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  • April 11, 2013

    Spring Kicks Off Wildlife Baby Boom

    Humane Wildlife Services

    Humane Wildlife Services urges homeowners who think they have a wild guest living in their home to not take matters into their own hands

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  • January 31, 2013

    The HSUS Praises EPA Action to Protect Kids, Pets and Wildlife from Highly Toxic Rodent Poisons

    The Humane Society of the United States applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for banning the sale of 12 D-Con mouse and rat poison products made by Reckitt Benckiser Inc. because they fail to comply with EPA safety standards. The ban was announced Wednesday.

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  • October 19, 2012

    Patrolling the Raccoon Highway: HSUS Humane Wildlife Services Gets Down and Dirty in Community Steam Tunnels

    All Animals magazine, November/December 2012

    HSUS experts go underground to evict raccoons humanely from community steam tunnels.

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    Related Lethal Wildlife Management

  • October 9, 2012

    Audubon Society Of Portland, The HSUS And HSWLT Post Reward in Illegal Leg Hold Trap Case

    Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust

    Audubon Society of Portland, The Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust have posted a reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for setting an illegal leg hold trap in Beaverton.

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    Related Animal Abuse and Neglect , Lethal Wildlife Management

  • August 21, 2012

    Deborah Millman's Vision for the Cape Wildlife Center

    With 20 years of nonprofit management experience and a background in media and public relations, Deborah Robbins Millman is the new director of the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Mass., one of five animal care centers across the country operated by The HSUS. .

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  • June 25, 2012

    Deborah Robbins Millman Named Director of the Cape Wildlife Center

    The Humane Society of the United States has appointed Deborah Robbins Millman as director of the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Mass., one of five animal care centers across the country operated by The HSUS.

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  • May 7, 2012

    Reward Offered for Information in Illegal Trapping Case that Resulted in Raccoon’s Death

    Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust

    $2,500 reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who set a leghold trap in a Northwest neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that resulted in the trapped raccoon having to be euthanized.

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    Related Animal Abuse and Neglect

  • March 1, 2012

    The HSUS and Predator Defense Institute Commend OSU Decision to Deactivate Snares

    Predator Defense Institute

    The HSUS, Predator Defense and Oregon State University alumni commended the decision by the university to deactivate lethal snares set around its sheep research facility in Corvallis, Ore.

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    Related Lethal Wildlife Management

  • December 6, 2011

    HSUS Shareholder Resolution Asks Ross Stores for Fur-Free Policy

    The Humane Society of the United States’ Shareholder Resolution Asks Ross Stores for Fur-Free Policy

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    Related Fur Production: Caged & Trapped Animals

  • November 15, 2011

    HSUS Shareholder Resolution Asks Kohl’s for Fur-Free Policy

    The HSUS submitted a shareholder resolution asking Kohl’s to develop a policy to prohibit the sale of products that contain animal fur. The proposed policy would protect consumers from misleading fur labels and advertisements and end the company’s affiliation with cruel practices found in the fur industry.

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    Related Fur Used in Fashion

  • August 26, 2011

    As Irene Approaches, the Cape Widlife Center Battens Down Hatches

    As they ready for hurricane Irene, the Cape Wildlife Center staff urge you to plan ahead and to practice personal safety when rescuing wildlife during storms.

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    Related Animal Rescue

  • August 19, 2011

    HSUS Applauds Judge’s Decision Dismissing Theft Charges Against Good Samaritan in Texas Inhumane Treatment Case

    The HSUS commended the decision by a municipal judge in City of Richardson, Tex. to dismiss charges against wildlife rehabilitator Bonnie Bradshaw, who rescued a raccoon who was in a trap for more than 12 hours in the direct heat.

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    Related Animal Abuse and Neglect

  • May 31, 2011

    Re-nesting Keeps Wildlife Families Together

    The Humane Society of the United States / The Fund for Animals

    Cape Wildlife Center celebrates successful re-nesting efforts, getting wildlife babies back in where they belong

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  • April 14, 2011

    Portrait of an Innovator: Bringing Humane Wildlife Control to Vermont

    Meet JoAnn Nichols, whose company, Into the Wild, uses humane methods to evict unwanted wild animals.

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  • April 1, 2011

    Earth Day 2011—A Billion Acts of Green

    This year's Earth Day slogan is “A Billion Acts of Green.” You can start your "acts of green" close to home. We'll show you how.

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    Related Environmental Impact , Habitat Loss and Fragmentation

  • 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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    Related Chimpanzees Used in Research , Wild Horses , Cosmetic and Product Testing , Lethal Wildlife Management , Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Medical Training Using Animals , Biomedical Research

  • October 26, 2010

    Rehabbed Raccoons Ready for Life in the Wild

    After five months of nurturing, the last of the spring's orphaned raccoons have been rehabilitated by The HSUS's Cape Wildlife Center and released back into the wild.

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  • September 27, 2010

    Close Encounters of the Critter Kind: An Interactive Guide to Humanely Solving Conflicts with Wildlife

    Interactive design by Claudia Davila. Based on All Animals magazine article (March/April 2010)

    Close Encounters of the Critter Kind: An Interactive Guide to Humanely Solving Conflicts with Wildlife

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  • August 24, 2010

    Let Wildlife Rehabbers in North Carolina Do Their Job

    The recent exposure of more than 40 North Carolina residents to an ill raccoon underscores the need for licensed and qualified wildlife rehabilitators to be allowed to handle rabies vector species in North Carolina. For years, The HSUS has been urging the North Carolina Wildlife Commission to change its policies prohibiting the rehabilitation of raccoons.

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  • March 10, 2010

    Protecting Vents from Animal Intruders

    Learn how to build your own vent covers to protect your home from animal intruders

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