Alleged monkey conspiracy at Inotiv highlights need to end animal testing

By on August 24, 2023 with 5 Comments
Alleged monkey conspiracy at Inotiv highlights need to end animal testing

The hurt and harm of animal testing can extend beyond what happens in laboratories, as a new scandal concerning one major animal testing company’s acquisition of monkeys shows. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Inotiv and several of its subsidiaries violated the . . . 

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Remembering the life of Tokitae, AKA Lolita, the orca whale

By on August 21, 2023 with 18 Comments
Remembering the life of Tokitae, AKA Lolita, the orca whale

On Friday afternoon, news broke that the 57-year-old solitary orca at Miami Seaquarium known as “Lolita” died suddenly of suspected renal failure. Even in a world in which innumerable animals—far too many to be counted—languish and die alone in confinement settings that are antithetical to . . . 

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Breaking: New regulations could finally protect horses from ‘soring’ cruelty

By on August 17, 2023 with 17 Comments
Breaking: New regulations could finally protect horses from ‘soring’ cruelty

There’s new hope for ending the painful practice of horse soring: a long-awaited new administrative rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one that’s badly needed and long overdue. Horse soring is an undeniably cruel practice in which trainers covertly and deliberately torment show horses . . . 

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Disasters in Greece, Beijing, Maui and elsewhere highlight the need to help animals

By on August 16, 2023 with 1 Comment
Disasters in Greece, Beijing, Maui and elsewhere highlight the need to help animals

In the aftermath of devastating wildfires that claimed the lives of a still unknown number of people on Maui, we mourn with our supporters and colleagues in Hawaii. As with most disasters, the loss of human life and the financial and other damages incurred by . . . 

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Undercover sting busts black-market ring of snake traffickers in Florida

By on August 15, 2023 with 2 Comments
Undercover sting busts black-market ring of snake traffickers in Florida

Forest cobra, inland taipan, bushmaster, rhinoceros viper, African bush viper, Gaboon viper, green mamba, eyelash viper, puff adder and several species of spitting cobra and saw-scaled vipers: These are the types of venomous snakes police in Florida have seized from a black-market ring of traffickers . . . 

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Why ballot measures matter for animal welfare

By on August 14, 2023 with 3 Comments
Why ballot measures matter for animal welfare

Last week, Ohioans showed up at the polls to defend a core tenet of democracy that is vitally important to the animal protection movement: the ballot measure. On Issue 1—the proposal to raise the threshold for amending the Constitution of the State of Ohio from . . . 

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Dogs saved from suspected dogfighting operation are beginning to recover

By on August 10, 2023 with 8 Comments
Dogs saved from suspected dogfighting operation are beginning to recover

It was just after dawn when the Gaston County Police Department served a search and seizure warrant on a residential property in North Carolina last week. In the yard, makeshift enclosures made of wire and wood confined scared and skittish dogs. Our Animal Rescue Team . . . 

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All the reasons we’re fighting to protect coyotes, America’s ‘song dog’

By on August 9, 2023 with 7 Comments
All the reasons we’re fighting to protect coyotes, America’s ‘song dog’

For years we have been working to prevent the wanton slaughter of animals in wildlife killing contests. The coyote, an animal who has been wrongly considered a pest in popular culture, is most often the central target of such events. We are trying to change . . . 

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Dog import rule would dramatically impact rescue work and people traveling with pups

By on August 7, 2023 with 13 Comments
Dog import rule would dramatically impact rescue work and people traveling with pups

After Hurricane Irma struck in 2017, we responded to the British Virgin Islands where the storm had caused terrible devastation. Many people were forced to evacuate the island, but it was difficult to find transport for their animals. So, after providing the dogs required veterinary . . . 

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Meet Enzo, one of nearly 4,000 beagles who was spared from laboratory life 1 year ago

By on July 31, 2023 with 6 Comments
Meet Enzo, one of nearly 4,000 beagles who was spared from laboratory life 1 year ago

Enzo was just a tiny puppy when he was lifted into a carrier and placed in one of our animal rescue vehicles last July. He was being taken away from Envigo’s massive dog breeding facility in Virginia where he was born. Until that moment, he . . . 

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US Congress has new chance to better protect animals with game-changing bill

By on July 27, 2023 with 2 Comments
US Congress has new chance to better protect animals with game-changing bill

Responsibility for animals’ welfare rests with us all, including the federal government. Our work spans a range of federal agencies, all of which can do something to support the prevention of animal cruelty and suffering. A whole-of-government approach is consistent with the growth of our . . . 

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Breaking: New Jersey prohibits cruel confinement of mother pigs and baby cows

By on July 26, 2023 with 9 Comments
Breaking: New Jersey prohibits cruel confinement of mother pigs and baby cows

After a hard-fought campaign lasting over a decade, New Jersey has passed a law prohibiting the cruel confinement of mother pigs in gestation crates and baby calves in veal crates. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill—which the state’s legislature passed earlier this month—on Wednesday, July . . . 

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