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31 Aug 2020, 12:03 pm
Mitch McConnell will introduce bill to reform horse racing kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 08/31/2020 - 19:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Days before the Kentucky Derby kicks off in his home state next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced he will introduce a bill to reform horse racing. [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]
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]
17 Aug 2020, 3:19 pm
Breaking news: Coronavirus outbreak reported at two Utah mink fur farms kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 08/17/2020 - 22:19 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Mink on two farms in Utah have tested positive for the coronavirus. [read post]
11 Aug 2020, 9:23 am
Shaking it up for sharks in 2020 kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/11/2020 - 16:23 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We’ve never cared for the cheap, lurid television programming tied to Shark Week, preferring to join with other groups and media outlets in a celebration of this apex species found in all of the world’s oceans and even sometimes in rivers. [read post]
10 Aug 2020, 10:42 am
Celebrating lions – and protecting them – across the globe kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 08/10/2020 - 17:42 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, on World Lion Day, we celebrate lions as an iconic wild cat species, and we recommit to our campaigns to halt their exploitation and destruction in the United States and abroad. [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]
5 Aug 2020, 12:44 pm
Virtually the best conference ever: registration open for Taking Action for Animals Online 2020 kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 08/05/2020 - 19:44 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The fundamental purpose of our marquee advocacy training event, Taking Action for Animals Online, occurring on September 19 and 20, is to support greater political and social engagement by those who care about animals. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 3:22 pm
Attorney for USVI speaks out on animal fighting as HSUS plans trainings on Guam and in USVI kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 08/04/2020 - 22:22 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We were pleased with today’s news that U.S. [read post]
House passes second funding package with welcome news for chimpanzees, right whales and farm animals
31 Jul 2020, 9:28 am
House passes second funding package with welcome news for chimpanzees, right whales and farm animals kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 07/31/2020 - 16:28 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 12:28 pm
Industry support for Humane Cosmetics Act grows, with 900 companies supporting an end to animal testing kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 07/29/2020 - 19:28 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Momentum for passing a federal law against animal testing for cosmetics continues to grow, with some of the strongest support coming from the industry that makes and markets these products. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 1:31 pm
"In an abrogation of duty unimaginable to Americans seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, USDA increased slaughterhouse line speeds, putting workers, consumers and animals at even greater risk in a shameless sop to industrial agriculture," said Sara Amundson, president of Humane Society Legislative Fund. [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]
24 Jul 2020, 10:59 am
House approves key animal reforms, including combating wildlife trafficking, preventing cruel hunting practices and enforcing animal cruelty laws kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 07/24/2020 - 17:59 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 2:52 pm
Indiana woman who shared videos of herself torturing, killing cats and dogs charged under federal PACT Act kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/20/2020 - 21:52 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block An Indiana woman, who shared images and videos on social media that showed her torturing and graphically killing cats and dogs by hanging and skinning them, has been charged under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, a groundbreaking federal law we helped pass last year. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 12:12 pm
HSUS/HSLF video lays bare the terrible practice of soring, as industry prepares for annual walking horse ‘Celebration’ kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 07/16/2020 - 19:12 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Trainers who paint horses’ legs with harsh acids and chemicals that burn through the skin, causing unspeakable pain to the animals, then add heavy shoes and tie chains on top of those wounds to intensify their suffering. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 12:12 pm
HSUS/HSLF video lays bare the terrible practice of soring, as industry prepares for annual walking horse ‘Celebration’ kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 07/16/2020 - 19:12 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Trainers who paint horses’ legs with harsh acids and chemicals that burn through the skin, causing unspeakable pain to the animals, then add heavy shoes and tie chains on top of those wounds to intensify their suffering. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 11:42 am
Breaking: HSUS/HSLF report identifies key U.S. policy changes needed to avoid another pandemic kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/13/2020 - 18:42 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Recently, the United Nations identified some of the top drivers of zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, that spread from animals to humans. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 11:42 am
Breaking: HSUS/HSLF report identifies key U.S. policy changes needed to avoid another pandemic kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/13/2020 - 18:42 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Recently, the United Nations identified some of the top drivers of zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, that spread from animals to humans. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 10:20 am
Right whales are now 'critically endangered' — just a step away from extinction kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 07/10/2020 - 17:20 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block In late June, the body of a dead North Atlantic right whale calf was found floating off the coast of New Jersey—a victim of two boat strikes, according to a preliminary analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [read post]
