Elections /
Presidential candidate profile: Donald Trump
At the HSLF, we’ve consistently pressed presidential contenders and others running for office to present their ideas and their records to us up front, so that we can evaluate their commitments and actions in support of animal protection, and if warranted, endorse their candidacies.
Equines, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation /
HSUS/HSLF video lays bare the terrible practice of soring, as industry prepares for annual walking horse ‘Celebration’
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. Trainers who hit horses with sticks and shove electric prods in their faces to get them to do what they want. Trainers who drag and force horses to stand when they are hurting too much to do so.
Elections /
Presidential candidate profile: Joe Biden
With the presidential election less than four months away, a review of the major candidates’ animal welfare records is warranted. As with every election, for every office, the Humane Society Legislative Fund evaluates candidates based on their records and commitments concerning animal welfare. We do not judge candidates based on their party or positions on any other issues. As the nation’s leading voice in animal protection politics, our goal is to provide an objective, unbiased analysis of candidates.
Animals in Research, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Breaking: HSUS/HSLF report identifies key U.S. policy changes needed to avoid another pandemic
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Right whales are now 'critically endangered' — just a step away from extinction
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Animals in Research, Equines, Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Spending bills move up in Congress, with provisions for gray wolves, non-animal testing methods and ending wildlife markets
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Provisions for funding programs to protect wild horses and burros, gray wolves, animals used in research and testing, as well as elephants and lions, who are commonly the target of American trophy hunters, were among several animal welfare measures approved this week by House appropriations subcommittees, as Congress continues its annual process of funding the federal government.
Wildlife, In the News /
Victory! Federal appeals court agrees Yellowstone grizzly bears should remain protected from trophy hunters
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
A federal appeals court has agreed that Yellowstone grizzly bears should continue to receive protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, ensuring that these iconic American carnivores will not be hunted for trophies.
Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
House subcommittees boost funds for key animal protection measures on wildlife trafficking, slaughterhouse kill speeds and horse soring and slaughter
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Congress has begun its annual process of funding federal departments, agencies and programs, and last night two House subcommittees voted to include several crucial provisions benefiting animals in their FY2021 appropriations bills.
Animals in Research, In the News /
Breaking news: Nation's top science panel recommends VA should stop most research on dogs
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Breaking news: U.S. House passes major infrastructure package with key provisions for wildlife corridors, horse transport
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The U.S. House has just approved provisions that would make highways safer for wildlife to cross and create safer conditions to transport horses across the country, as part of the Moving Forward Act, a package of reforms designed to restore America’s aging infrastructure.
Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Putting an end to lion trophy hunting in memory of Cecil
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The killing of Cecil the lion five years ago this week by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe triggered worldwide outrage. Father of a pride, lured with an elephant carcass, wounded by an arrow, he suffered for hours before being killed by gunshot. As it turned out, this was a shot heard around the world, giving momentum to global demand for an end to trophy killing of animals.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Key Congressional committee holds hearing on bill that restricts keeping primates as pets
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
In Arizona, a woman’s marmoset monkey attacked her newborn grandchild, scratching and biting the baby’s face and splitting open one nostril. In New York, a neighbor’s pet capuchin monkey bit off a 22-month-old girl’s finger when the child stuck her fingers through a backyard fence. In Tennessee, an escaped macaque monkey attacked and severely injured a woman washing a car in her driveway; the woman’s injuries required surgery and doctors told her she was lucky she wasn’t killed.
