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Lunch with a Leader, Next Steps in Ohio
Sometimes the work of animal advocacy is tough. But today wasn’t that kind of day. My colleague Paul Shapiro and I were pleased to spend time with an incredible advocate, and to enjoy the hospitality and gourmet cuisine of Vegiterranean
June in Animal News: An L.A. Unleashed Interview
The Los Angeles Times’ animal blog L.A. Unleashed recently launched a monthly five-question interview series featuring voices from all across the animal protection movement. My thoughts on what happened in June affecting animals, what to watch for in July and how to get involved were . . .
Pro-Whaling Proposal Fails, But Whales Aren’t Safe Yet
The fight to ban commercial whaling has had mixed outcomes through the years. There’s a ban on commercial whaling, but Japan, Norway, and Iceland have defied it, killing thousands of whales since the “ban” was imposed in 1986. In recent years, they pushed a proposal . . .
Will I See You in D.C. in July?
The largest national conference for the animal advocacy movement, TAFA is now in its sixth year — we’ll gather July 23-26 in the heart of Washington, D.C. at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, just steps from the Metro. If you register by tomorrow — Wednesday, June 23 — you can save $25 on full conference registration.
The Good Doctor
I’ve written before about HSVMA Field Services, sharing some happy stories of animals treated at our field clinics. We recently posted a video showing just a few of the people and pets helped by this tremendous program — and some of the hundreds of students who get hands-on training at the clinics — and I wanted to share it with you.
Greasing the Wheels to Get At the Whales
It’s an old story, but it never fails to shock—trading cash and equivalents for votes at the International Whaling Commission, the international convention that sets rules about the treatment of whales in the world’s oceans.
S.C. Cockfighting Bust Shows Need for Felony Laws
Yesterday our Animal Cruelty and Fighting campaign was in South Carolina assisting the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in a raid on what is perhaps the largest operational cockfighting pit in that state. Sheriff’s deputies charged 85 people with illegal cockfighting and seized $15,854 in gambling . . .
While Australia Leads for Whales, U.S. Lags
Today, Humane Society International and The HSUS, together with actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are asking supporters to take action to save whales—again. Nearly a quarter century after the moratorium on commercial whaling took effect, the threat to whales worldwide has . . .
Foie Gras Factory Farm Can’t Duck HSUS Lawsuit
Yesterday a federal judge in New York ruled for The HSUS in our long-running water pollution lawsuit against Hudson Valley Foie Gras — the largest foie gras factory farm in the United States.
Talk Back: Hero to Heroes
One great connection with animals is to bring them into service to help our veterans — a subject I wrote about recently. Many of you shared touching responses — along with the names of some of the other programs devoted to matching dogs with military service members — and today I post your comments.
Whale of a Problem: Captive Marine Mammals
Tomorrow morning my colleague Naomi Rose, Ph.D., and a number of other experts will testify before a House subcommittee about the ethical and legal issues associated with keeping marine mammals in captivity so that people can watch them perform. The HSUSPhoto taken at SeaWorld Orlando's . . .
Take Four: Good News from Va., Calif., Hawaii and Alaska
Yesterday, the big news was the setback delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court in ruling against our position in a constitutional challenge to the federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty Act. But there was much action on other fronts, and I wanted to mention four important advances this week.
