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February 24, 2011
Victory! NASA Cancels Plans for Monkey Radiation Experiments
On December 8, 2010, NASA announced that it had withdrawn its proposal to spend $1.75 million to expose male squirrel monkeys to high doses of radiation.
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February 1, 2011
Vote for Your Favorite Chimp Drawing
Hundreds of K-12 student artists entered our Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest. Choose your favorite of eight finalists for the People's Choice award. Vote now!
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January 28, 2011
Scientists, Apply Now for Animal Alternatives Award
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2011 Russell and Burch Award, which will be given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to animal alternative methods in the areas of biomedical research, testing or higher education.
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January 4, 2011
A New Year's Reprieve for Alamogordo Chimpanzees
Nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees are temporarily safe, now that a plan to transfer them to a Texas research laboratory has been postponed. This is an important victory in the battle to permanently retire a group of chimpanzees who have already suffered in laboratories for decades.
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December 14, 2010
Congress Can Spare Taxpayers and Animals
President Obama’s bipartisan deficit-reduction commission is making recommendations for reducing the deficit, and here at The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund we are proposing a few cost-cutting measures for lawmakers to consider in getting the country’s budget back on track.
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November 23, 2010
Wild Monkeys Destined for U.S. Labs
Halfway around the world, wild monkeys destined for research laboratories in the United States are being captured, bred and sold as part of a brutal monkey trade on the island nation of Mauritius.
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November 23, 2010
Students: Enter Our Chimp Drawing Contest
Students in grades K-12 are invited to enter the 2010 Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest, sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States.
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November 10, 2010
Raising Humane Beings
Five ways to inspire kids to become animals' heroes
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August 31, 2010
‘MUTTS’ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell to Judge Chimpanzee Drawing Contest
The HSUS is spreading the message to young people about chimpanzees in laboratories through a drawing contest launching Sept. 1. The 2010 Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest opens up a conversation about chimpanzees while sparking creativity and compassion among students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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July 15, 2010
Jane Goodall Marks 50 Years of Protecting Chimpanzees
Fifty years ago this week, at the age of 26, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall marked the start of what would become her life's work: studying and protecting chimpanzees.
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