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Victory: Dow AgroSciences ends pesticide test on beagles following HSUS...
After we released our undercover investigation documenting the suffering of Harvey and 21 other dogs at Charles River Laboratories in Michigan, thousands of you wrote to demand the release of 36...
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Eat Icees, watch primate movies and sleep: Chimpanzees enjoy retirement at...
The chimpanzees grinned, stared, swung and hung upside-down to get our attention. But one chimp, Chloe (pictured above), quiet but curious, stood out in style. Photo by Mike Seres/Project ChimpsI am at...
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Urgent alert: Ask Dow AgroSciences to work with HSUS on release of beagles
Dow AgroSciences (now known as Corteva Agriscience) announced they would stop testing pesticides on the beagles earlier this month, following an HSUS undercover investigation at the Charles River...
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Victory: Dow AgroSciences beagles will head to Michigan Humane Society for...
Once Corteva had ended testing, we convinced the company, with your support, to release the beagles to a reputable shelter where they would have the best chance of finding forever homes. Photo by the...
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Breaking: Beagles freed from pesticide testing arrive at Michigan Humane Society
Pictured above, one of the beagles after arrival at the Michigan Humane Society. MHS’s expert behaviorists will carry out a full behavioral assessment of each dog, and an independent veterinary...
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10 states now encourage adoption of research dogs into loving homes
Teddy, an 18-month-old beagle who was part of our undercover investigation at a Michigan lab and who was used in an unnecessary one-year pesticide test, was recently at the Michigan statehouse,...
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China takes a step toward joining global cruelty-free cosmetics revolution
The norm in China has been a requirement that all companies supply a sample of any new product proposed for sale in the country to a government-approved laboratory, which then performs skin and eye...
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Our animal protection agenda wins big in House Appropriations funding package
One of the many pro-animal measures included in the House appropriations bills passed today will prevent the USFWS from issuing permits to import elephant or lion trophies from Zimbabwe, Zambia or...
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States, localities forge ahead on banning puppy mills, cage confinement,...
Nevada became the second state in the country, after California, to pass a law banning cosmetics testing on animals. Photo by Bliznetsov/iStock.comIn May this year, Washington’s governor signed into...
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Breaking news: Brazil will no longer require one-year pesticide test on dogs;...
Millie, pictured above, was one of more than 30 dogs at a Michigan laboratory who were undergoing a one-year test for a pesticide for sale in Brazil. Following an HSUS undercover investigation, the...
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Cruel cosmetics banned in Illinois; third U.S. state to do so after...
Animal testing is a cruel, outdated and unnecessary practice. In traditional tests, rabbits, mice, rats and guinea pigs have substances forced down their throat, dripped into their eyes, or smeared...
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Washington Post reveals White House may have meddled to stop USDA inspectors...
Our own research for our Horrible Hundred reports has found that many puppy mills that were cited by state officials for serious issues, such as emaciated dogs and dying puppies, received completely...
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Breaking news: EPA moves to end animal testing
The likely outcome of the EPA announcement will be to spare hundreds of thousands of animals from having chemicals rubbed onto their skin, dropped in their eyes or forced down their throats. Photo by...
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A week of successes for wildlife as key Senate committees vote up funding,...
The provision for wild horses and burros in the Senate spending package is consistent with a plan proposed by the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the Humane Society of the United States and several...
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HSUS videos cross 150 million views on YouTube
A chilling video that showed a father-son duo illegally slaughtering a mother bear and her cubs in Alaska outraged Americans and was our most watched video of 2019, with 2.6 million views. Photo...
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BREAKING NEWS: NIH reneges on promise, will not send 44 research chimpanzees...
There is no clear evidence that the welfare of the chimpanzees was actually considered in making this decision. Photo by the HSUSBy Kitty Block and Sara AmundsonIn a stunning about-face on its own...
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USDA moves to permanently hide animal welfare records on puppy mills, walking...
The proposal would further solidify the obfuscation that began when the administration purged all Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act records from the USDA website, just a few weeks after...
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Bill to end animal testing for cosmetics introduced in Congress with support...
The United States is one of the world’s largest cosmetics markets and this bill has the potential to spare the lives of thousands of mice, rabbits, rats and guinea pigs. Photo by Niderlander...
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On our 65th anniversary, a salute to our founders
Our founders acted with faith that other leaders would come along, too, with the same singular devotion, the same expansiveness of vision and the same resolve to do great good for animals. Pictured...
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In 2019, HSUS legal team secured crucial wins against trophy hunting, fur,...
Our Animal Protection Litigation team helped secure major wins for farm animals in the Supreme Court this year, including victories against challenges to landmark laws in California and Massachusetts...
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