Barbaro's Injury Shows Urgent Need For Reform
By Kathy Guillermo The breakdown of wonder horse Barbaro at the Preakness was shocking beyond words to thousands of people[…]
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Victory for America's Horses
We won unanimous approval in the U.S. House of Representatives for an amendment to the spending bill for the Department[…]
Read moreNo Pet Left Behind in Disasters
The House also passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, H.R. 3858, in a landslide 349-24 vote. The[…]
Read moreSpeaking Out Against Animal Fighting
A two-hour hearing was held in the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on H.R. 817, the Animal[…]
Read moreProtecting Primates from the Pet Trade
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved S. 1509, the Captive Primate Safety Act. This legislation seeks[…]
Read moreKeeping Children and Animals Safe
The House Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 2567, the Antifreeze Bittering Act, which would[…]
Read moreBush Bows to Extremist Pressure and Schedules Press Conference on Marriage Amendment
In a column for the conservative magazine, The Weekly Standard, Executive Editor Fred Barnes broke the news that President Bush[…]
Read moreSenator Frist and Friends Pursue Thinly-Veiled Attempt to Distract Voters with Discrimination
On May 25th, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese called out Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's politically motivated attack on[…]
Read moreGovernor Dean's Comments Reflect Serious Lack of Leadership
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding Governor Howard Dean's recent comments on the Christian Broadcasting[…]
Read moreEpiscopal Dean Asked to Apologize for 'Terrorist Bomb' Comment
In an Associated Press story out of California, Rev. Paul Zahl, dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge,[…]
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