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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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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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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 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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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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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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July 22, 2009
$25,000 Grant Awarded to Chimp Film Project
The HSUS greenlights "Cinema Chimp" at the 2009 AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival.
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June 22, 2009
The HSUS Greenlights Cinema Chimp at 2009 AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival
Cinema Chimp, the extraordinary story of Cheeta, one of Hollywood's most famous chimpanzee "actors," has won a $25,000 documentary grant from The HSUS for exploring the controversial issue of using primates in entertainment.
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June 8, 2009
The HSUS Puts Animal Issues in the Frame at 2009 SilverDocs Festival
The HSUS is again partnering with the SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival to promote animal advocacy through a $25,000 feature documentary grant.
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February 23, 2009
More than a Pet Peeve
We need to end this dangerous monkey business. Primates belong in the wild, not in our backyards and basements. For our own health and safety as well as the animals', the U.S. Congress should act swiftly and pass the Captive Primate Safety Act before the next child is mauled by a chimp.
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June 23, 2008
Meet Officer Tim Harrison
A Q&A with Officer Tim Harrison who is featured in the film "The Elephant in the Living Room", winner of the 2008 $25,000 ACE documentary grant
