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Animal Planet Investigates: Captive Hunts
The TV program "Animal Planet Investigates" turns its attention this evening to the cruelty of captive hunting. See the preview video above, and watch the show—featuring undercover HSUS video—at 9 p.m. EDT/PDT.
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Poaching
Poachers may kill at least as many animals each year as legal hunters do, and these criminals don't care whether they hunt in season or kill endangered animals. Learn More
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Fox Pens
Dogs are judged on how they chase down fenced-in foxes and coyotes. Pens are a new game of suffering that's on the run. Learn More
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Captive Hunts
In captive hunts, shooters pay to kill animals trapped behind fences. What's "fair chase" about that? Learn More
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Contest Kills
Contestants target prairie dogs, coyotes, or pigeons in a festival of killing that awards prizes for the biggest stack of corpses. Learn More
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Pheasant Stocking
It's breeding birds in confinement, releasing them in a strange environment with no survival skills, and letting people shoot them—at taxpayer expense. Learn More
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Bear Baiting
Bear baiting cruelly pits a tethered, often defenseless bear against packs of threatening dogs. Act Now
Wildlife Abuses News
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January 26, 2012
Virginia Voters Oppose Cruel Practice of “Fox Penning” by More Than 8-to-1 Margin
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January 13, 2012
Reward Offered for Information in Two Bald Eagle Deaths in Kansas
The HSUS and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are offering a reward of up to $2,500 per case for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for illegally killing two bald eagles in Kansas.
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January 12, 2012
New Effort Launched to Combat Wildlife Crimes in Hawaii
The HSUS and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust announced new efforts to support the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement’s work to combat poaching and designated wildlife-related crimes by sponsoring a toll-free, confidential reward tip line, 1-855-DLNR-TIP.
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January 6, 2012
The HSUS Joins Forces with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for “Operation Cyberwild”
The HSUS applauds the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California for leading a crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade, “Operation Cyberwild,” with the assistance of specially trained HSUS volunteers who conducted Internet research on the trafficking in wild animals
