Humane Society

Coming Together on Behalf of Animals

Joe Trippi | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Humane Society, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Rights, Burger King, Hsus, Wendy's, Mcdonalds, Green News
Joe Trippi

There's one issue that I've been watching very carefully that could bridge the political gap. And it's really a no-brainer: basic, sensible protections to improve the lives of animals.

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McDonald's Sets Timeline To Eliminate Pork Gestation Crates

Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: McDonald's, Pork, Humane Society, Mcdonald's Gestation Crate, Gestation Crates, Food News

Following its February declaration to help its suppliers phase out pork gestation crates, McDonald's announced late last month a finite plan to elimin...

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Animal Park Slammed For Letting Kids Play With Tigers

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Video, Oklahoma City, Humane Society, Joe Schreibvogel, Reuters, Tiger Petting Zoo, Animals in the News, Gw Exotic Animal Park, Weird Oklahoma, Petting Zoo, Weird News News

By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY, May 17 (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park ...

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Undercover Video Reveals Tennessee Walking Horses Tortured To Win Championships

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Horse Abuse, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Animal-Welfare, Video, Animal-Rights, Graphic Video, Humane Society, Graphic Animal Abuse, Animal Abuse, Animal Cruelty Charges, Green News

Graphic undercover video shot by investigators from the Humane Society of the United States and obtained by ABC News has revealed shocking alleged tor...

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Safeway Claims Big Change In Its Pork Will Come

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Pig Gestation Crates, Safeway, Mercy for Animals, Humane Society, Safeway Gestation Crates, Hormel-Gestation-Crates, Safeway Pork, Brian Dowling, Gestation Crates, Food News

The national supermarket chain Safeway has announced that it is working to formulate a plan to sell pork only from suppliers that do not use gestation...

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Washington Humane Society Foster Challenge

Lisa LaFontaine | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Pet Cats, Pets, Pet Adoption, Foster Pets, Humane Society, Animal Adoption, Animal Shelters, Pet Dogs, Foster Animals, D.C. News, D.C. Humane Society, Washington Humane Society, DC News
Lisa LaFontaine

Not only do foster families provide a much needed safe haven for animals, but they also give each dog or cat the opportunity to feel comfortable enough to reveal his or her true personality.

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Burger King To Eliminate Cruel Practice By 2017

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Burger King Gestation Crates 2017, Video, Humane Society, Cage-Free Pigs, Burger King, Cage-Free Chickens, Burger King Gestation Crates, Gestation Crates, Food News

In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give...

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Photographer Documents Feral Cat Problem

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Photography, Feral Cats, Video, Animal Welfare, Humane Society, Saving Strays, Central Texas, Vaccination, Slidewide, Slidepollajax, Sandy Carson, Arts News

Photographer Sandy Carson began trapping feral cats in Central Texas out of a duty to help the population not get out of control. It's a complex, cont...

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Kreider Battery-Cage Egg Investigation Highlights Need for Federal Bill

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Animal Welfare, Factory Farms, Kreider Farms, Humane Society Kreider Farms, Humane Society, Egg Farms Investigation, Humane Society Undercover Investigation, Kreider Farms Investigation, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Our undercover investigator worked at Kreider's nine-barn facility for six weeks and documented appalling and extreme overcrowding of hens, dead birds in cages and barn floors covered with flies.

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'Pink Slime' Stokes Controversy

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Beef Products, Fast Food, Food Safety, Video, Pink Slime, Humane Society, Lftb, Politics News

By P.J. Huffstutter and Lisa Baertlein Standing before a crowd of McDonald's Corp shareholders at its headquarters last spring, an unlikely inv...

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WATCH: Horrifying Undercover Video Of Brutal Commercial Egg Producer

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Eggs, Eggs Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Egg Farm, Video, Undercover Video Animal Cruelty, Humane Society, Undercover Farm Video, Kreider Egg Farms, United Egg Producers, Food News

Did you eat scrambled eggs for breakfast? A bacon, egg and cheese? Then unless you raise your own chickens, and use only the eggs from your own coop, ...

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Bank Saves Cat From Owner's Will In Unprecedented Court Case

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Will Orders Cat Euthanized, Georgia Lee Dvorak, Cat Saved From Euthanization, Court Invalidates Will Clause, Humane Society, Will Orders Cat Killed, Bank Saves Cat, Trust Officers Save Cat, Court Rules to Save Cat, Cat Euthanized, Chicago News

Trust officers at a suburban Chicago bank saved a healthy 11-year-old cat's life by challenging a clause in her owner's will that had sentenced her to...

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WATCH: Firefighters Save 20 Dogs In Amazing Rescue From Burning Home

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Animal Rescue, Dog Rescue, Video, Ramona Burnett, New Jersey, Humane Society, Heroes, Kris Palmer, New Jersey Firefighters, Hopewell Township, Lawrence Road Fire Company, James Brundage, Hopewell Animal Control, New Jersey Fire, Impact News

New Jersey firefighters rescued 20 dogs Monday with the help of lifesaving equipment that had recently been donated. When firefighters raced into ...

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RAW VIDEO: Dogs Ordered To Kill Pig

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Video, Humane Society, Pig Abuse, Dog Abuse, Dogs Ordered to Kill Pig, Video of Dogs Attacking Pig, Animal Abuse, Janice Ramirez, Ashley Ramirez, Crime News

VERO BEACH, Fla. — A mother and daughter who used their dogs to kill a farm-raised pig in their backyard in 2011 are being punished with two months ...

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Don't Turn the Clock Back on Animal Welfare Enforcement

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Farming, Animal Welfare, Animals, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Animal Welfare Funding, Animal Rights, Humane Society, Animal Right Congress, Animal Protection, Impact News
Michael Markarian

Whether an animal welfare law will be effective often turns on whether it gets adequately funded. Having legislators seek that funding is crucial, especially when there are as many strong competing budget pressures as there are now.

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I CAN HAZ SENATE SEAT: Cat Runs For Senate In Virginia

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: 2012 Elections, Virginia Senate 2012, Tim Kaine, Humane Society, Campaign Ads, Elections 2012, Hank for Senate, Cat for Senate, Animals in the News, Cat Runs for Senate, Virginia, Video, Bosco Ramos, George Allen, Hank Cat, Animal Politician, Slidepollajax, Weird News News

The race for a Senate seat from Virginia may evolve into a cat fight now that one Springfield resident has tossed his collar into the ring. Hank ma...

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Animal Welfare Groups Target Feral Cats For Sterilization

AP | By SUE MANNING | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Feral Cats, Sterilization, Humane Society of the United States, Cats, Video, Animal Welfare, Alley Cat Allies, Humane Society, Animals, American Veterinary Medical Association, Animal Welfare Groups, Green News

LOS ANGELES -- Cat owners have done a good job spaying and neutering their pets. The big issue now when it comes to felines is population control of f...

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McDonald's To Demand That Pork Suppliers End Cruel Practice

AP | By DAVID PITT | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Fast Food, Video, Animal Welfare, Pig Cruelty, Humane Society, Mcdonald's Gestation Crates, Mcdonald's Pork, McDonald's, Gestation Crates Pork, Gestation Crates, Food News

DES MOINES, Iowa -- McDonald's Corp. said Monday it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly conf...

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Spam Maker To Eliminate Cruel Practice

Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Hormel, Hormel Gestation Crates, Spam, Video, Spam Gestation Crates, Smithfield Foods, Humane Society, Gestation Crates, Food News

Riding the coattails of Smithfield Food's announcement to stop using gestation crates by 2017, Hormel, the makers of SPAM, have followed suit. Hormel ...

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Zoo Wants CareerBuilder To Stop Using Chimps In TV Ads

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Lincoln Park Zoo, Super Bowl Commercials, Animal Rights, Careerbuilder Commercial, Chimps on Tv, Careerbuilder Super Bowl Commercial, Humane Society, Careerbuilder, Careerbuilder Chimpanzees, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A Chicago zoo is mounting a campaign to stop a company from airing a Super Bowl Sunday commercial featuring mischievous suit-and-tie w...

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Colo. Animal Abuse Registry Bill Rejected By Lawmakers

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Video, Animal Abusers, Humane Society, Animal Abuse, Animal Abuse Registry, Sex Offenders, Repeat Offenders, Crimes Against Animals, Colorado House Committee, Denver News

On Monday, Colorado lawmakers rejected a bill that would have required animal abusers over the age of 18 to register to their address, name and photo ...

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Does Colo. Need An Animal Abuse Registry?

Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Abusers, Humane Society, Animal Abuse, Animal Abuse Registry, Repeat Offenders, Sex Offenders, Crimes Against Animals, Colorado House Committee, Denver News

Animal abusers over the age of 18 in Colorado may soon find themselves treated like sex offenders if a bill seeking to create an animal registry passe...

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Supreme Court Halts CA's Humane Slaughterhouse Law

AP | TRACIE CONE and JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Slaughterhouse, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse Law, California Slaughterhouse, Peta, Euthanize Livestock, Humane Society, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Fmia, Humane Slaughter, California Slaughterhouse Law, Los Angeles News

FRESNO, Calif. — The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected ...

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Woman's Lawsuit Hinges On Puppies Having Souls

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Umka, Brussels Griffon, Animal Lawsuits, Humane Society, Ny News, Susan Chana Lask, Elena Zakharova, New York News

Can a lawyer prove the existence of a living soul? If you're defending Elena Zakharova and her dog Umka, that's exactly what you'll have to do. In ...

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Humane Society‎ Sparks Outrage By Euthanizing Man's Kitten Over Money

AP | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Scruffy, Animal Rescue, Humane Society, Stacy Pearson, Euthanized, Cat, Daniel Dockery, Arizona, Kitten, Green News

PHOENIX -- Animal lovers threatened to pull donations to an animal rescue group and the public flooded the agency with scathing comments and calls aft...

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