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29 Apr 2020, 11:41 am
Democracy must remain open and inclusive kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/29/2020 - 18:41 By Brad Pyle Our legislatures, elections officials, and courts must find ways to protect the rights of American voters to have their voices heard in the upcoming election season and through the ballot and referendum process. [read post]
24 Jul 2024, 12:39 pm
In significant win, court upholds Massachusetts farm animal protection law kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 07/24/2024 - 19:39 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block When the Supreme Court of the United States upheld California’s Proposition 12 last year against a challenge from pork producers eager to keep mother pigs in extreme confinement, animal advocates celebrated and hoped that recalcitrant producers would see the writing on the wall and cease their endless challenges to… [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 12:25 pm
Proposed monkey warehouse in Georgia would be a step backward for animals and science kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 02/12/2024 - 20:25 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A company called “Safer Human Medicine” is proposing to build a monkey breeding warehouse in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia. [read post]
12 Jul 2021, 2:03 pm
Almost half of puppy mills complaints handled inappropriately USDA internal audit finds kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/12/2021 - 21:03 For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 10:40 am
Breaking news: The U.S. just delisted gray wolves so trophy hunters can kill them kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 10/29/2020 - 17:40 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a heinous move that defies both science and common sense, the United States has prematurely lifted federal protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states, giving them carte blanche to open trophy hunting seasons on these beloved native carnivores. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 11:39 am
For the new administration, swift reinstatement of 2016 horse soring rule is the right call kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 11/12/2020 - 19:39 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The reinstatement of the 2016 federal rule to address the abhorrent and widely scorned practice of horse soring in the Tennessee walking horse industry should be an easy decision for the incoming administration. [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 12:02 pm
Bill to ban dangerous wild animals as pets advances in Nevada kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/21/2021 - 19:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Nevada, one of the last remaining states without a ban on the ownership of exotic wild animals as pets, is now moving to pass a law to do exactly that. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 1:56 pm
Senate passes the Big Cat Public Safety Act kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 12/06/2022 - 21:56 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a major advance in our long fight against the abuse of captive big cats, the U.S. [read post]
7 Sep 2021, 9:13 am
In major win for animals, Mexico bans animal testing for cosmetics kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 09/07/2021 - 16:13 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Even in our age of advanced technologies, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats continue to have chemicals and substances forced down their throats, dripped into their eyes or slathered on their skin to satisfy new regulatory demands that undercut progress against cosmetic animal testing. [read post]
25 Sep 2024, 10:53 am
kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 09/25/2024 - 17:53 Our annual legislative scorecard is a trusted source for evaluating the animal protection commitments of elected officials at the federal level. [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 12:49 pm
All the great progress in our fight against puppy mills this summer kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/23/2022 - 19:49 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Summer is a time of rest and relaxation for many of us, but there has been no lull in our fight to end puppy mills. [read post]
14 Apr 2020, 11:28 am
World Health Organization says nations should end wildlife trade kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 04/14/2020 - 18:28 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The World Health Organization is calling on nations to end wildlife markets because of the high risk they pose for the spread of pathogens like the coronavirus that can jump from animals to humans. [read post]
9 Jun 2020, 10:52 am
.'s argali trophy hunt in Mongolia cost American taxpayers $77,000 kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 06/09/2020 - 17:52 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We’ve just learned that Donald Trump Jr. [read post]
12 Oct 2021, 11:47 am
American imports of giraffe trophies and body parts are driving the animals to extinction kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 10/12/2021 - 18:47 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Giraffes, with their iconic long necks and unmistakable, beautifully patterned coats, are facing extinction. [read post]
12 Nov 2021, 1:48 am
Inside our campaign for Proposition 12, the strongest law for farm animals kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 11/12/2021 - 09:48 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Three years ago this month, something truly extraordinary happened for animals. [read post]
6 May 2022, 10:35 am
The other Supreme Court case you should be following kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 05/06/2022 - 17:35 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The norm on factory farms is to lock egg-laying hens, mother pigs and calves used for veal in cages so small they’re virtually immobilized. [read post]
18 Jul 2022, 9:54 am
Breaking: Historic transport of approximately 4,000 beagles spared from animal testing kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/18/2022 - 16:54 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block You may have seen in the news that our Animal Rescue Team was approached by the U.S. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 1:02 pm
Triple Crown season begins this Saturday with racing industry under a cloud over horse deaths, trainer indictments kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 06/16/2020 - 20:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The coronavirus pandemic is not the only problem plaguing the horse racing industry as it prepares for the first of the Triple Crown races at Belmont Stakes this Saturday with altered schedules, shorter race times and a TV-only audience. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 1:17 pm
Biden administration withdraws Trump-era plan for higher line speeds at chicken slaughterhouses kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 01/25/2021 - 21:17 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Biden administration has withdrawn a deplorable pending rule that would have allowed qualifying chicken slaughter plants in the United States to permanently dial up line speeds from an already inhumane and lightning-fast 140 birds per minute to 175 birds per minute. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 9:16 am
On World Health Day, a global reckoning with COVID-19 is urgent kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 04/07/2020 - 16:16 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Like an alarm bell in the night, COVID-19 has cut through the uneasy silence of the world’s failure to address pandemic illness tied to the trade, transport and consumption of wildlife. [read post]
