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12 Jan 2021, 2:47 pm
Gorillas at zoo in San Diego test positive for coronavirus kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 01/12/2021 - 22:47 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in the first known cases of its transmission to non-human primates. [read post]
28 Sep 2021, 6:05 am
It’s National Voter Registration Day: Here’s why your vote matters for animals kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 09/28/2021 - 13:05 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Our mission is to end suffering for all animals, and this so often centers around boosting the public policy work of the humane movement. [read post]
Breaking news: Mink on Wisconsin fur farm test positive for coronavirus, but U.S. inaction continues
8 Oct 2020, 11:56 am
Breaking news: Mink on Wisconsin fur farm test positive for coronavirus, but U.S. inaction continues kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 10/08/2020 - 18:56 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Mink have tested positive for the coronavirus on a fur farm in Wisconsin, the largest fur producing U.S. state. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 8:31 am
Vote your full ballot for animal protection kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 11/07/2022 - 16:31 By Brad Pyle Our supporters are accustomed to hearing from us at HSLF about federal legislation, policy, and elections, but our work—and our impact for animals—extends far beyond Washington, D.C. [read post]
16 Feb 2021, 2:20 pm
Investigation finds online wildlife killing contests are thriving during pandemic kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 02/16/2021 - 22:20 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Humane Society of the United States has helped make significant progress in ending wildlife killing contests, in which contestants massacre large numbers of coyotes, foxes, bobcats and other wild animals for cash prizes. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 9:15 am
Candidates hit the campaign trail and animal protection advocates can join them kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 08/12/2022 - 16:15 We are in the midst of the August recess—a traditional break in the DC legislative calendar for members of Congress and their staff to work from their congressional districts or in state. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 8:20 am
Why animal advocates oppose the California recall kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 09/03/2021 - 20:30 With voting underway in the California recall election, the Humane Society Legislative Fund and animal advocates throughout California are standing fast in opposition to efforts to recall Governor Newsom. [read post]
5 Aug 2021, 2:58 pm
Senate Ag Approps package preserves key gains on horse slaughter, soring, and Animal Welfare Act enforcement kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 08/05/2021 - 21:58 Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced its version of the Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture Appropriations bill following the House passage of its version last week. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 11:04 pm
Legislation making it safer for wildlife to cross highways and mandating reforms for horse transport moves to full House for vote kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 06/22/2020 - 06:04 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A key House committee has approved a package of investments in America’s infrastructure, including provisions to make U.S. roadways safer for both drivers and wildlife and to create more humane conditions for transporting horses within the country. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 1:06 pm
Good news: Big Cat Public Safety Act rules are now a reality kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 06/12/2023 - 20:06 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block For over a decade, we have been fighting hard to prevent the suffering and abuse of captive big cats, confronting a dangerous industry and the individuals who take advantage of these animals. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 3:10 pm
Breaking news: Nation's top science panel recommends VA should stop most research on dogs kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 07/01/2020 - 22:10 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Three years ago, Americans were stunned to learn that puppies and adult dogs were being subjected to gruesome surgeries, induced heart attacks and other invasive procedures, and then being euthanized, as part of taxpayer-funded medical experiments being carried out at the McGuire Medical Center in… [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 8:01 am
And justice for all: Remembering John Lewis kblocher@hslf.org Mon, 07/20/2020 - 15:01 With the rest of the nation, we mourn the loss of Representative John Lewis, who died late Friday night after a brief illness. [read post]
7 Nov 2023, 11:15 pm
House funding bill kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 11/08/2023 - 07:15 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Just a few weeks short of the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act’s passage, opponents in the U.S. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 4:46 pm
BREAKING NEWS: Senate votes to end shark fin sales in the U.S. kblocher@hslf.org Tue, 06/08/2021 - 23:46 Today the U.S. [read post]
16 Sep 2021, 2:21 pm
Breaking: European Parliament votes to phase out animal testing and research kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 09/16/2021 - 21:21 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that calls on the European Commission to draw-up an action plan to phase out animal experiments. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 9:51 am
House revives bill to end shark fin trade that passed during last session kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 04/22/2021 - 16:51 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block A bill to end all commercial trade in the United States of shark fins and shark fin products was reintroduced in the U.S. [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 9:37 am
Breaking: Big step forward in fight to ban extremely cruel hunting methods kblocher@hslf.org Fri, 01/06/2023 - 17:37 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson A new National Park Service proposed rule marks a substantial step forward for some of our nation’s most iconic wildlife species, including brown and black bears and wolves. [read post]
28 Apr 2021, 12:02 pm
NRA chief’s agonizing elephant hunt shows what’s wrong with trophy hunting kblocher@hslf.org Wed, 04/28/2021 - 19:02 By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The New Yorker broke a story yesterday about the head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, attempting to kill an endangered elephant in Botswana. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 6:44 am
We’ve filed a new lawsuit because wolves in the Northern Rockies need help now kblocher@hslf.org Thu, 08/18/2022 - 13:44 By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Less than two years after Wisconsin held one of the cruelest and most disastrous trophy hunting seasons in recent memory, wolves across most of the country will enjoy a desperately needed reprieve this fall because of our successful lawsuit that restored their federal Endangered Species Act protections. [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]
