Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Did your Members of Congress make the grade? Hot off the press – final 2019 Humane Scorecard
The final 2019 Humane Scorecard is now online, and we invite you to check it out and see how your federal legislators stood on a range of key issues last year. Please also share this scorecard with family, friends, and fellow advocates and help spread the word!
Equines, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation /
With racehorses dying on the track, and racing in turmoil, a Congressional committee holds hearing on industry reform
Horseracing is at a crossroads, as today‘s congressional hearing on the future of horseracing made plain. An epidemic of racetrack deaths has highlighted a serious problem in the sport: the abuse of medications that place animals’ lives at risk by masking their injuries in order to keep them going on race day. Today, we hope, marks the start of a new era of heightened sensibility and enhanced protection for horses.
Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Canadian Safari Club chapter shuts down Botswana elephant trophy hunt auction following protests
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Equines, Action Alerts /
As racehorse death toll continues to climb, Congress moves to salvage the 'sport of kings'
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Pets & Cruelty /
BREAKING NEWS: Dept of Transportation moves to end breed discrimination on airlines
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The Department of Transportation today announced its plan to issue new regulations that would prohibit airlines from banning certain breeds of service dogs. This represents a much-needed move toward ending discriminatory policies by individual airlines that cause unnecessary and cruel hardships for customers with disabilities and their animals.
Animals in Research, Equines, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation /
Momentous 1st session of the 116th Congress sets the stage for our 2020 agenda
In the wake of one of our most effective years ever, we’re gearing up for the second session of the 116th Congress. During a time in which legislators are grappling with some of our nation’s most divisive issues, the American people have shown that animal protection remains one of our greatest bipartisan values.
In the News /
HSLF mourns the loss of Mike Fitzpatrick – a true animal champion
Our hearts ache from news of the passing of our dear friend, former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick, who represented the Bucks County suburbs of Pennsylvania from 2005-2007 and 2011-2017. He walked the halls of the U.S. House of Representatives with a quiet confidence rooted in living his ideals through the legislation he sponsored and the causes he championed.
Animals in Research, Federal Legislation, State Legislation /
Let’s make this the year we end cosmetics testing in all of the United States
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Residents of three U.S. states can now buy cosmetics in stores without having to worry whether they may have been tested on animals. On New Year’s Day yesterday, a ban on the sales of cosmetics newly tested on animals went into effect in California, Illinois and Nevada. This signals the dawn of a new era when it comes to this practice that results in great suffering for tens of thousands of animals worldwide.
Wildlife, In the News /
U.S. should deny Trump Jr. permit to import endangered sheep trophy from Mongolia
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Last week, the news that Donald Trump Jr. had trophy hunted an argali sheep protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act during a trip to Mongolia outraged Americans. Just as outrageous was the revelation that this hunt, which took place last summer, was partially funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation /
Cockfighting ban in U.S. territories takes effect tomorrow, despite resistance in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Tomorrow, a hard-won federal law goes into effect to close a loophole that allowed cockfighters to continue operating in U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We’ve strongly supported this law because it seeks to end a cruel practice that results in severe suffering and death for countless birds each year.
Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Update: Trump signs omnibus funding package with wins for horses and burros, companion animals, animals in research and more
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
President Trump has signed into law the omnibus appropriations package with major victories for animals, including horses and burros, companion animals, marine mammals and animals in zoos and research facilities.
Wildlife, In the News /
Trump Jr.’s Mongolia gambit fuels public outcry, Congressional action against trophy hunting
The news that Donald Trump Jr. had killed an imperiled species of sheep for a trophy in Mongolia in August 2019, without a permit, was shocking but not a surprise. American trophy hunters are accustomed to traveling the world to slay animals with impunity.
