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16 Aug 2022, 7:54 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Supreme Court case for animals kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/16/2022 - 14:54 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson   Last week we wrote about the briefs submitted to the U.S. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 3:03 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Supreme Court case for animals kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 08/08/2022 - 22:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Those who follow this blog know about the impending lawsuit in front of the United States Supreme Court, which will have immense consequences for animals. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 1:05 am by kblocher@hslf.org
For this post, Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, joins with our president, Sara Amundson, to tell the story about how we tackle institutionalized animal suffering by changing laws and government regulations. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 12:13 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, said: “House passage of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, H.R. 263, is a giant step toward addressing a problem that has been festering for years—America’s surplus of captive tigers and other big cats. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 12:55 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Victory in court for horses who need protection from cruel practice of ‘soring’ kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 07/27/2022 - 19:55 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Some really good news from a federal courtroom on a fight we’ve long been waging for horses: Last Friday, the U.S. [read post]
26 Jul 2022, 3:10 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
” “The Horse Protection Act made the public exhibition, showing or sale of horses victimized by soring illegal upon its passage in 1970, but since then a segment of the industry has flouted the law and continued the practice, exploiting loopholes in the underlying regulations,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 6:38 am by kblocher@hslf.org
How to make Shark Week good for sharks kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/25/2022 - 13:38 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Sharks have been around for 450 million years, outliving the dinosaurs and surviving mass extinctions. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 10:10 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Contact your Reps to help captive big cats in the US kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 07/22/2022 - 17:10 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We have a real chance to end cruelties to big cats in the U.S. by securing passage of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, H.R. 263, which would prohibit keeping big cats as pets and also ban direct physical contact between big cats and the public. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 10:53 am by kblocher@hslf.org
“Earl Blumenauer never stops working for commonsense, federal animal protection measures and the people who care about animals,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 10:47 am by kblocher@hslf.org
"Sharice Davids has worked tirelessly to protect the wildlife, companion animals, and natural beauty of the Sunflower State," said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 8:56 am by kblocher@hslf.org
"As a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, Brian Fitzpatrick has a masterful understanding of the link between abuse of animals and violence against people, and is fighting to stop cruelty on all fronts," said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
18 Jul 2022, 9:54 am by kblocher@hslf.org
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]
7 Jul 2022, 8:18 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Big win: Federal court eliminates changes that weakened the Endangered Species Act kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 07/07/2022 - 15:18 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a major win for America’s most imperiled wildlife, this week a U.S. federal judge voided a package of regulations enacted by the Trump administration that weakened the Endangered Species Act. [read post]
26 Jun 2022, 8:42 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Louisiana becomes 9th state to ban the sale of cosmetics tested on animals kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 06/27/2022 - 03:42 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a victory for rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats and all animals used for testing, Louisiana is the latest state to take steps to end the cruel and unnecessary use of animals to test cosmetics. [read post]
23 Jun 2022, 10:02 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Major developments in pivotal Supreme Court case for animals kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 06/23/2022 - 17:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A lawsuit currently being considered by the United States Supreme Court will have enormous consequences for millions of animals across the country—and we have news about major developments, some of it positive and some disappointing. [read post]
2 Jun 2022, 8:11 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Breaking: Lawsuit forces U.S. to rethink bird flu response kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 06/02/2022 - 15:11 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block When a strain of bird flu sweeps through factory farms, where birds are tightly confined, the current “solution” involves immense cruelty. [read post]
31 May 2022, 1:01 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Testing lab remains silent, but voices demanding beagles’ release grow louder kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 05/31/2022 - 20:01 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for the 82 beagles languishing at Inotiv’s Mount Vernon, Indiana, laboratory that was the site of our recent undercover investigation. [read post]
26 May 2022, 11:50 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Our Taking Action for Animals conference returns to inform and inspire grassroots activism kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 05/26/2022 - 18:50 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson When you’re a passionate animal welfare advocate, you might sometimes feel like a bit of an outsider. [read post]
24 May 2022, 3:31 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Two bills with more than 200 cosponsors each, and overwhelming bipartisan support, should be on the fast track to passage in this Congress,” said Sara Amundson, president of Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]