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The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing a dog by hanging her by the leash in a tree in Sacramento.

As wildfires spread throughout southern California, The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center has prepared for an evacuation of its permanent residents and its rehabilitation patients. The Center is also ready and able to take in any local native predatory wildlife in need, such as coyotes, bobcats and...

A New Hampshire court convicted Christina Fay of animal cruelty following the rescue of 84 Great Danes from a commercial breeding operation Fay managed out of her Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, mansion.

The Humane Society of the United States has welcomed Amy Nichols as its new vice president of Companion Animals. Nichols is the founder and former CEO of Dogtopia, a dog daycare, boarding, spa and retail chain providing care to canines across the U.S. and Canada.

The Humane Society of the United States honored Sidewalk Angels Foundation, founded by Grammy Award-winning artist Rob Thomas and his philanthropist wife Marisol Thomas and luxury beauty brand Moroccanoil at the 2017 To the Rescue! New York gala.

As Massachusetts legislators prepare to hear testimony on a bill to prohibit the sale of ivory and rhino horn, results from an undercover investigation raise concerns that the lack of laws to ban the ivory trade in Massachusetts is enabling the illegal trade in ivory and contributing to a dramatic...

An aerial survey conducted by personnel with The Humane Society of the United States across east Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey revealed hundreds of cattle stranded.

The Humane Society of the United States is speaking out as the town of Westport, Connecticut, is considering changes to the current town code to allow the use of trapping to control coyotes. The proposed change would allow homeowners or the town Board of Selectman to hire wildlife trappers to trap...

On the heels of the rescue of 84 Great Danes from a suspected puppy mill in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu, R, is announcing support for strengthening the state’s animal cruelty laws and an update regarding the Governor's Commission on the Humane Treatment of Animals.

The HSUS reveals that a boutique Manhattan puppy store is hiding illnesses among its high-priced puppies and failing to reveal full health information to buyers. An undercover investigator who wore a hidden camera while employed by the store documented these and other findings, which have been...

The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch—operated by The Fund for Animals, an affiliate of the HSUS—is providing permanent sanctuary to 18 goats, three sheep and three pigs who were among more than 350 animals rescued from deplorable conditions on a Georgia property in April.

In a disappointing outcome for a widely supported bill, Hawaii Governor David Ige vetoed legislation that would have protected Hawaii’s threatened reefs by limiting the capture of reef wildlife for personal aquariums.