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Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo ends program allowing direct contact with wildlife

Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago says it has ended a program where visitors were allowed to touch or interact with wildlife...

More Yellowstone grizzly bears are dying at human hands than ever before; HSUS, allies suggest common-sense solutions

The past four years have seen a tragic, record-breaking spike in the numbers of grizzly bears killed in conflicts with humans...

Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act moves up in Congress; New film exposes cruelty and corruption in global trade

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act passed the Senate Commerce Committee with a near...

Animal rescue and response
Breaking news: Petland moves to close store after HSUS investigation shows rabbits dying without medical care

A Petland store that was the subject of an HSUS undercover investigation released this week appears to be closing down. After...

Protecting equines
PAST Act introduced in Senate as more evidence for ending walking horse abuse surfaces

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Recent developments in a case involving a Tennessee walking horse named Honors, who was...

Breaking news: 'Joe Exotic,' who kept hundreds of big cats in appalling conditions, found guilty of murder-for-hire and wildlife charges

The bizarre saga of a former Oklahoma roadside zoo owner, whose menagerie of hundreds of dangerous exotic animals was exposed...

Animal rescue and response
Breaking: Undercover investigation finds rabbits dying without medical care at Petland store

Dead rabbits piled up in a freezer and hidden under a table in a back room were among the many shocking discoveries made at a...

California bill would end trophy hunting of bobcats

A bill introduced in California this week would end all trophy hunting of bobcats, making the Golden State the first in the...

Animals in research Animal rescue and response
Victory: Dow AgroSciences beagles will head to Michigan Humane Society for TLC and happy futures

Dow AgroSciences will release the beagles who were being used in a pesticide test to the Michigan Humane Society where they...