WASHINGTON (January 14, 2021)—A lawsuit filed today in the federal District Court in Maryland charges the National Institutes of Health with violating federal law when it decided not to send to sanctuary 44 federally owned chimpanzees held at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico.

Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act signed into law with passage of federal omnibus package

Rule would protect millions at puppy mills, roadside zoos and other enterprises

WASHINGTON (October 13, 2020)—The Bureau of Land Management announced that, for the first time in the history of the agency’s wild horse and burro management program, it plans to conduct an invasive surgical procedure on wild mares and establish a non-reproducing population in the Confusion Herd Management Area in Utah.

WASHINGTON (October 5, 2020)—Today the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading political advocacy organization for animal welfare, announced its endorsement of Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado for election to the U.S. Senate.

The Preventing Future Pandemics Act would end the import, export, and sales of certain live wildlife for the primary purpose of human consumption in the U.S. and implement dedicated strategies to address the problem worldwide.

WASHINGTON (September 25, 2020)—Today the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading political advocacy organization for animal welfare, announced its endorsement of Rep. Rodney Davis for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District.