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With a dramatic rescue operation at an Ohio fur factory farm in the news, State Sen. Cindy Creem and State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis have introduced legislation to end the sale of new products from animals confined in fur factory farms. The companion bills, SD.712 and HD.2107, would eliminate the...

WASHINGTON—A federal court approved an agreement today that requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine by July 27, 2028, whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The agreement was reached after Humane Society International, the Humane...

WASHINGTON—The Humane Society of the United States and Smithfield Foods have ended a long-running lawsuit concerning pig welfare. In 2021, the HSUS filed suit in D.C. Superior Court alleging that Smithfield was confusing consumers by not clearly explaining, in promoting its group housing for sows...

Today, the Humane Society of the United States and Ohio authorities are completing a rescue operation of hundreds of animals from a fur and urine farm near Cleveland, Ohio. The Ashtabula County Commissioner’s Office requested the assistance of the Humane Society of the United States after the owner...

An undercover investigator for the Humane Society of the United States worked at six pet stores across Nevada—including Puppy Heaven in Las Vegas, Petland in Henderson, and four different Puppies for Less stores in Las Vegas—during late 2024 and found unsafe housing, managers failing to seek...

The Humane Society of the United States has released a new scorecard assessing how some of the nation’s largest higher education institutions are advancing sustainability by adding more plant-based meals to their menus and reducing their reliance on animal products. These schools, which serve...

OKLAHOMA CITY—On Wednesday, the Humane Society of the United States assisted the Grady County Sheriff’s Office with the rescue of hundreds of animals from a multi-species alleged cruelty case. Authorities served a search and seizure warrant on a residential property in Grady County, where they found...

OKLAHOMA—The Humane Society of the United States is assisting law enforcement in Oklahoma with the rescue of over 100 animals, including dogs, goats, fish, a pig, and companion birds such as cockatoos and parrots, from an alleged cruelty situation. Responders and veterinarians from Operation...

Praveen Suresh had never seen such destruction. Heavy rains battered the Wayanad district of the state of Kerala in southwest India during the last week of July. Early on July 30, the area experienced a series of massive landslides. The disaster reportedly killed more than 400 people and about 1,400...

I’ve associated cardinals with my paternal grandparents for as long as I can remember. The backyard of their small but charming home in Hazlet, New Jersey, was where I had my first encounters with wild animals: Squirrels would come right up to take peanuts from my hand, and it was the only place I...

When Gail Strickler and her husband, Bill Jasper, decided to get a dog soon after they married, there was no question in Strickler’s mind that their new companion would be a rescue. Though none of Jasper’s dogs had been rescues, all of Strickler’s had. “I said, ‘We have to get someone who needs us,’...

Set against a breathtaking backdrop of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains, the charming Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth, Washington, transforms into a sparkling “ Village of Lights” each winter. The day after Thanksgiving through Feb. 28, more than half a million lights twinkle throughout the...