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Finding a home for Buster: How the HSUS works with shelter and rescue partners to help animals after disasters

The Humane Society of the United States steps in swiftly when called upon to help animals in the aftermath of major disasters...

Protecting equines
Breaking news: U.S. reinstates safeguards to prevent wild horse and burro slaughter

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson In a major victory for our campaign to protect wild horses and burros, the United States...

Protecting equines
Horseracing Integrity Act will crack down on drugging, protect racehorses

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson In recent years, major professional sports have taken crucial steps to rid themselves of...

Farmed animal welfare
With new scorecard, HSUS will hold food companies accountable on their animal welfare commitments

Our dynamic Farm Animal Protection team has been responsible for a seismic shift in how the country’s largest food companies...

Animals in research
HSUS undercover investigation shows beagles being poisoned with pesticides and drugs, killed at animal testing lab

It’s the kind of video no dog lover would ever wish to see, but we are releasing it today because it’s important for you to...

HSUS Animal Rescue Team deploys in tornado-hit Alabama to help local shelters, transport dogs

As Alabama recovers from a blitz of devastating tornadoes, the Humane Society of the United States is on the ground in Lee...

Trophy hunting mountain lions can hurt ecosystems, increase conflict

Over the last three decades, 80,000 mountain lions have been killed for trophies, most of them from the western and...

Efforts in Congress to help save critically endangered right whales

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson North Atlantic right whales, once decimated by whalers, have continued to face an onslaught...

Wildlife protection
Breaking news: US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes stripping federal protections for wolves

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will issue a proposed rule to strip Endangered Species Act...