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HSUS Helps Lead 2nd Largest Ever Dogfighting Raid 26 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
In my role as president and CEO of The HSUS, I regularly see the best and worst of humanity. That was never more true than on Friday, as I participated in a rescue of dogs from an alleged dogfighter i...
Cruelty Nothing to Celebrate 23 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration held the first evening classes of its 75th anniversary event on Thursday night. This spectacle has become synonymous with the exhibition of stacked, c...
Leading on Lead 22 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am
While The HSUS provides an extraordinary amount of direct-care to animals, our biggest impact is felt through our cruelty-prevention programs—whether that’s done by cracking down on puppy mills, facto...
Sun(ny) Should Shine Light on Federal Dog Policies 20 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
Let us add our congratulations and best wishes to the newest First Dog, Sunny. Cheers all around. As the keeper of a new rescue—a six-year-old beagle mix named Lily—I know the joys of having a new pe...
"Walking" of the Bulls 19 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
A decade ago, I was on site as an observer for the first American “Running of the Bulls” in a small town outside of Las Vegas. Despite the hype from the huckster promoter – who said he’d be recreatin....
Obama Administration Seeks to Nullify Critical State Animal Cruelty Laws 16 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
Yesterday, in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of three federal judges heard argument from a Chinese-American business association and from other shark-finning interests that a California law...
A Brain That Might As Well Be Made of Butter 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
If you care about farm animals in Iowa, there is, unfortunately, no shortage of high-profile, high-impact matters that would benefit from citizen activism there. For example, with Congress in recess ...
Vets, Quill, Sioux 14 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
The mid-day rush of clients and their dogs and cats had just passed last Monday when members of the intake team from the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association-Rural Area Veterinary Services cl...
Not Giving Up the Fight for Wolves 12 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
I’m in Lansing today—with leaders of Native American tribes, environmentalist, and local humane organizations—to announce a new referendum in Michigan to protect wolves and other wildlife. This weeken...
Yes, That’s the Tolling of a Wake Up Call…Again. 9 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
For years, The HSUS warned Ohio policy makers about the madness of allowing private citizens to keep dangerous wild animals as pets. They ignored the issue, or what to me is more incriminating, they b...
