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23 Mar 2021, 2:35 pm
But he now has a chance to set things right kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 03/23/2021 - 21:35 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Gov. [read post]
6 Mar 2024, 12:53 pm
Here’s how the Biden administration should help animals this year kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 03/06/2024 - 20:53 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We recently celebrated progress toward protecting wolves, bears, coyotes, cougars, foxes, bobcats and other native carnivores living on the vast U.S. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 1:19 pm
Breaking: New regulations could finally protect horses from ‘soring’ cruelty kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 08/17/2023 - 20:19 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There’s new hope for ending the painful practice of horse soring: a long-awaited new administrative rule from the U.S. [read post]
17 Feb 2021, 11:24 am
kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 02/17/2021 - 19:24 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block U.S. health authorities have conclusively linked numerous human cases of campylobacteriosis—a bacterial infection with often severe and debilitating symptoms—to infected puppies sold in several Petland pet stores. [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]
6 Jan 2023, 12:35 pm
New Animal Welfare Act regulations would improve the lives of so many animals in need kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 01/06/2023 - 20:35 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson In the years since its passage more than half a century ago, the Animal Welfare Act has become an extremely important and multi-faceted animal protection law. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 10:52 pm
Congress must act by strengthening the enforcement tools under the AWA to protect animals from the worst abuses and the worst offenders,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [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]
19 Aug 2020, 2:03 pm
USDA suspends license of roadside zoo where Joe Exotic abused tigers kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 08/19/2020 - 21:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 12:17 pm
Shooting fish in a barrel: U.S. canned hunting industry offers ‘menus’ of rare animals for a thrill kill kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 01/29/2021 - 20:17 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The canned hunting industry is often associated with countries like South Africa, where wealthy trophy hunters can pick out and shoot captive-bred lions in enclosures for a hefty price tag. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 12:46 pm
American Kennel Club opposed 450+ bills designed to help dogs kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 06/30/2023 - 19:46 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block New research conducted by our Stop Puppy Mills campaign reveals that the American Kennel Club, a purebred dog registry organization that used to call itself “the dog’s champion,” has opposed more than 450 bills that aimed to help pups since 2008. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 12:34 pm
As scandals in horse racing escalate, trainers join calls for reform kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/20/2020 - 19:34 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The recent indictment of more than two dozen people, including racehorse trainers and veterinarians, in a widespread doping scandal has turned a red-hot spotlight on the horseracing industry. [read post]
24 Aug 2023, 1:17 pm
Alleged monkey conspiracy at Inotiv highlights need to end animal testing kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 08/24/2023 - 20:17 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The hurt and harm of animal testing can extend beyond what happens in laboratories, as a new scandal concerning one major animal testing company’s acquisition of monkeys shows. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 2:15 pm
USDA permanently revokes license of breeder where our Animal Rescue Team saved 110 cats kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 02/22/2024 - 22:15 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Last fall, our Animal Rescue Team worked with authorities in Virginia to help remove 110 cats from a U.S. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 9:32 am
Putting an end to lion trophy hunting in memory of Cecil kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 06/29/2020 - 16:32 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The killing of Cecil the lion five years ago this week by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe triggered worldwide outrage. [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]
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]
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]
10 Apr 2020, 1:27 pm
China’s recognition of dogs as companion animals bodes well for its animal welfare future kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 04/10/2020 - 20:27 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There is unprecedented focus on the challenges of animal welfare in China in the wake of COVID -19. [read post]
8 May 2023, 9:21 am
Congress has new chance to stop horse soring kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 05/08/2023 - 16:21 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In 1970, the U.S. [read post]
