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The USDA and Puppy Mills

The USDA and Puppy Mills

A Crash Course

Seven-figure Adoptions To Ring In the New Year

Iams Home 4the Holidays sets goal to find homes for one million animals

Join the Chase for $100,000!

The animals of Best Friends are looking for 1,700 people to help them “earn” $100,000. And there’s no donation required.

May the Spirit of Change Advance the Cause of Justice

Liberating Non-Human Primates Enslaved by Human Experi(tor)menters

Obama Making Good on One Campaign Promise

Now that Barack Obama is our president-elect he has already said he will fulfill one campaign purpose, a "first dog" for the White House.

Beautiful Christmas cards benefit furry four-legged friends

Support your favorite animal organization and get your holiday cards -- all in one convenient step!

Canada Horse Refuge Needs Help!

Situated in Alexandria, Ontario the Refuge RR For Horses has provided a safe haven for unwanted and abused horses for well over 15 years.

Working to Solve the Feline Crisis in Shelters

No More Homeless Pets Conference addresses lifesaving measures for cats.

November 1 is World Vegan Day

World Vegan Day kicks off World Vegan Month -- join the celebration!

'Give the Gift' This Holiday Season

Hate to shop but love to find that perfect holiday gift?

Project thermo-STAT Focuses on Impact of Rising Temperatures on Polar Bears, Sea Ice, and Arctic Habitat

The world's foremost polar bear researchers, photographers, filmmakers, and zoological institutions relate climate change findings and opinions about the future of the threatened polar bears

NOAA and NSF Commission National Study of Ocean Acidification

The first comprehensive national study of how carbon dioxide emissions absorbed into the oceans may be altering fisheries, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other natural resources has been commissioned by NOAA and the National Science Foundation.

Ratchet is Flying the Friendly Skies

Iraqi dog is coming home to be with his soldier and savior

Why Are We Still Breeding and Buying Pets?

575: A number to remember

Research Attributes Lack of HIV/AIDS Vaccine to Use of Chimpanzees

"A return to the use of chimpanzees in AIDS research and vaccine development is without scientific justification," according to a paper released today in the journal Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA).

The Body Shop Helps Animals by Encouraging Customers to Make Themselves Beautiful

The Body Shop in the US and Canada has partnered with The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to improve the lives of animals worldwide. They're asking the public to make themselves beautiful through a beautiful act -- signing a petition in support of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.

Rescue a Chihuahua!

Watch the Best Friends PSA on the Best Friends website or on YouTube!

UPDATE: Diva has been adopted! (Formerly, Diva needed a home, after having been returned 6 times!)

Kathy Fields says: I wanted to update you on Diva. We are so pleased that she has been adopted.

Release Chimpanzees Video Message now on YouTube!

See the faces of the beautiful beings who inspire this movement

Maine regulators deliberate Moosehead Lake project

BANGOR, Maine — Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission gave its approval to one of the most contentious elements of Plum Creek Timber Co.

Success for animals -- new Maine specialty license plate clears major hurdle

Maine residents voted with their dollars and their vehicles, with the achievement of 2,000 pre-purchases plates necessary for advancement

Nearly Half of Americans Won't Flee Without Fido

National Survey From American Humane Shows Public Reluctant to Evacuate Without Their Companions; Hurricane Gustav Pet Evacuation Efforts Confirm Survey Results

May 2-3, 2009, Washington, DC: No Kill Conference

Register Today! The No Kill Advocacy Center is teaming up with the Animal Law program at George Washington University Law School to bring together the nation’s most successful shelter directors and the nation’s top animal lawyers. They will show you how to create a No Kill community and teach you how to use the legal system to save the lives of animals.

For the Love of Louie...And Those Like Him

Act to End Animal Homelessness Once and For All

"It's Not Cool to Be Cruel" Campaign


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