DES MOINES. (August 19, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund released its first ever Iowa Humane Scorecard, which grades Iowa state legislators on their efforts to promote animal welfare during the 2023-2024 legislative sessions.

Two pro-animal bills were signed into law, two more passed the Iowa House, and multiple attacks on animals were defeated, including an initiative to use an estimated $860,000 annual taxpayer dollars to fund a raccoon tail bounty in all Iowa counties.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Mike Quigley for re-election to Illinois’ 5th Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Vern Buchanan for re-election to Florida’s 16th Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of Representative Jeff Jackson for Attorney General of North Carolina.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis for re-election to New York’s 11th Congressional District.

"Nicole Malliotakis is fighting to pass legislation to crack down on animal abuse and to stand up for all of our nation’s animals,” said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. “New Yorkers should re-elect this humane champion to Congress.”

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick for re-election to Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Sharice Davids for re-election to Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District.

WASHINGTON (July 31, 2024)—The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund are deeply disturbed by video footage that appears to show a Bureau of Land Management contractor kicking a wild horse in the face during a roundup operation on the Blue Wing Complex in Nevada. This willful act of cruelty is unacceptable, and we call upon the BLM to suspend its contract with this party immediately pending a thorough investigation.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (July 30, 2024)—Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund released its 2024 Illinois Humane Scorecard, which grades Illinois state representatives on their efforts to promote animal welfare during the 2024 session.

HSLF is a nonpartisan organization that evaluates candidates based only on a single criterion, where they stand on animal protection. HSLF does not judge candidates based on party affiliation or any other issue.

WASHINGTON (May 23, 2024)—Pork producers, pork distributors and animal advocates decried the House of Representatives’ Farm Bill (the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024) that will likely be voted out of the Agriculture Committee today. They called the bill a reckless attempt to invalidate state laws including Proposition 12, which set landmark prohibitions on the in-state sale of food products from farm animals locked in cruel and extreme confinement. The U.S.