By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, we are asking Congress to act quickly on an important bill that would ensure that millions of animals held in research laboratories and enterprises like puppy mills and roadside zoos across the country are not forgotten.
State of the animals under the Trump administration: a year of highs and lows
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
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!
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.
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.
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.
Urgent alert: Help us stop the USDA's latest attempt to protect puppy millers, horse sorers
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
BREAKING NEWS: Congress has reached a deal to fund the government and it’s good news for animals!
There are various approaches the HSLF team uses to bring about changes for animals, and one of our best tools is to pursue bill and report language in the annual appropriations bills that Congress must enact each year to fund the federal government and its agencies. We’ve been hard at work on this all year long—and it paid off in significant wins. We are thrilled to report that the U.S.
HSLF and HSUS deliver big wins for animals in 2019: Our banner year in the nation's capital
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Given the highly polarized atmosphere in Washington, DC, these days, our crucial bipartisan wins for animals in 2019 give great cause for celebration. Thanks to the support and engagement of countless Americans, we hit our marks this year. We succeeded in getting one of our highest priorities, a landmark federal anti-cruelty bill, signed into law. And that’s not all. Read on to learn about some of the other achievements you helped to make possible.
