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Sheriffs stand strong against animal cruelty, and so do we

April 19, 2017 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Our work with law enforcement agencies across the country has allowed us to crack down on a wide array of animal cruelties -- like cockfighting.

Our work with law enforcement agencies across the country has allowed us to crack down on a wide array of animal cruelties — like cockfighting.
Photo by Meredith Lee/The HSUS

Yesterday, we hosted John Thompson, the deputy executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association, at our national headquarters and bestowed upon him a Humane Leadership Award for helping bring humane sensibilities into the consciousness of the nation. Thompson is straight out of central casting as a law enforcement man, yet his heart is just as . . .

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Cockfighters defy the law, and on national television no less

March 13, 2017 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

It’s a felony to fight birds, to transport birds for fighting purposes, to possess birds for fighting, to sell cockfighting implements, and to bring a minor to a cockfight. It’s a federal misdemeanor to be a spectator at an animal fight. Photo by Meredith Lee/The HSUS

I am used to the nattering and claptrap of people who try to justify or excuse their acts of animal cruelty. They may dress it up as some kind of tradition, a personal right or freedom, a sort of social norm, or even an economic necessity. In addition to offering up their particular set of . . .

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Stateside shelters help attack mass euthanasia, other animal problems in Puerto Rico

March 11, 2017 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

The stateside partners in the Sister Shelter Project will visit shelters in Puerto Rico to lift them up and professionalize their operations. Above, a rescued cat at Canita Sanctuary in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Photo by Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/AP Images for The HSUS

We launched our Humane Puerto Rico program two years ago because animals are in crisis in this long-neglected, populous part of the United States. One fact, among all others, stared us in the face: some shelters in the Commonwealth had a euthanasia rate of 95 percent. There was a broad recognition that if an animal . . .

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An open letter – looking back, and charging ahead in 2017

January 16, 2017 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

When opportunities for progress present themselves, and they will, we will seize them. Make no mistake about that. Our work is bipartisan. Our work is not blue-state or red-state regional. Our work is urgent and it is everywhere.

Dear Friends: Let’s start the New Year with thanks. Thanks to all of us. Whatever you did as part of the movement to help animals in the year just past, be proud. It was a challenging year. And so many, many people did so much, providing so much support and encouragement. For some, the compassionate . . .

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Rolling Stone crushes puppy mill trade

January 12, 2017 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

For his article Rolling Stone reporter Paul Solotaroff piggybacked on a puppy mill raid that the HSUS Animal Rescue Team carried out with the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina. Above, a dog in a crate at the puppy mill. Photo by Meredith Lee/The HSUS

Of the entire dizzying array of animal cruelty concerns, there’s not one more top of mind for the American public than puppy mills. It’s a term we’ve all been hearing for decades and we’ve lamented the presence of the industry for at least as long. Yet, amazingly, there’s still so much confusion about puppy mills, . . .

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Top 10 victories for all animals in 2016

December 29, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

In a pathbreaking announcement for captive marine mammals, SeaWorld, in cooperation with The HSUS, announced in March that it would end all breeding of its orcas and it won’t obtain additional orcas from other sources. Photo by iStockphoto

We’re operating in a time of punctuated change for animals. It hardly means that we’ve been on a glide path to reform. And it doesn’t mean that we haven’t had setbacks or that we don’t have immense challenges ahead. But what it does mean is that The HSUS’s strategic, focused action, brandishing, and using many . . .

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The HSUS and affiliates provided hands-on care to nearly 300,000 animals in 2016

December 28, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

At The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in San Diego County, the staff treats a wide range of native animals[…]

Massive South Korean dog market shuttered by city government #DogMeatVictory

December 16, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Humane Society International has been hard at work in South Korea to close down dog meat farms, and the atmosphere we’ve created contributed to this game-changing announcement.
Pictured above, Somang, a dog HSI rescued from a meat farm earlier this year. Photo by Woohae Cho/AP Images for The HSUS

Officials in the city of Seongnam today announced that they will permanently shutter the dog meat section of Moran Market, South Korea’s largest dog meat market. It is by far the biggest single blow ever against the dog meat trade in the country, and with a local government leading the charge, it’s a new front . . .

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