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10 Mar 2021, 11:28 am
Breaking news: Congress just passed the COVID relief package with funding for activities that would improve animal welfare kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 03/10/2021 - 19:28 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The COVID relief package Congress just passed includes a number of provisions that will improve surveillance and inspection of trades where animals often endure acute suffering and that also tend to be hotbeds for disease spread. [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 4:34 pm
Europe’s largest hunting fair opens, despite dangers faced by wildlife worldwide kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 01/26/2023 - 00:34 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Despite ecological devastation, habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, poaching and all the other threats that undermine the ability of wild animals to survive in their natural habitats, Europe’s largest hunting fair opened this week in Dortmund, Germany. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 3:24 pm
To prevent another pandemic, global leaders should crack down on wildlife trade kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/26/2020 - 22:24 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block At the G20 coronavirus meeting today, global leaders, including President Trump, brainstormed on ways to control the coronavirus pandemic that is now ravaging dozens of nations, leaving a vast trail of human casualties in its wake. [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]
6 Aug 2020, 3:09 pm
” Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, said, “What will it take for the Fish and Wildlife Service to recognize that it should be protecting our nation’s treasured wildlife—not working hand in hand with trophy hunters to sanction some of the most cruel and heartless killing practices? [read post]
20 May 2020, 11:00 am
"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]
27 Jan 2021, 1:19 pm
Sweden suspends mink farming kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 01/27/2021 - 21:19 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block One more nation, Sweden, announced today that it will suspend all mink fur farming this year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and its mutations. [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]
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]
31 Aug 2021, 9:36 am
From “pet” cougars to flooding victims, animal rescue requires preparation kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/31/2021 - 16:36 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block On Sunday, Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 12:46 pm
They are a perfect breeding ground for the transmission of disease from animals to humans, and we must promptly and effectively confront them as potential sparks for the next pandemic threat,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 12:49 pm
US government agency reportedly killed 8 wolf pups in their den kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 10/11/2021 - 19:49 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In the spring, wolf dens are usually full of young pups being raised by their parents and helper wolves, but when one den in Idaho was discovered vacant earlier this year, biologists worked on uncovering the reason. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 3:32 pm
The killing of Takaya, Canada's famous lone wolf, highlights urgent need to outlaw trophy hunting kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 03/30/2020 - 22:32 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The killing last week of Takaya, the lone wolf of Canada’s Discovery Island whose story of survival and resilience captivated people around the globe, is a grim reminder of the uphill battle wolves face in the modern world. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 12:55 pm
Bill in Congress would reverse dangerous increases to slaughterhouse line speeds kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/11/2021 - 20:55 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Slaughterhouses are hotspots for the coronavirus, with tens of thousands of infections reported among American workers since the onset of the pandemic last year. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 6:01 am
“Vern Buchanan has already championed the successful passage of two consequential animal protection laws to crack down on animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking in the 116th Congress,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
20 May 2020, 3:02 pm
Breaking news: U.S. will allow cruel trophy hunting practices to kill hibernating bears and wolf pups on Alaska's federal lands kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 05/20/2020 - 22:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Trump administration has just delivered a one-two punch to Alaska’s wildlife: it has announced that it will release a final National Park Service rule allowing some of the cruelest practices for killing black bears, wolves and other wildlife on… [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 7:23 am
The narrative about sharks needs to change—before it’s too late kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 07/13/2021 - 14:23 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A bad reputation can mean the difference between life and death for animals, and nowhere is this clearer than for sharks. [read post]
2 Jun 2022, 8:11 am
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]
28 Jul 2020, 9:04 am
Bills introduced in Congress to stop faster speeds at slaughterhouses kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 07/28/2020 - 16:04 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Slaughterhouses have emerged as hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, with more than 37,000 cases tied to meatpacking plants and more than 160 workers dead. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 12:03 pm
Roadside zoo owner Doc Antle charged with animal cruelty, wildlife trafficking kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 10/09/2020 - 19:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Doc Antle, a notorious roadside zoo owner who has been on our radar for years, has been indicted on animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking charges in Virginia. [read post]
