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8 Feb 2021, 8:23 am
At Dallas Safari Club convention, rhinos, elephants and bears are among hundreds of wild animals on offer for a thrill kill kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 02/08/2021 - 22:41 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The annual Dallas Safari Club convention is a sickening display of the havoc American trophy hunters wreak year after year on the world’s wildlife, with their penchant for killing endangered and at-risk animals. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 10:42 am
Dog import rule would dramatically impact rescue work and people traveling with pups kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 08/04/2023 - 17:42 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block After Hurricane Irma struck in 2017, we responded to the British Virgin Islands where the storm had caused terrible devastation. [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]
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]
25 Aug 2020, 12:02 pm
U.S. proposes more changes to chip away at Endangered Species Act kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/25/2020 - 19:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The federal government has fired another volley in its assault on the Endangered Species Act, and this time it’s aimed at paving the way for corporations to take over lands that could, if conserved and restored, help in the recovery of imperiled American wildlife. [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 10:52 am
Breaking: Our rescue team saves more than 200 dogs from two Oklahoma puppy mills kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 03/12/2024 - 17:52 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Early Monday morning, our Animal Rescue Team arrived at two properties in Milburn, Oklahoma, with officers from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, who served search warrants as part of an alleged animal cruelty situation. [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]
14 Oct 2020, 5:54 am
Fish and Wildlife Service, do your job and protect giraffes, or we’ll see you in court kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:54 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block It’s been more than three years since we filed a petition asking the U.S. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 8:26 am
It’s time to move past the cruel, inhumane practice of testing cosmetics on animals kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 03/29/2022 - 15:26 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Back in the 1940s, when government scientists were asked to check cosmetics for safety, they turned to rabbits. [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]
21 Sep 2023, 9:03 am
New star-studded push for the Humane Cosmetics Act on Capitol Hill kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 09/21/2023 - 16:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We took to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for a full day of events in support of the Humane Cosmetics Act, H.R. 5399, a bill to end animal-based cosmetics testing in the U.S, usher in a new era of cutting-edge testing methods, and prohibit the sale here of cosmetics newly tested on animals in other… [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 8:26 am
Here’s how you can help. kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 06/24/2021 - 15:26 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The past few years have shown how suddenly natural disasters and other emergencies can upend our lives. [read post]
23 Feb 2022, 11:57 am
Kentucky Derby winner’s disqualification highlights ongoing need for horse racing reform kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 02/23/2022 - 19:57 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The regulatory system in horse racing has been broken for years, and public confidence in the sport continues to wane. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 2:10 pm
House passes bill to prohibit keeping big cats as pets and for public contact kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 12/03/2020 - 22:10 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
13 Jan 2025, 1:28 pm
Wolves score a win in the fight over their protections in the US kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 01/13/2025 - 21:28 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In a victory for wolves, the U.S. [read post]
15 Jun 2023, 10:41 am
Congress kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 06/15/2023 - 17:41 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block This year has already been historic for animals, as the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of upholding the strongest farm animal protection law in the country, California’s Proposition 12. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 9:30 am
It’s time for the US to end cosmetics testing on animals kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 12/09/2021 - 17:30 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There is simply no reason to force guinea pigs, rabbits, mice and rats to undergo painful new chemical tests for cosmetic products like shampoo and mascara when better science allows for non-animal testing methods that are more relevant to human safety. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 11:16 am
Senate kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/19/2021 - 18:16 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A bill that would prohibit public contact with big cats like tigers, lions and leopards and ban keeping these animals as pets has been reintroduced in the U.S. [read post]
20 May 2020, 11:31 am
“Ted Deutch has already championed the successful passage of a consequential animal protection law to crack down on animal cruelty in the 116th Congress,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
23 May 2022, 9:18 am
The time for Congress to act on horse soring, horse slaughter bills is now kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 05/23/2022 - 16:18 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson This week, members of Congress will turn their attention to forms of cruelty to horses that many Americans might think ended long ago. [read post]