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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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May 22, 2012
The HSUS Applauds the California Senate’s Passage of Bill to Prohibit Bear and Bobcat “Hounding”
The HSUS applauds the California Senate for voting 22 to 15 to end the inhumane and unsporting practices of using dogs to hunt down bear and bobcats – a practice known as “hounding.”
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May 21, 2012
The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust Establishes Wildlife Sanctuary in Lavina, Mont.
The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust established a permanent wildlife sanctuary in Lavina, Mont., after receiving the 160-acre conservation easement as a donation from Ed and Kathleen Arnold of Newport, Ore. The new Arnold Wildlife Sanctuary is home to number of animals, such as deer, fox, coyote, rabbits, squirrels, black bear, bobcats, salamanders and a variety of birds, including waterfowl.
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May 21, 2012
The HSUS Urges Pennsylvania Senate to Immediately Ban Private Ownership of Exotic Pets
In the wake of an undercover investigation revealing that an Oklahoma roadside zoo with ties to Pennsylvania is allowing children to interact with dangerous predators, The Humane Society of the United States is urging the state Senate to quickly pass H.B. 1398, the exotic pet bill, sponsored by Rep. Edward Staback, D-Lackawanna/Wayne.
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May 18, 2012
The HSUS Urges Congress to Take Immediate Action by Passing the Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act
In the wake of an undercover investigation revealing that an Oklahoma roadside zoo with approximately 200 tigers and other big cats is allowing children to interact with dangerous predators, The HSUS is calling on members of Congress to take immediate action on the Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act (H.R. 4122).
