Animal Advocates
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2.7KScholarships Available for Dog-Loving Students
Grey Snouts, a seller of dog wheelchairs, dog strollers, and other mobility focused pet products, is launching a $500 scholarship offering for students pursuing...
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1.5KA Challenge to Political Campaigns: Include Animal Welfare Policies in Platforms
As both major political parties outline their visions for the next four years, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, is...
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1.4KInvestigation Reveals Live Rabbits Used in Illegal Greyhound Training Sessions
During the course of an investigation that spanned nearly a year, greyhound protection group GREY2K USA documented illegal greyhound training at breeding farms in...
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3.9K1600 Dogs Rescued During Investigation into Tennessee Puppy Mill
A commercial dog breeder is under investigation after at least 600 dogs were found living in deplorable conditions at a Tennessee puppy...
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3.3K1China Makes Selling Dogs and Dog Meat Illegal Ahead of Yulin Festival
Chinese officials have approved a directive to classify dogs and cats as companion animals—not livestock, a move makes the selling of live...
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2.6KReport Reveals Hundreds of Horrific Puppy Mills that Continue to Breed & Sell Puppies to Pet Stores
Despite repeated citations, years of documented abuse, and evidence of inhumane treatment of dogs, the Humane Society of the United States’ Horrible...
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2.3KHumane Society of Grand Bahama Ravaged by Hurricane Dorian Gets Incredible Makeover
After being ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas and the worst natural disaster...
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2.5K3Proposed Bill Could Make Minnesota 4th State to Ban Retail Puppy, Kitten Sales
Minnesota lawmakers introduced a new bipartisan bill that would ban the sale of puppies and kittens from retail pet stores. In an effort to...
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12.5K247Delaware Lawmakers Pass Groundbreaking Bill to Allow Titer Test in Lieu of Rabies Vaccine
Lawmakers in Delaware stepped up to help pets in a way that’s never been done in any state in the country. Once...
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2.4K1Proposed Bill Would Make New York the 3rd State to Ban Retail Puppy, Kitten Sales
Under a newly proposed bill, New York may join Maryland and California to become the third state in the nation to ban...
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Why Shelters Around the Country are Dropping Breed Labels
In a growing nationwide trend, shelters are dropping breed labels from cages and kennels, no longer identifying adoptable dogs by their breed alone....
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Proposed Florida Law Could Require Veterinarians to Report Suspected Cruelty
If a groundbreaking proposed law is passed, Florida veterinarians and animal care workers will be required to report animal abuse just as...
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Marine on a Mission to Live By Motto, Get His Pup Out of Afghanistan
The Marines live by the motto of never leaving anyone behind. For one serviceman stationed in Afghanistan, that includes a dog he...
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Dog Lovers Boycott Pro Bowl Sponsors as NFL Continues to Honor Michael Vick
Despite more than 800,000 signatures across two petitions (first petition and the second petition here) urging the NFL to remove Michael Vick...
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Animal Cruelty is Now a Federal Felony With Trump’s Signature on PACT Act
On Monday, President Trump signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (known as the PACT Act) into law, making certain instances...
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Undercover Investigation Finds “Trifecta of Horrors” in Kentucky Petland Store
The Humane Society of the United States just released the results of its undercover investigation at a Florence, Kentucky, Petland store. This is the eighth...
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Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Make Animal Cruelty a Felony, Now Awaits President’s Signature
Following an October U.S. House of Representatives vote, the U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (known...
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House Passes PACT Act to Make Animal Cruelty a Federal Felony
The U.S. House of Representatives have officially passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (known as the PACT Act) to make...
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Arkansas To Phase-Out Greyhound Racing by End of 2022
By the end of 2022, live Greyhound racing will no longer be held in the state of Arkansas as Southland Casino Racing...
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Hundreds of Lost, Starving Animals Found Amidst Debris of the Bahamas
Surrounded by the shattered remains of her home, an elderly dog lay barely moving on an old mattress in front of where...
