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8 May 2024, 2:50 pm
Media Contact:Kirsten Peek, 202-744-3875, kpeek@hslf.org Pets & Cruelty Press Release [read post]
2 May 2024, 9:13 am
Chimps await sanctuary, while NIH still refuses to move them despite judge’s ruling kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 05/02/2024 - 16:13 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Despite a recent court ruling and the animal welfare benefits of sanctuary retirement, media reports indicate the National Institutes of Health is still refusing to allow 26 chimpanzees warehoused in a government laboratory in New Mexico to spend the rest of their lives at Chimp Haven. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 8:52 pm
Congressional hostiles seek to “endanger” wildlife further still kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 05/01/2024 - 03:52 Leave it to a chamber of Congress that in too many respects has lost its way on wildlife to embrace a full-scale assault on gray wolves in the immediate aftermath of one of the most sadistic acts of cruelty ever committed against a wild animal―a female gray wolf yearling―in the nation’s history. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 12:38 pm
Breaking: In a huge win for horses, USDA announces final rule seeking to end horse soring kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/29/2024 - 19:38 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block From the perspective of public policy, there are certain cruelties that seem to hang around forever, even when their depravity is abundantly evident, defying―in a way―the political equivalent of gravity. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 10:44 am
USDA moves to end the cruel “Big Lick” for horses kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/29/2024 - 17:44 WASHINGTON (April 29, 2024)—Today, the U.S. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 10:27 am
HSLF rejects Kristi Noem’s cynical account of killing her family dog kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/29/2024 - 17:27 WASHINGTON (April 29, 2024)—South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem continues to dismiss accusations of cruelty in the wake of The Guardian’s report that her upcoming memoir includes passages telling how she ended the lives of her family’s 14-month-old puppy and a goat on their farm. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 7:35 am
Breaking: ‘Horrible Hundred’ report exposes American Kennel Club as complicit in puppy mills kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/29/2024 - 14:35 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Some of the findings of our latest Horrible Hundred report sound like scenes from horror films. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 6:54 pm
Report of Governor Noem’s animal cruelty unsettling kblocher@hslf.org Sat, 04/27/2024 - 01:54 WASHINGTON (April 26, 2024) — Today, The Guardian reported that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem acknowledged in her upcoming memoir how she ended the lives of her family’s 14-month-old puppy and a goat on their farm. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 5:04 pm
The Humane Society of the United States urges the horse racing industry to embrace protective measures for horse safety kblocher@hslf.org Sat, 04/27/2024 - 00:04 WASHINGTON, D.C. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 9:41 am
Elephant’s brief escape from circus in Montana underscores the urgency to end animal acts kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/18/2024 - 16:41 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Earlier this week, an elderly captive elephant named Viola escaped from a circus in Butte, Montana. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 9:29 am
Our fight against expanded use of monkeys in research heats up kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/17/2024 - 16:29 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We’re pushing back hard against plans to fund expanded reliance on monkeys in experiments in the U.S., plans that would see even more of these intelligent, curious animals used in outdated and unreliable tests, often at taxpayer expense. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 11:12 am
Nix the Prop 12 “Fix” kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/10/2024 - 18:12 Nix the Prop 12 “Fix” WASHINGTON (April 10, 2024)—As the National Pork Producers Council takes its anti-animal welfare case to Capitol Hill, the Humane Society Legislative Fund warns against inserting language into the Farm Bill that would invalidate California’s Proposition 12, a state law setting landmark prohibitions on the sale of food products from farm animals… [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 11:35 am
Horrific wolf killing in Wyoming shows urgent need for increased protections kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 04/09/2024 - 18:35 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Last week, reports surfaced that a man in Wyoming allegedly ran down a wolf with a snowmobile. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 2:03 am
Breaking: We’re going to court to fight for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, with our allies, we sued the U.S. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 8:42 pm
New Lawsuit Aims to Protect Wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/08/2024 - 03:42 New Lawsuit Aims to Protect Wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains Groups Allege Fish and Wildlife Service Illegally Denied Protections to Wolves BOZEMAN, Mont. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 12:21 pm
Presidential Candidate Profile: Donald Trump’s record on animal protection kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/04/2024 - 19:21 With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 10:26 am
Presidential Candidate Profile: Joe Biden’s record on animal protection kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/04/2024 - 17:26 With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 10:26 am
Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections for African elephants kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/29/2024 - 17:26 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, the U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 10:36 pm
Victory: U.S. restricts the import of live African elephants and trophies kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/29/2024 - 05:36 Victory: U.S. restricts the import of live African elephants and trophies The African elephant population has declined 60% over the last 50 years WASHINGTON (March 29, 2024)—Today, the U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 11:02 am
As hippos disappear, U.S. drags its feet on endangered species protections kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/28/2024 - 18:02 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson So much of our work to give imperiled animals the protections they deserve is a long game, and we’ve been going to the proverbial bat to preserve the hippopotamus for years. [read post]
