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Chickens

Chickens are intelligent birds with a complex social hierarchy.

Coyotes

Coyotes deserve lives free from persecution.

Deer

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

Foxes

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

Monkeys

Monkeys are agile, intelligent primates—some of the closest animal relatives to humans.

Indian Pangolin, one of the most traffic/smuggled wildlife species for its scales

Pangolins

Pangolins are gentle mammals who curl into a defensive ball when threatened.

Pigs

Pigs are gentle creatures with surprising intelligence.

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.

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.

Chickens in chicken house in San Diego, California

Improving the Lives of Farm Animals

By reducing the suffering of animals raised for meat, eggs and dairy.

Stopping Puppy Mills

To end the cruel treatment of dogs in mass breeding operations.

Wild macaque monkey in a tree. Monkeys are often victims of illegal wildlife trade.

Stopping the Wildlife Trade

To keep animals safe in their natural habitat.

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...

Advocates rally to “show the animals love” on Valentine’s Day

Humane advocates descended upon Lawyers Mall on Valentine’s Day to “show the animals love.” The rally, organized by the Humane Society of the United States and other groups, demonstrated the strong, bipartisan public support for key animal welfare bills before the Maryland legislature this session.

Animal advocates celebrate pro-animal gains in Montclair, NJ

As the year comes to an end, animal advocates celebrate the passage of three new animal protection ordinances and resolutions in Montclair. Most notably, Montclair prohibited the retail sale of dogs and cats in pet stores. Montclair joins 136 municipalities in New Jersey that have enacted humane pet...

Animal welfare groups commend Gov. Hochul for signing bill to end the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in New York pet stores

NEW YORK—Today, animal welfare groups commended Gov. Kathy Hochul for signing the Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill, groundbreaking legislation that will stop the flow of cruelly bred puppies to New York pet stores by ending the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores across the state. Championed...

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