Formac Stables trained horses sored during HSUS UC investigation

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USDA drags its feet on giving horses protection against cruel soring

In a blow to horses, the Trump administration has postponed implementation of a long-overdue federal rule to combat horse...

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More Than a Pet 2025 Community Hero Award Finalist Demonte Moore
More Than a Pet campaign celebrates heroes for helping animals

Cast your vote and help decide who will be named the 2025 More Than a Pet Community Hero!

Humane World for Animals assists Ohio authorities with a large-scale multi-species alleged neglect case
Animal rescue and response
Dehydrated, eyeless dog just one of more than 100 animals rescued from alleged cruelty case
Ending animal cruelty means rescuing animals in crisis and preventing animals from ever ending up in such situations.
Black bear sow and cub feeding in Yellowstone National Park
Wildlife protection
Seeing a mother bear nursing cubs in Yellowstone changed how I understand bear families

At Humane World for Animals, we work to protect wild species of many kinds from trophy hunting and lethal predator control...

Chickens in cruel confinement of factory farming
Farmed animal welfare
Bird flu and inflation are being used as excuses to undo farm animal protection laws
Going backward on more than a dozen animal welfare and public health laws is NOT a solution to this crisis.
Happy horses stroll outdoors
Protecting equines
The U.S. could finally outlaw these persistent cruelties to horses

Two bills reintroduced to the U.S. Congress this week could prevent the protracted suffering of so many horses. Here are ways...

Rescued wolf-dog hybrid giving birth
Animal rescue and response
Last wolf-dog hybrid on fur farm gives birth as she’s rescued
A heartwarming conclusion to a rescue operation focused on more than 300 animals at a fur and urine farm just an hour from...
Mother dog and her puppies at a puppy mill
Stopping puppy mills Helping captive wildlife
New audit knocks persistent USDA dog breeder inspection deficiencies
The bar is low for dog breeder inspections—and getting lower.
2025 Kansas Cockfighting Rescue
Ending animal fighting
Kansas raid cuts to the heart of cockfighting’s cruelty, and the need for action
This raid in Kansas spotlights cockfighting's cruelty. The massive suffering the birds endure propels our efforts to get at...
Kitty with dog
Humane World for Animals: A vision for the future

Our determination to end animal cruelty has made us who we are today. After 70 years of changing the lives of animals, we now...