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As crucial Florida greyhound vote looms, Ellen DeGeneres, Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson support Amendment 13

Greyhound racing is a bleak and sordid enterprise for the animals. The dogs are confined 20-23 hours a day in stacked...

Breaking news: Iconic fashion brand Coach drops fur

Luxury brand Coach has become the latest fashion brand to adopt a 100 percent fur-free policy, with the company’s chief...

Ending animal testing
Despite efforts to thwart the process, NIH says it will retire chimpanzees to sanctuary

The National Institutes of Health says it remains committed to retiring nearly 255 federally owned or supported chimpanzees...

Protecting equines
USDA scales back on enforcing Animal Welfare Act violations by puppy mills, roadside zoos and other businesses

In early 2017, with a new administration in office, the U.S. Department of Agriculture deleted its online public database...

HSUS, HSI challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over information blackout on lion and elephant trophy imports

Each year, American trophy hunters import a staggering 126,000 hunting trophies into the United States. This includes...

Ending animal fighting
Mexico City moves to ban bullfighting

Bullfighting, even when it masquerades as celebration or tradition, is nothing more that the most egregious cruelty to...

Animal rescue and response
Post Hurricane Michael, HSUS Animal Rescue Team helping move hundreds of animals

Our Animal Rescue Team is on the ground in parts of Florida that were ravaged by Hurricane Michael. We are coordinating the...

Americans furious as Idaho game commission official boasts about killing 14 animals on Africa trip

Update: This evening, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter announced that he had asked for -- and accepted -- the resignation of Blake...

Bill in Pennsylvania would ban sale of puppy mill dogs in pet stores

A bill that would ban the sale of dogs from large-scale commercial breeders at pet stores is making its way through the...