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29 Apr 2019, 3:12 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In recent years, understanding our firm and absolute opposition to horse slaughter in the United States and to the cruelty and inefficiency of the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro work, frustrated members of Congress have been pressing the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund to advance a solution-focused proposal. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 11:17 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program is broken. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 11:17 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program is broken. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 10:29 am
Stabenow, center, pictured with HSLF President Sara Amundson, to the left,and HSUS President and CEO Kitty Block, to the right. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 10:29 am
Stabenow, center, pictured with HSLF President Sara Amundson, to the left,and HSUS President and CEO Kitty Block, to the right. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 1:08 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act passed the Senate Commerce Committee with a near-unanimous voice vote this week, with American lawmakers leaving no doubt of how they view the nefarious global trade in which fishermen cut the fins off sharks and dump them back in the waters to drown, be eaten alive by other fish, or bleed to death. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 11:03 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Recent developments in a case involving a Tennessee walking horse named Honors, who was crowned champion despite clear evidence that he was a victim of cruel soring, highlight the urgent need for Congress to swiftly pass the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act. [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 3:00 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, we are releasing chilling footage of Andrew and Owen Renner’s now infamous—and illegal—black bear trophy hunt in Alaska last April, so you can see what grisly fate awaits the state’s native carnivores if the U.S. government goes ahead with a proposal to roll back protections for these animals on federal lands. [read post]
21 Mar 2019, 12:55 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
15 Mar 2019, 8:23 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a major victory for our campaign to protect wild horses and burros, the United States this week reinstated important safeguards that will prevent unscrupulous kill buyers from purchasing large numbers of these iconic American animals and funneling them to slaughter abroad. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 12:45 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In recent years, major professional sports have taken crucial steps to rid themselves of illegal doping in order to create a more level playing field and to protect athletes from the adverse effects of performance-enhancing drugs. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 7:14 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block North Atlantic right whales, once decimated by whalers, have continued to face an onslaught of other threats to their survival in recent decades, including entanglement in commercial fishing gear, collision with large ships, and climate change. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 11:53 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 9:54 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Thousands of tigers, lions, leopards, and other big cats are kept in private homes and poorly run exhibits across the United States. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 8:05 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Procter & Gamble, maker of popular household brands like Herbal Essences, Pantene, and Head & Shoulders, today announced it will join with our #BeCrueltyFree campaign to ban all animal testing for its cosmetics products in major global markets by 2023. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 1:09 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Weather-related disasters such as floods and wildfires are occurring more frequently and with increasing intensity across the United States. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 1:10 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A bipartisan group of U.S. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 10:05 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight, it’s a good time to take stock of how his administration has dealt with animal protection issues of interest to us at the Humane Society Legislative Fund and the Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 10:24 am
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The last horse slaughter plants in the United States closed years ago, and Congress has consistently voted to prohibit funding for horse slaughter inspections within U.S borders. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 3:27 pm
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A strong team of bipartisan lawmakers has reintroduced a bill to end the cruel practice of “soring” Tennessee walking horses and related breeds, a core priority for us here at the Humane Society Legislative Fund and the Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
