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ICE BlackBox, a new free smartphone tool, launched to help law enforcement protect animals and communities from illegal animal cruelty. Available to Android and iPhone owners, the app will allow users to record video of illegal animal cruelty and share it securely with law enforcement for possible...

The Wildlife Conservation Society, Natural Resources Defense Council and The Humane Society of the United States praised the New York State Legislature today for passing landmark legislation that bans the sale and purchase of elephant ivory and rhino horn. It now goes to Governor Cuomo where it is...

The Humane Society of the United States welcomes Charles A. Laue of Kansas City, Mo. to the organization’s Board of Directors . Laue brings with him decades of experience as an accomplished business leader and animal advocate. Currently the vice chairman of Asurion, LLC, Laue is also the chairperson...

The Humane Society of the United States announces the election of Marsha Perelman to its board of directors. Perelman is chair of the Franklin Institute and a director of Penn Virginia Corporation, PVR Partners, L.P., and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation. She is also a member...

The Superior Court of California in Fresno County has upheld Proposition 2, the California ballot measure banning the inhumane confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding pigs and veal calves in cages so small the animals cannot stretch their limbs, lie down or turn around. The ruling is a result of...

UPDATE (Jan. 21, 2015) —Alabama court orders dog fighters to pay nearly $2 million to animal welfare groups UPDATE (Nov. 12, 2014) —Judge hands down severe sentences to eight defendants. Sentences ranged from six months to eight years—which is the longest prison term ever handed down in a federal...

To preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has introduced the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, which would phase out the routine non-therapeutic use of these drugs in farm animals. With antibiotics routinely laced into the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a proposal to protect all chimpanzees under the Endangered Species Act. While wild chimpanzees have long been recognized as endangered, existing regulations deprive captive chimpanzees in the United States of protection under the ESA. After...

The Humane Society of the United States applauds the Bureau of Land Management's announcement outlining several new policies associated with the agency's Wild Horse and Burro program. These new policies, designed to increase public transparency and ensure the humane treatment of animals, are the...

Keith Dane, director of equine protection for the Humane Society of the United States, issued the following statement in response to the sentence of three years probation and a $75,000 fine handed down to Jackie McConnell, the notorious horse trainer who was at the center of an undercover...

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 2, the California ballot measure banning the inhumane confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and veal calves in cages so small the animals cannot stretch their limbs, lie down, or...

The Humane Society of the United States conducted an on-camera interview with Barney Davis, a former Tennessee horse trainer who pleaded guilty to various violations of the Horse Protection Act last November. Davis served most of his one-year sentence in prison and was also ordered by the court to...