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Farmed animal welfare
More meatless meals coming to a dining facility near you, with new HSUS-Sodexo partnership

If you have ever eaten a meal at a university or hospital cafeteria or at the cafeteria in your workplace, there’s a good...

HSUS asks federal consumer protection agency to crack down on deceptive advertising of puppy mill puppies

Puppy sellers routinely use deceptive practices to lure consumers into buying sick puppy mill dogs – practices we recently...

Animal rescue and response
Breaking news: Judge says New Hampshire Great Danes can be placed for adoption

The verdict is in -- and it’s a good one -- for the future of dozens of Great Danes who have spent a year in legal limbo...

Raccoons are great climbers – and wild neighbors

What goes up must come down – eventually. Americans watched with great fascination this week as a raccoon climbed up a 23...

More than 5,600 dogs and cats helped in first round of Spayathon for Puerto Rico

Our team has just completed the first stage of Spayathon for Puerto Rico, an ambitious initiative to spay and neuter 20,000...

Animal rescue and response
HSI rescues 50 dogs from South Korea meat trade before summer slaughter begins

For 50 dogs raised on a dog meat farm in South Korea, this will be a summer of hope instead of terror. This week, Humane...

Protecting equines
Racehorses have a right to a good retirement and protections against slaughter and drugging

The horse racing season concludes this weekend with the Belmont Stakes, the third and final race in the Triple Crown series...

Ohio senate advances groundbreaking reform for puppy mill dogs

We have exciting news to report from Ohio today. In response to our Stop Puppy Mills Ohio ballot initiative campaign, the...

Protecting equines
Duchess Sanctuary, a safe haven for abused equines, celebrates its 10th anniversary

For years, the government, through the Bureau of Land Management, has attempted to control wild horse and burro numbers by...