Elections /
How you can improve the lives of animals on National Voter Registration Day
Today is National Voter Registration Day, the nation’s biggest voter registration drive – where organizations across the country encourage citizens to update their voter registration.
Animals in Research /
Science without animal suffering: Celebrating leaders working toward more humane research and testing
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Last week at the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Brazil, our Humane World for Animals team gathered with hundreds of scientists and policymakers to exchange insights on the latest global developments in phasing out animal experiments in favor of non-animal methods. As momentum builds for these innovations, new opportunities arise in advancing how research and testing are carried out worldwide.
Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation, In the News, State Legislation /
Our team rescues over 100 dogs from breeder affiliated with American Kennel Club
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Wildlife, In the News /
Indictment in Wyoming wolf killing puts human indifference in the spotlight
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
State Legislation /
Calling all Nevadans! Find out how your state lawmakers voted on key animal protection bills
Today, Humane World Action Fund (formerly the Humane Society Legislative Fund) released the 2025 Nevada Humane Scorecard— the first of its kind issued in the state by the organization. We encourage Nevadans to review their representatives’ scores and take action to support elected officials who pushed three pro-animal bills over the finish line this session.
Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Additional action on key FY 2026 appropriations bills in the U.S. Senate
Before the U.S. Senate adjourned on August 2, members advanced several key federal funding bills with significant implications for animals. We’ve been working hard to ensure the best possible outcomes – and we want to share some of the results with you, since we’re going to need your help to lock in the important gains we’ve secured.
Wildlife /
Breaking: We’ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit that we and our allies filed last year challenging the agency’s decision.
State Legislation /
The 2025 Washington Humane Scorecard—our first ever—is here. How did your lawmakers score?
The state of Washington’s 2025 legislative session, which adjourned in late April, ushered in groundbreaking victories for both companion animals and wildlife. The legislature adopted powerful upgrades to laws addressing animal abuse. But to fully understand the overall progress made for animals, we took a close look at the actions taken by each state lawmaker. Today, we ask our supporters to do the same.
Farm Animals, Federal Legislation /
Big pork’s new shameless attempt to ‘fix’ Proposition 12
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
In his dystopian novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses the pig, Squealer, to show how those in power use language, rhetoric and misdirection to spread propaganda, bend the truth and ensure their continued political and social dominance.
Orwell would have had a field day with the July 23 hearing at the U.S. House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee, which was called “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12."
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Win for wild horses but big, bad news for grizzly bears and gray wolves in House of Representatives’ FY26 Interior Appropriations Bill
Not only is it hot—very hot—in Washington, DC, this month, but we’re quite literally involved in a blistering fight to preserve federal funding for crucial animal protection concerns.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Police raid of dismal ‘safari park’ shows why US must pass Better CARE for Animals Act
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Images of a lion so thin that ribs, spine and hip bones were prominently visible. Inspection reports noting a lioness confined to a dark den with no light, ventilation or bedding, instead an accumulation of water, urine and feces. A male chimpanzee housed in isolation for nearly a year and a half, which must have been a torment for an animal of such a social species.
Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation /
Certified cruelty: American Kennel Club spreads more falsehoods to protect puppy mills
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
