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Bears

Bears are powerful, majestic animals who face numerous threats.

Deer

Deer are our wild neighbors, forced by habitat loss into the spaces where humans now live.

Turtles

Turtles have been roaming the Earth for millions of years—but now dozens of these “slow and steady” species are racing toward extinction.

Banning Trophy Hunting

To save wildlife from being killed just for bragging rights.

Battling the Worst Hunting Practices

To stand against the most egregious abuses of wildlife.

Fighting Animal Cruelty and Neglect

To help reduce needless cruelty to animals.

Captive animals such as this tiger locked in cage suffer in zoos and circuses

Helping Captive Wild Animals

To keep wild animals where they belong—in the wild—and out of zoos and circuses.

American horses in export pens in Texas and New Mexico before transport to Mexican horsemeat plants

Preventing Horse Slaughter

For horses to be spared cruel and needless deaths.

Promoting Smarter Wildlife Management

To encourage peaceful coexistence with wild animals.

horses at Duchess Sanctuary saved from equine cruelty

Stopping the Wildlife Trade

To keep animals safe in their natural habitat.

13 ways to build your humane backyard

Every day, more and more wildlife habitat is lost to the spread of development. Give a little back by building your own humane backyard! It doesn't matter whether you have a small apartment balcony, a townhouse with a sliver of ground, a suburban yard, a sprawling corporate property or a community...

A day in the life at Black Beauty Ranch

At Black Beauty Ranch, titles like “caregiver” and “maintenance technician” don’t do the people who hold them justice, and they don’t capture the dozens of unique tasks the team carries out every day: figuring out how to get pine sap off a goat’s horn (rub it with peanut oil), learning how to “drag”...

Sad dog standing in a dirty water bowl during New Mexico rescue

Animal cruelty facts and stats

The shocking number of animal cruelty cases reported every day is just the tip of the iceberg—most cases are never reported. Unlike violent crimes against people, cases of animal abuse are not compiled by state or federal agencies, making it difficult to calculate just how common they are. However...

Animal protection groups and veterinarians submitted petition to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to ban wildlife killing contests

Today, veterinarians and 18 organizations, led by the Humane Society of the United States, submitted a petition to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources requesting that the agency initiate rulemaking to prohibit cruel, unnecessary wildlife killing contests in the state. At least 20 killing...

Animal testing and experiments FAQ

Contents How many animals are used in experiments each year? Which animals are used in experiments? What kinds of experiments are animals used in? What kinds of institutions use animals in experiments? Where do laboratories get the animals they use in experiments? What is life like for animals in...

Bear canisters now available for rent for hiking the Rogue River National Recreation Trail

Editor's note: The attribution of the quote contributed by the U.S. Forest Service was corrected on June 8. MERLIN, Ore.—The Wild and Scenic Lower Rogue River and Rogue River National Recreation Trail draw tens of thousands of visitors annually to enjoy recreational activities including rafting...

hummingbirds sipping nectar from bright red flowers

Beyond the tulip

It’s a peculiar rite of modern homeownership: Plant a tulip bulb in autumn, cage or spray it to deter nibblers, admire its fleeting blooms a few months later, let it rot in soil ill-suited to its needs and repeat the whole cycle again the following year.

Bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of wild animals in traveling exhibits heard by Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

BOSTON—Today the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development heard testimony on bills prohibiting the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows (H.3245 and S.2197/S.2189). This critical, bipartisan legislation serves to...

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