Humane World Action Fund

🚨BREAKING🚨

The Senate just released their annual National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4784) and it includes incredibly dangerous language for animals.

Protections for animals including dogs, cats, primates, and marine mammals from so called “Live Fire Trauma Training” granted in last year’s have now been REMOVED. In its place, the U.S. Department of War can now grant waivers to the existing law allowing for the needless and inhumane traumatic injury of these animals for training purposes. For years, the Department has made real world use of alternatives and there is no reason to backtrack now.

This bill is expected on the Senator floor in early July. Call your Senators now to oppose Section 1032 in the 2027 NDAA – you can find their contact info here ➡️ humaneaction.org/find-your-rep

Wolves need your help NOW 🐺

Last December, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the misleadingly named Pet and Livestock Protection Act to strip protections for gray wolves across the lower 48. The Endangered Species Act has been critical in keeping gray wolves from the brink of extinction and now these protections safeguarding their survival are under threat.

We must act NOW to ensure this bill does not pass the Senate: Tell your Senator to oppose any attempt to delist the gray wolf ➡️ humaneaction.org/ProtectWolves

The National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency continue to move into stronger alignment on adopting non-animal methods for testing and research. At the same time, the U.S. Congress continues to signal support for the advancing alternatives to animal testing including through the annual federal funding process. A comprehensive government approach is needed to ensure science without animal suffering!

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Good news: The EPA takes further steps away from animal testing By Sara Amundson and Kitty BlockFor the 190 million animals used in testing and research each year around the world, the shift to non-animal methods cannot come soon enough.We have always been determined to see a day when elected officials, heads of major government agencies, and the leaders of scie...

Once triggered, the M-44 cyanide bomb shoots a pellet of sodium cyanide into an animal’s mouth—causing terror, pain, distress, suffering, injury and death.

Although its primary targets are coyotes and foxes, the M-44 also kills animals it is not intended to harm including people’s pets and endangered wildlife species. Even worse, the M-44 is a clear and present danger to people, too, given its indiscriminate nature.

The M-44 is a weapon of terror and extreme violence, and in the world we envision—the world we’re trying to create—there can be no place for it.

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Within 30 days of our annual Horrible Hundred report’s publication, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took action against 9 of the puppy mills we featured. We agree with USDA Secretary’s statement, “If you are breeding dogs and not meeting the Animal Welfare Act’s humane standards of care, your time is up”, and urge USDA to keep up strong enforcement with swift consequences to keep animals safe.

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USDA has cracked down on 9 puppy mills since damning ‘Horrible Hundred’ report came out By Sara Amundson and Kitty BlockIn late April, we released our annual Horrible Hundred report on puppy mills, exposing one hundred puppy mills across the U.S. More than half of these breeders were licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency tasked with upholding standards of care at m...

🚨ACT NOW🚨

Because of years of hunting with lead ammunition, lead is all over our environment and wildlife frequently ingests it leading to millions of animals suffering from lead poisoning. In fact, lead poisoning is the leading cause of death for California condors, threatening them with near extinction. Now, Congress is trying to make it harder to prevent lead exposure with the misleadingly named Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act.

This dangerous bill has already passed the House so we must act now to ensure it does not advance any further -- Congress should not be making it harder to protect the public and wildlife from lead exposure.

ACT NOW ➡️ https://bit.ly/4si0zpK

🚨UPDATE🚨

On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee passed the FY 2027 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill on a largely party line vote of 35-27. There were some positive developments for animals including support for ending animal testing at the EPA in this bill. Longstanding protections for wild horses and burros to prevent them from going to slaughter were also maintained--a big THANK YOU to all of you who spoke up 🙌

Despite those two positive developments, this bill is bad news for wildlife, especially for some of our most vulnerable animals like gray wolves and grizzly bears.

Read more about this bill and how you can take action ⬇️

House Appropriations Committee package promises disaster for wildlife By Sara Amundson

Over 90% of drugs that appear successful in animal tests go on to fail in human clinical trials. So why are animals still being used when kinder, scientifically robust and human-relevant methods exist?

Thankfully, U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that they will work on phasing out animal testing for antibody therapies and other drugs, but it's up to us to ensure they follow through.

ACT NOW: contact the FDA and hold them accountable to their promise ⬇️

Tell the FDA: Make it clear that animal testing is not required!