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October 18, 2012
Animal Welfare and Conservation Groups Petition USDA to Prohibit Public Contact with Dangerous Wild Animals
On the one-year anniversary of the Zanesville, Ohio, tragedy in which about 50 big cats, bears, primates and other animals were released from cages at a private menagerie, The Humane Society of the United States, World Wildlife Fund, International Fund for Animal Welfare, The Fund for Animals, Born Free USA, Big Cat Rescue, and the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries filed a legal petition asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit public contact with big cats, bears and primates under the Animal Welfare Act.
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March 16, 2012
One-Armed Kangaroo Beats Odds, Buddies Up with Old Goat
Roo-Roo lost an arm (and almost his life) when he was forced to box other kangaroos in a circus. Now, he spends days in the sun at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch keeping company with an old goat.
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February 2, 2012
Wayne's Blog: It’s Time to Bench the Super Bowl Chimp Ads
HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle discusses a CareerBuilder ad featuring chimpanzees that will air during this year's Super Bowl.
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December 7, 2011
"One Lucky Elephant" on DVD
Purchase the ACE Grant-winning documentary "One Lucky Elephant" on DVD.
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November 9, 2011
Five Chimpanzees Released from Laboratory Life
Five of the 26 elderly chimpanzees at New Iberia Research Center have been retired to a sanctuary. Please take action to free the 21 elderly chimpanzees who remain there, then help hundreds of other chimpanzees around the country who still suffer.
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September 15, 2011
Talk Back: Working to Protect Chimpanzees and Exotic Animals
HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle discusses and shares reader comments about the need to protect chimpanzees.
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September 1, 2011
Feds Set Stage for Critical Action to Help Chimps
HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle discusses increasing protections for chimpanzees by petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to change the status of captive chimpanzees from "threatened" to "endangered."
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August 31, 2011
Statement on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finding on Chimpanzees
The Humane Society of the United States is encouraged by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement that the agency will begin a status review of the chimpanzee under the Endangered Species Act to determine whether protection of all chimpanzees is warranted.
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February 25, 2011
Meet Kitty: February's Chimpanzee of the Month
Kitty suffered terribly for 25 years at the Coulston Foundation, a now-defunct research laboratory in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where she was used as a "breeder." During that time she gave birth to as many as 14 baby chimpanzees, ten of whom were taken away from her.
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February 14, 2011
Samson the Lion Turns 10 on Valentine's Day
With a “cake” fit for a jungle king, Samson the African Lion celebrates his 10th birthday on Valentine’s Day at the Fund for Animals Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Ramona, California.
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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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December 10, 2010
Meet Kimie: December's Chimpanzee of the Month
Kimie was kept as a pet and used in entertainment as a young chimpanzee. Years later, she was found in a dilapidated cage at an abandonded house and taken in by Chimps, Inc., a chimpanzee sanctuary in Bend, Oregon.
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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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October 6, 2010
Latest SeaWorld Orca Death Adds to Evidence of Captivity Perils
Naomi Rose, Ph.D., marine mammal scientist for The HSUS, issued a statement about the recent orca death at SeaWorld.
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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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August 6, 2010
Animal Welfare Groups Urge Jefferson County, Colo. to Shut Down Inhumane Rodeo Event
The HSUS, the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies and the Dumb Friends League are urging Jefferson County, Colo. officials to cancel the Coleadero Rodeo, in light of an ongoing criminal investigation into alleged animal abuse.
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June 24, 2010
"One Lucky Elephant"--Sounding the Trumpet for Elephants
The HSUS sponsored the LA Film Festival premiere of "One Lucky Elephant."
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June 7, 2010
The HSUS Reacts to Death of SeaWorld Whale
Naomi A. Rose, Ph.D., marine mammal scientist for The HSUS and an orca biologist, released a statement regarding the orca at SeaWorld Orlando who died from complications that arose while giving birth.
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April 30, 2010
The HSUS Applauds USDA Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Transparency
The HSUS applauds Thursday's announcement by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that it will resume issuing press releases on enforcement actions taken in response to violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
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April 26, 2010
Congress Explores Issue of Captive Marine Mammals
An expert with The HSUS is testifying April 27 before a House Subcommittee hearing on captive marine mammals.
