Accountability is the watchword of our efforts to secure the passage of animal-friendly federal legislation. We are accountable to our supporters as well as to the animals we seek to defend, and we never forget who we’re working for. This means that we also work continuously to hold elected officials accountable for their track records wherever the interests of animals are concerned.
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
When Jaqueline Villegas met her family’s new puppy at Denver International Airport, she knew right away the puppy was not the healthy Shar-Pei she had seen on PuppyFind.com, a huge online marketplace for puppies with over 50,000 puppies listed for sale. PuppyFind is also a site that the Humane Society of the United States has repeatedly linked to puppy mills.
Shocking undercover investigation exposes auction house of horrors where over 550 hunting trophies are sold to the highest bidder
Shocking undercover investigation exposes auction house of horrors where over 550 hunting trophies are sold to the highest bidder
Shocking undercover investigation exposes auction house of horrors where over 550 hunting trophies are sold to the highest bidder
Animal feet, skulls, legs, ears, claws, bones, hides and full body taxidermy, including threatened and endangered species, show the pitiful results of the trophy hunting industry
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The Democratic leaders on the Senate Committee on Appropriations yesterday released a package of nine appropriations bills funding various federal departments for fiscal year 2022, and it contains some key provisions for animal welfare that we worked hard to secure. These bills haven’t been voted on by the committee; instead, the Senate and House committees will now work to reconcile their respective packages by a December 3 deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown.
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The winning trainer/rider of the World Grand Championship class at this year’s Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, John Allen Callaway, recently served a federal disqualification for the “soring” of horses—a distinction also shared by his brother Bill and at least three other riders in the seven horse class. Together, they are the poster children for the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 5441, reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today with almost half the U.S. House of Representatives already onboard.
House reintroduction of PAST Act brings relief for chronically abused horses one step closer
House reintroduction of PAST Act brings relief for chronically abused horses one step closer
House reintroduction of PAST Act brings relief for chronically abused horses one step closer
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Cecil the lion’s heirs may be the next trophy hunting target
Cecil the lion’s heirs may be the next trophy hunting target
Cecil the lion’s heirs may be the next trophy hunting target
