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Every whale counts

The images of the orca Tahlequah keeping her dead calf afloat in Puget Sound while trying to keep pace with the other members...

Animal rescue and response
Massachusetts passes historic comprehensive anti-cruelty law

As a Massachusetts native, I’m excited about my home state’s latest positive action for animal protection, the passage of a...

Animal rescue and response
Government says Indonesia will ban dog meat trade

We received exciting news this weekend regarding our fight against the global trade in dog meat. At a meeting on veterinary...

Animal rescue and response
Pets for Life reaches 100,000 spay/neuter surgery milestone

Last week, the HSUS Pets for Life program provided its 100,000 spay/neuter surgery at no cost to pet owners. Since early 2012...

Lawsuit seeks to evict foxes from Interior’s henhouse

Americans expect their government to conduct its affairs with transparency and fairness, and certainly not in the manner of...

Protecting equines
A death at Chincoteague—once again

I first read the book, Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry when I was in 3rd grade. I tried for weeks to get the book...

Animal rescue and response
Fighting cruelty, large or small, is our mission

You’re used to reading here and elsewhere about larger cruelty deployments in which The HSUS is involved, and that’s an...

Farmed animal welfare
Trump’s ag relief program will benefit factory farms, not family farmers

What many commentators have cast as President Trump’s predilection for trade wars has certainly caused consternation and even...

Animal cruelty could be warning behavior for future terrorist acts, new report says

The link between crimes involving cruelty to animals and human violence has been well documented and long recognized by the...