Taking action for animals

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Make your voice count

Your voice is needed on these important issues. Here’s how you can take action — and why it matters.

Your actions make a difference

Make sure your elected officials know that you are an advocate for animals. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.

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Two sloths fighting in the presence of customers who purchased an encounter with sloths. One sloth suffered from a wound under his chin.

The HSUS

At Sloth Encounters, an undercover investigator from the Humane Society of the United States documented sloths fighting in the presence of customers who purchased an encounter with sloths. One sloth suffered from a wound under his chin.
Pledge to protect captive wild animals

The misguided demand for interactions with wild animals is fueling an industry that harms wildlife across the U.S. and around the world. Avoid attractions that offer close encounters with wild animals.

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This is an important win for farm animals: Prop 12 has been called the world’s strongest farm animal law, and in addition to banning cruel cages in California, it also prohibits the sales of products that come from these abused animals, no matter where the eggs, pork and veal were produced.
Speak up for animals suffering on factory farms

Prevent the suffering of animals on factory farms and protect the world around us. Urge world leaders to support and drive a transition toward a more resilient plant-centric food system.

A puppy looks desperately through a chainlink cage with pleading eyes

Jean Chung/For HSI

End the dog and cat meat trades in Indonesia

In Indonesia, every month tens of thousands of dogs and cats are brutally slaughtered, butchered and sold for meat. 

A dog is chained up to a tree and looks pleadingly at the camera

Meredith Lee/The HSUS

End organized dogfighting

Dogs forced to fight for human entertainment suffer horrific injuries and sometimes death. Speak out against this cruelty.

Sad dog in cage in Indiana toxicology lab

The HSUS

End experiments on dogs

On average, more than 60,000 dogs are used in experiments each year in the United States. Call on U.S. state and federal governments to end experiments on dogs and invest in science that doesn’t cause animal suffering.

The HSUS

Beagles are used in laboratory tests because of their gentle nature.
Urge the FDA to end animal testing

It’s time for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put an end to these outdated and flawed practices—and embrace science without suffering.