hens

It’s official: a long-fought-for piece of legislation in Rhode Island to protect hens abused for eggs just became law. The...

Defying the world again, Iceland kills what may be an endangered blue whale

The images are sickening and reminiscent of the photos trophy hunters tend to post with their safari kills. Workers for the...

Breaking: Nearly 100 dogs, cats rescued from large-scale cruelty situation in Mississippi

On the outside, it appeared to be a well-maintained property in Jones County, Mississippi, with several buildings, a neatly...

Wild Neighbors program offers humane solutions for urban wildlife conflicts

The Humane Society of the United States has been working to reduce and humanely resolve human-wildlife conflicts in urban...

At White House meeting, breeders and other stakeholders agree on need for puppy mill reforms

The Humane Society of the United States fights puppy mills on many fronts, from working with local law enforcement to rescue...

In West Virginia, a suspected puppy mill closes and most dogs, cats find homes

The work we do every day requires us to be flexible and pivot at a moment’s notice when challenges arise, and thanks to our...

Americans react with outrage, disgust to giraffe hunter's photos boasting of kill

Exactly three years after the killing of Cecil the lion sparked outrage among the American public, one more U.S. trophy...