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Fish are aquatic animals who live in diverse habitats.

Guinea pigs are gentle, curious pets.

Hamsters are desert-dwelling rodents who have become popular pets.

Manatees are large, gentle marine mammals who eat only aquatic plants.

Mice and rats are curious, social animals who can make excellent pets.

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

Members of the weasel family, otters are known for their elongated bodies, webbed feet and playful antics, particularly their love of sliding down rocks, banks or waterfalls.

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

Sporting their tux-with-tails plumage, penguins are one of Earth’s most charismatic and recognizable birds.

These shy, gentle animals share our neighborhoods—and sometimes our homes.

Whales are awe-inspiring giants of the sea.

Because beauty should be kind.

To make the ocean safer for those who call it home.

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

To keep animals safe in their natural habitat.

Are animal experiments being conducted in your city/state or at your university or alma mater? Use the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s public search tool to find out! The Animal Welfare Act requires facilities in the U.S. that conduct experiments* on certain animals** to register with the...

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...

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...

Stuffed in a sports bag in Johannesburg, South Africa, the small pangolin was far from her natural environment. She’d been poached from her home and held without food or water for around 10 days, and now she was up for sale. In February 2020, wildlife traffickers brought her to an arranged meeting...

WASHINGTON — Today, a stellar cast assembled on Capitol Hill to support passage of the Humane Cosmetics Act; the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Humane Society International were joined by celebrity advocates—TV personality and entrepreneur Lala Kent and...