By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

No political stunt will bring down the cost of eggs, which is still badly affected by an avian flu epidemic that has decimated the hens in the egg industry across the U.S. and caused severe market shortages. And yet, in a lawsuit filed last night, the U.S. Department of Justice has tried to resurrect—without warrant and without real facts—a long-ago settled legal fight over California’s cage-free egg laws that have been supported by voters, farmers and advocates for animal welfare and other causes across the board.

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

More than 94.9 billion land animals are kept and killed for food worldwide. This is staggering. And it’s a number that has continued to rise in recent years.

Fighting to change the lives of all these billions of animals—who are essentially born or hatched into the world just to suffer before they are killed—is an issue many people find overwhelming. And fighting to prevent more animals being born just to suffer and feed this cruel system seems like a goal too out of reach.

Right now, Congress is acting on its FY 2026 appropriations bills to provide funding and direction to federal agencies, and we are campaigning hard to help the countless millions of animals whose fate depends on this process.  

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

Those who are determined to defend the cruelties of factory farming are never at a loss when it comes to sowing chaos and distortion on the subject, especially in the U.S. Congress.

By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block

The extreme confinement of farm animals in cages and crates where they cannot turn around or even move a few inches is not only immensely cruel—it is dangerous. Packing animals so tightly in factory farms means zoonotic disease can spread so quickly as to spin out of control. This is what we are seeing with avian flu right now, and we’ve seen it before with other viruses. We have been warning about this and fighting against it for years.

Our final 2024 Humane Scorecard is available, with a look at where federal legislators stood on our core priorities for the second session of the 118th Congress. The scorecard tracks animal-friendly actions by lawmakers while creating greater awareness and increasing legislators’ support for our priorities.