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18 Apr 2024, 9:41 am
Elephant’s brief escape from circus in Montana underscores the urgency to end animal acts kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/18/2024 - 16:41 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Earlier this week, an elderly captive elephant named Viola escaped from a circus in Butte, Montana. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 9:29 am
Our fight against expanded use of monkeys in research heats up kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/17/2024 - 16:29 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We’re pushing back hard against plans to fund expanded reliance on monkeys in experiments in the U.S., plans that would see even more of these intelligent, curious animals used in outdated and unreliable tests, often at taxpayer expense. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 11:12 am
Nix the Prop 12 “Fix” kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/10/2024 - 18:12 Nix the Prop 12 “Fix” WASHINGTON (April 10, 2024)—As the National Pork Producers Council takes its anti-animal welfare case to Capitol Hill, the Humane Society Legislative Fund warns against inserting language into the Farm Bill that would invalidate California’s Proposition 12, a state law setting landmark prohibitions on the sale of food products from farm animals… [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]
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]
7 Apr 2024, 8:42 pm
New Lawsuit Aims to Protect Wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 04/08/2024 - 03:42 New Lawsuit Aims to Protect Wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains Groups Allege Fish and Wildlife Service Illegally Denied Protections to Wolves BOZEMAN, Mont. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 12:21 pm
Presidential Candidate Profile: Donald Trump’s record on animal protection kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/04/2024 - 19:21 With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 10:26 am
Presidential Candidate Profile: Joe Biden’s record on animal protection kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/04/2024 - 17:26 With the Super Tuesday primary elections behind us, and the Democratic and Republican Party nominations nearly settled, we wanted to provide a review of the animal welfare records of President Biden and President Trump. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 10:26 am
Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections for African elephants kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/29/2024 - 17:26 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, the U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 10:36 pm
Victory: U.S. restricts the import of live African elephants and trophies kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/29/2024 - 05:36 Victory: U.S. restricts the import of live African elephants and trophies The African elephant population has declined 60% over the last 50 years WASHINGTON (March 29, 2024)—Today, the U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 11:02 am
As hippos disappear, U.S. drags its feet on endangered species protections kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/28/2024 - 18:02 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson So much of our work to give imperiled animals the protections they deserve is a long game, and we’ve been going to the proverbial bat to preserve the hippopotamus for years. [read post]
27 Mar 2024, 7:06 am
New hope for 26 chimps who deserve life in a sanctuary, not a lab kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 03/27/2024 - 14:06 By Kitty Block and Sara AmundsonTwenty-six chimpanzees at a laboratory in New Mexico have a stronger shot at spending the rest of their lives in a sanctuary now that the National Institutes of Health has dropped its appeal in a lawsuit focused on their future. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 3:33 pm
NIH abandons appeal of federal judge’s ruling that agency’s refusal to retire former research chimps to sanctuary was illegal kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/22/2024 - 22:33 NIH abandons appeal of federal judge’s ruling that agency’s refusal to retire former research chimps to sanctuary was illegal WASHINGTON (March 22, 2024)—Last week, the U.S. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 12:14 pm
Congress kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/21/2024 - 19:14 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Whatever doubt there may have been before, the situation is now crystal clear. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 11:49 am
Legal action launched to protect hippos under US Endangered Species Act kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:49 Legal action launched to protect hippos under US Endangered Species Act Groups prepare to sue after government misses key deadline WASHINGTON (March 21, 2024)—Animal protection and conservation groups sent notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 9:51 am
House Agriculture Committee probes Chinese influence over American agriculture kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 03/20/2024 - 16:51 House Agriculture Committee probes Chinese influence over American agriculture Foreign-owned companies are buying control of nation’s agricultural policy, undermining states’ rights and principles of federalism WASHINGTON (March 20, 2024)—Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to discuss the risks and dangers… [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 12:10 pm
Washington becomes 12th state to ban sale of animal-tested cosmetics kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 03/19/2024 - 19:10 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Last week, Washington became the 12th U.S. state to pass a law to ban the sale of cosmetics newly tested on animals. [read post]
15 Mar 2024, 7:03 am
Another beloved elephant in Tanzania has been killed by a trophy hunter kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 03/15/2024 - 14:03 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block News has come out that another bull elephant was shot and killed in Tanzania, reportedly by an American trophy hunter from Texas. [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 9:01 am
The number of U.S. mink fur farms plummets as consumers reject cruelty kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 03/14/2024 - 16:01 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Fur production in the U.S. is plummeting, and that’s good news for animals. [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]
