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With a crisis unfolding, let's keep animal protection on the agenda

Over the last few days, COVID-19 has dramatically touched all of our lives. Like you, those of us here at the Humane Society...

140+ dogs rescued from alleged neglect begin road to recovery at Florida shelters

When Misto arrived at the Nassau Humane Society in Florida, he was missing most of his fur and was very thin: a result of the...

Canada's beleaguered seals are running out of time

For decades, Humane Society International and the Humane Society of the United States have worked to stop Canada’s brutal...

Dogs rescued from a North Carolina breeder spotlight the AKC's role in puppy mill suffering

The dog in the picture above exemplifies just how much is wrong with the way the American Kennel Club, which touts itself as...

Farmed animal welfare
HSUS fights efforts by states to gag whistleblowers on factory farms, keep puppy mills in business

Right now, as they do every year, our opponents are mobilizing in state legislatures around the country to halt the march...

Farmed animal welfare
HSUS grades companies on animal welfare pledges: see how McDonald’s, Subway, Starbucks and others performed

Over the last decade, dozens of corporations from Walmart to McDonald’s have promised to reduce animal suffering in their...

Protecting equines
BREAKING NEWS: Racehorse trainers, veterinarians charged in widespread doping scandal

Federal prosecutors have charged more than two dozen racehorse trainers, veterinarians and drug dealers in a “widespread...

HSUS, partners release coronavirus tool kit for shelters; Authorities say no evidence of pet-to-human transmission

This week, Hong Kong authorities reported what appeared to be a case of human-to-animal transmission of coronavirus, after a...

Missouri moves to close down a serial puppy mill offender

A notorious breeder in Missouri who has been featured five times in our annual Horrible Hundred report on problem puppy mills...