Critter News
MARCH 8, 2010
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets.
Critter News
JULY 3, 2010
To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
A coalition of animal protection groups consisting of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Farm Sanctuary, and the Humane Farming Association (HFA), intervened in the case to ensure that the interests of animals and the public were represented.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
It's not perfect, but it's progress in one of the more animal welfare-challenged parts of the US. Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. Tags: animal cruelty legislation Arkansas us.
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2010
I don't care if they're supposedly working for altruistic purposes (they're not, but that's another story), they are allowing animals to suffer through negligent care separate from the excruciating experiments they must still undergo. The public doesn't want animals to suffer gratuitously in research laboratories," said Martin Stephens, Ph.D.,
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2009
Further advancing its leadership in human-animal studies, Humane Society University, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, announced today that it has received a license as a higher education degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.
Animal Person
JULY 1, 2009
I don't get the overwhelming feeling that anyone is on the side of the animals, here. When I look at the Humane Society of the United States ' statement on rodeos, I feel much better. But the HSUS is by no means an animal-rights organization; it is an animal welfare organization.
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