Posted in Fundraising

Your pet is the most lovable, special animal in the world. But does he/she have what it takes to win the Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest? Enter and celebrate your pet! Then help save animals' lives by sharing your pet's photo and story with your friends and family and asking them to donate to vote for your pet. Every dollar donated in your pet… read more

Posted in Current Events

January 21, 2009 Yesterday’s Inaugural was uneventful for animals, except for one glaring exception. Just before the celebration down Pennsylvania Avenue was to commence, there was a collision between a heavy duty truck and one of the parade horses, a 10-year-old named Mouse, whose leg got caught in the grill and winch of the truck. Our Eme… read more

Posted in Current Events

January 14, 2009 In the recognized tradition of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, President-elect Barack Obama has asked Americans to devote that day, Monday, Jan. 19, to volunteer service. Mr. Obama, Joe Biden, and their families will do volunteer work in the Washington, D.C. area, just one day before the two men are sworn in as President and… read more

Posted in General

1-6-09 Adam Liptak in today’s New York Times wrote a measured piece about the legal brouhaha over a 1999 law that The HSUS and the Doris Day Animal League helped to pass to ban the commercial sale of videos depicting extreme and illegal acts of animal cruelty. The legislation—carried with great skill by Congressman Elton Gallegly, a stalwart… read more

Posted in Current Events

Jan. 5, 2009 Two weeks ago, meat industry groups announced they’d filed a legal challenge to portions of the upgraded Downed Animal Protection Act in California, passed last year by the state legislature in the wake of our investigation into a southern California slaughter plant formerly called Hallmark/Westland. And also last week, the Montan… read more