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Jamie Kilstein: Using Comedy As A Back Door For Vegan Activism
Jamie Kilstein, headliner of the Cleveland VegFest After Party, discusses the role that comedy plays in activism.
Getting Granular on Puppy Mill Cruelty
As part of “Puppy Mill Action Week,” The HSUS today released “A Horrible Hundred,” a report that documents a litany of deficiencies and appalling details concerning the mistreatment of dogs at commercial dog breeding facilities. Don’t read the report if...
Speak Up For Animals
Recently I wrote about two outrageous campaigns against animal protection. In the Michigan legislature, there’s a bill designed to derail our wolf protection referendum, to repeal a 2006 referendum that banned the target shooting of mourning doves, and to cede...
Ke$ha’s Year of the Animal
Members of Congress return today from a two-week recess, and they have a message waiting for them from global pop icon and dedicated animal advocate Ke$ha. The mega-star was in the nation’s capital recently, and she recorded a video calling...
Spring Means Baby Wildlife
It is taking winter a long time to release its grip here in Washington, D.C., but this unusually cold spring has not slowed down the local wildlife. Our Humane Wildlife Services team has been out in full force—climbing through attic...
More discussion about Kalin's goals and methods
These are observations from "The Ethics of Animal Experimentation: A conversation between bioethicist Rob Streiffer and research critic Rick Marolt" that was held on March 11, 2013, sponsored by the UW Animal Rights Society and recorded in the video at the end of this post. Show More Summary
Weekly Roundup: 10 Vegan Stories You Don’t Want to Miss
Have you been busy this week? Haven't had time to sit down let alone catch up on all things awesomely vegan? No worries, we've got you covered. Here's the vegan news you don't want to miss.
Linda McCartney Foods Confusing ‘Meat-Free’ Message
The Hain Celestial Group has announced the release of a new line of ‘meat free’ foods under the Linda McCartney Foods brand, but vegans won’t be buying them.
Lifting Our Field, Finding New Ways to Help
At The Humane Society of the United States, we take a comprehensive approach to animal protection. We come to the aid of animals in crisis and we focus on preventing cruelty. In addition, a critical part of our mission is...
Our Story Through Videos
There’s no animal welfare group like The HSUS, with program experts and campaigners working in such issue areas as animal research and testing, companion animal welfare, farm animal welfare, equine protection, and wildlife protection, aided by a team of lawyers,...
Little Moments Effecting Change
Some of us come to veganism based on one moment, one event. Others need a lot of little moments to get here.
2012 Achievements Bring Us Closer to Ending Abuse of Pets
Watch a funny PSA from the Shelter Pet Project While the Senate passed a bill earlier this month to upgrade the federal law against dogfighting and other forms of animal fighting (to create a new federal crime to attend or...
Our New Investigation Put Dozens of Pet Stores on the Naughty List
Yesterday, The Humane Society of the United States released its latest undercover investigation of pet stores linked to puppy mills. The winter holidays are the busiest puppy-buying season of the year, and we wanted to check out Chicagoland pet stores’...
Talk Back: Sandy, Animal Rescue, and Social Media
Since Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast more than a week ago and I began writing about our efforts to help, many of you have written to express your thoughts. With tens of thousands of people homeless in New York...
Lawmakers’ Opposition to Disaster Relief Leaves People and Pets Out in the Cold
As the nation continues to reel from the effect of Hurricane Sandy, and some areas begin their slow and difficult recovery, it’s a reminder of just how important it was for Congress to pass the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards...
No Form of Animal Abuse that Ag Groups Find Intolerable
It’s just about one week left before Election Day, and one of the battleground states for animal protection is North Dakota. Measure 5 would make it a felony to maliciously and intentionally harm a dog, cat or horse, and would...
No Need to be Spooked by Bats this Halloween
It is inevitable that people and wildlife will bump up against one another. The question for us at The HSUS, and for everyone else in society, is how we manage those encounters. Do we exhibit tolerance and try to find...
Iowa TV Ad Tells Voters the Truth about King’s Record
Today the Humane Society Legislative Fund launched its third TV ad in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District opposing Steve King for Congress. The new ad is running today in Des Moines, Sioux City, and Rochester-Mason City, and you can watch it...
The Facts on Steve King’s Disappointing Animal Welfare Record
The Humane Society Legislative Fund today launched a new TV ad in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District opposing Steve King’s reelection to Congress. The ad responds to King’s recent claims that he loves animals and opposes dogfighting, and gives viewers the...
Steve King’s Voting Record is a Reflection of His Position on Dogfighting
Steve King is on the defense and is pressuring TV stations in Iowa not to run the Humane Society Legislative Fund’s new TV ad critical of his voting record on animal fighting policy issues in Congress. He says he’s an...
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