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The Business of Gift Lounges: GBK founder Gavin Keilly explains

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.29.2013 | Business
Zorianna Kit

Gavin Keilly's GBK Productions is a multi-level company that specializes in helping non-profits and businesses grow to the next level. It does so with...

Putting Abusers Before Animals Is Business as Usual at the HSUS

Nathan J. Winograd | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Nathan J. Winograd

To those on the outside looking in, HSUS' lack of support for an animal abuse registry may seem like an anomaly. But for those on the inside, who have been laboring to end neglect, abuse and the killing of animals, it is clearly part of a recurring pattern that exemplifies the HSUS tenure of CEO Wayne Pacelle.

Taxpayer-Supported Animal Cruelty

Cathy Kangas | Posted 06.10.2013 | Green
Cathy Kangas

We need to look at every government agency that either uses animals or is responsible for animal control to determine if low cost alternatives are available for research experiments or population control.

Major Coffee Chain To Eliminate Controversial Practice

Posted 04.04.2013 | Green

Tim Hortons, Canada's mega-popular coffee and bakery chain, has announced that it will stop sourcing pork from any company that uses gestation crates,...

Rachel Tepper

Is The Pork Industry Pushing Back Against Gestation Crate Bans?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.21.2013 | Green

When Bon AppƩtit Management Company's CEO and founder Fedele Bauccio recently read a Pork Network op-ed by food industry and consumer advocate Rick B...

How You Can Help Shelter Pets

Posted 03.19.2013 | Green

From Mother Nature Network's Morieka Johnson: Many dogs and cats live the good life in the United States. But the prospects aren’t as good for th...

Anti-Whistleblower (AgGag) Laws Threaten Human Health, the Environment and Animals

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green
Bruce Friedrich

The industry's response to years of evidence of egregious, and often criminal, animal cruelty and of diseased and adulterated meat entering the market is to attempt to outlaw undercover investigations.

LOOK! Man Hoarded Hundreds Of Animals In Home

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Crime

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Humane society members wearing protective masks removed nearly 300 animals including pigeons,...

WATCH: Missing For Over 8 Years, Microchipped Cat Reunited With Shocked Owner

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 01.07.2013 | Good News

The last time Dara Gerson saw her cat, Vanilla, he was in the arms of her daughter more than eight years ago. At the time, the Sausalito family mou...

The Humane Society Responds To 'Why I Wear Fur'

PJ Smith | Posted 02.16.2013 | Style
PJ Smith

"Recognize these cynical marketing ploys for what they are -- nonsense."

'Just Leave The Horses Alone'

AP | By DYLAN LOVAN | Posted 02.04.2013 | Green

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Humane Society chapter in southeastern Kentucky says it is locked in a dispute with a coal company that wants to shoo a pac...

REPORT: This State Lost HALF Of Donations To Overhead

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 12.01.2012 | Impact

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A report released Thursday reminds Californians to pay attention to their charitable giving this holiday season. The study by t...

The Surprising Truth About Dog Lovers

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.28.2012 | Home

Sorry cats, but your least favorite slobbery canine is probably much richer than you are. Millionaires prefer to have dogs as pets, according to a...

Shocking Animal Deaths On 'Hobbit' Production

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 01.19.2013 | Entertainment

By NICK PERRY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Animal wranglers involved in the making of "The Hobbit" movie trilogy say the produc...

Record-Breaking Penalty For Slaughterhouse Abuse Case After Major Meat Recall

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 01.16.2013 | Green

FRESNO, Calif. -- A California slaughterhouse where videotaped mistreatment of cows prompted the largest meat recall in U.S. history has reached a sym...

Some Felines Face Deadly Discrimination, Survey Shows

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 10.25.2012 | Science

For felines as well as humans, life isn't always fair. A new survey suggests that cats are judged by the color of their fur just as people are som...

GOP Rep. Called 'King Of Cruelty' In Harsh Campaign

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve King of Iowa has little use for the Humane Society, particularly when it comes to laws designed to give calves, pregnant...

Campaigning From a Cat's Perspective

Hank the Cat | Posted 12.17.2012 | DC
Hank the Cat

American pets -- and their owners -- are sick of politics as usual, and are willing to do whatever is necessary to fix the corruption, lobbying, and corporate control of Congress.

The Pets' Trust: Will Voters Approve Funding to Curb Pet Population?

Dan Renzi | Posted 12.09.2012 | Miami
Dan Renzi

Miami-Dade County, Florida residents voting in the November 2012 election will vote on a measure to assist some of the county's most desperate residents: homeless dogs and cats.

Rescuing 139 Dogs, Cats, Horses and Birds in North Carolina

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 12.01.2012 | Impact
Wayne Pacelle

These formerly neglected creatures finally have a brighter future, and freedom from the suffering and neglect that had been their lot.

Polar Bear Measure Ties Senate In Knots

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 11.22.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — On its last day in session before the election, the Senate tied itself in knots over 41 polar bear carcasses that hunters want to b...

'The Rational Optimist': Review

Ricardo B. Salinas | Posted 11.12.2012 | Books
Ricardo B. Salinas

In Matt Ridley's latest book, The Rational Optimist, he invites us to adopt a positive view of the world, human capacity, and global trade.

David Lohr

Special Care For Burned Horse

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.13.2012 | Crime

Northstar, the 6-year-old quarter horse who was doused with a flammable substance and set ablaze last month, is receiving specialized care at The Ohio...

Rescuing Gulf Coast Animals Endangered by Hurricane Isaac

Ed Sayres | Posted 11.04.2012 | Impact
Ed Sayres

While the damage from Isaac has not approached that of Hurricane Katrina, for the families and their pets who have been displaced from their homes, the effect on them is just as monumental.

Humane Society Hopes To Wield Stockholder Power Against Pork Farm Practices

Reuters | Posted 10.31.2012 | Green

* Humane Society of United States buys stock in BlackRock, others * Activists hope investors force farm practice changes ...