The HSUS works to protect wildlife from captive hunting, the fur trade, the exotic pet trade, Canada's commercial seal slaughter, horse slaughter, habitat loss, urbanization, and more. Join our fight to protect wildlife.
Get involved in wildlife protection
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Protect Wildlife Campaign
Help stop poaching, captive hunts and contest kills, fox and coyote penning, bear baiting and more. Learn more
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Fur-Free Campaign
Show compassion in fashion! Learn more about fur production and how you can support cruelty-free shopping. Take action
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Protect Seals
Each year, hundreds of thousands of seals are clubbed and shot to death in Canada for their fur in the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world. Take action
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Urban Wildlife
Celebrate, protect, and learn how to live in harmony with your wild neighbors—whether near your home or in your garden or community. Learn more
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Exotic Pets
Wild animals can attack, spread disease, and cannot adequately be provided for in captivity. Help us keep wild animals wild! Take action
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Wild Horses
Each year, tens of thousands of American horses are inhumanely transported and slaughtered for human consumption. Stop Horse Slaughter
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Wildlife Land Trust
Wildlife habitat is rapidly disappearing due to development and other human-caused changes. The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust saves wildlife by saving land. Learn more
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Marine Mammals
Pollution and hunting threaten these animals in the wild, but life in captivity isn't the solution—and neither is swimming with dolphins. Learn more
Wildlife News & Resources
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May 24, 2013
Dangerous Exotic Pets: Bears
Intelligent, strong, and highly active, bears kept as pets endure significant suffering. Bears are one of the most challenging species to keep in captivity and often develop neurotic behaviors, and even those captive-bred and bottle-raised are capable of killing people or inflicting serious injuries.
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May 24, 2013
Dangerous Exotic Pets: Snakes
Large constrictor snakes like pythons, boa constrictors, and anacondas are powerful wild animals capable of killing an adult human—and they are commonly and legally kept as "pets" throughout the United States. Allowing private possession of these dangerous reptiles threatens public safety, environmental health, and the welfare of the animals themselves.
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May 24, 2013
Dangerous Exotic Pets: Big Cats
Thousands of lions, tigers, and other big cats are held in private hands throughout the United States, posing unacceptable and unnecessary risks to public safety and animal welfare.
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May 24, 2013
Dangerous Exotic Pets: Primates
There are an estimated 15,000 primates kept as pets in the United States. These highly intelligent and social animals suffer greatly in the pet trade, posing risks to both the animals and the people who keep them.
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May 22, 2013
Sens. Barbara Boxer and Scott Brown Earn Top 2012 Humane Federal Legislator Awards
Top honors as 2012 Humane Legislators of the Year will go to Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Scott Brown, R-Mass.
