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Alligators

American alligators are large aquatic reptiles with strong jaws, armor-like bodies and muscular tails.

Chinchillas

Chinchillas are small rodents native to South America who live in large colonies.

Coyotes

Coyotes deserve lives free from persecution.

Deer

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

Ferrets

Ferrets are playful, curious carnivores who have become popular pets.

Foxes

While folktales portray them as sly tricksters, red foxes deserve our respect for their intelligence and adaptability.

Mink

Mink are semi-aquatic mammals similar in appearance to weasels and ferrets.

Portrait of a harbor seal on a beach in Massachusetts

Sea Lions and Seals

These sleek, beautiful animals live in coastal waters, hunting for fish in the sea and returning to land to give birth to their young.

Sharks

Sleek, powerful and endlessly fascinating, sharks have roamed the oceans for millions of years.

Snapping turtle on gravel at waters edge

Turtles

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

Battling the Worst Hunting Practices

To stand against the most egregious abuses of wildlife.

Ending Animal Fighting

To stop the barbaric practices of dogfighting and cockfighting.

Going Fur-Free

Because animals need their fur coats more than we do.

Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. Facing harsh criticism the world over because of the hunt's cruelty and unsustainability, the Canadian government and fishing industry have spread much misinformation. Here are the basic facts about the...

Andy Cohen to host signature To The Rescue! gala benefitting the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International

The annual To The Rescue! Gala supporting the work of the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International will take place Nov. 11, 2022, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Award-winning radio and television talk show host, executive producer and author Andy Cohen will...

Ray J the dog tied with heavy chains to a tree.

Coming together for dogfighting survivors

An unknown number of dogs were chained in the woods on a recent Sunday morning, and rescuers could hear them barking before they saw them. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the joint rescue in September is believed to be the biggest takedown of an alleged dogfighting operation in South...

Photo collage of different fur alternatives

Cutting cruelty out of fashion

In 1988, after a decade that saw record sales of animal fur, a representative from the Humane Society of the United States met in Europe with other advocates to plan an end to an industry built on cruelty. Only a year before, the first ladies of the U.S. and what was then the USSR had famously...

Disappointing National Academies study largely fails animals and people

WASHINGTON—The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine published a report yesterday analyzing the use of primates in experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health and examining “opportunities for new approach methodologies to complement or reduce reliance on NIH-supported...

Dogs rescued from alleged dogfighting and cruelty situation in Gaston County, North Carolina

The Humane Society of the United States is assisting the Gaston County Police Department and their Animal Care and Enforcement Unit in rescuing 14 dogs from an alleged dogfighting and cruelty situation in Gaston County, North Carolina. A representative from the Gaston County District Attorney’s...

rows of cages holding many arctic fox at a fur farm in China

EXPOSED: Undercover investigation at fur farm shows the lives behind the label

WARNING: This page contains graphic content. Editor's note: In late August, as mink on fur farms in the Netherlands continued to fall sick with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, the Dutch government announced that it would require all mink fur farms to close by March of 2021...

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