Johan Swanepoel
Humane World Blog
Washington has banned the use of elephants, wild cats, bears and nonhuman primates in circuses and other traveling shows. The...
Three years ago, Americans were stunned to learn that puppies and adult dogs were being subjected to gruesome surgeries...
Colorado has just banned cages for egg-laying chickens and will require that eggs produced and sold in the state be cage-free...
Like most parents in this strange moment, I’ve spent the last few months watching my daughter complete her senior year and...
The killing of Cecil the lion five years this week ago by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe triggered worldwide outrage...
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on companion animals around the world. Shelters and rescues in many...
In Arizona, a woman’s marmoset monkey attacked her newborn grandchild, scratching and biting the baby’s face and splitting...
The Dutch parliament has voted to permanently shut down an estimated 128 mink fur farms in the wake of coronavirus outbreaks...
A tragic story from Canada underscores the vast, global scale of the puppy mill problem, and how important it is that we root...
For years, Scotland has allowed fish farmers and other fisheries to shoot seals in order to keep them from eating their fish...
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Kitty Block is the chief executive officer and president of Humane World for Animals, as well as chief executive officer of Humane World Action Fund.