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MEDIA RELEASE: Billboard Launch to Save Denver Geese

Connecticut Residents: Take Action to Ban Brutal Fur Sales Statewide

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Stop Animal Abuser Tom Vilsack From Becoming Secretary of Agriculture...Again!

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Tiny Puppy Abandoned to Freeze is Rescued Just in Time

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Wild Horses and Burros

Domestic Terrorists Threaten Wild Horses

VIDEO: Stereotypic Behavior in Zoos Reveals Stress and Suffering

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Wild and Free

Stop Bulldozing of Endangered Wild Animals

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Last Chance to Save Point Reyes Tule Elk

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Wild and Free

Stop the Plan to Kill of Double-Crested Cormorants in Ohio

Belugas Make Friends Like People Do

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2020-12-30

“Inexcusable” Horse Shooting on Christmas Eve by Itawamba County Law Enforcement

In Defense of Animals is calling for disciplinary action for the inexcusable shooting of a 10-year-old girl’s horse on Christmas Eve by a member of law enforcement…

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VICTORY: Wild Horses Left to Freeze in Colorado Now Have Shelter

In November, we told you about a situation where the U.S. Forest Service sent 19 wild horses from California to a small 60-acre pasture in northern Colorado without…

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URGENT: U.S. Senators Must Protect Wild Horses and Burros!

We must urgently contact our senators to ask that they include language in their 2021 Appropriations bill supporting humane wild horse and burro fertility control,…

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MEDIA RELEASE: Reward Increased to $1,500 for Conviction of Shooter of Horse and Pony

In Defense of Animals is offering a reward to find a horse and pony killer

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Thank Legislators for Passing Animal Protection Laws in California!

Thank your CA legislators and the Governor for passing animal protection laws

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Woman Convicted of Extreme Neglect of Horse

On July 12, 2019, a man spotted a horse in a ditch in Carrol County, Mississippi,

Measure of Justice Served for Brutal Neglect of Four Horses

Man has been sentenced for the extreme deprivation three of his four horses.

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Stop Cruel Horse, Goat and Cow Hobbling in Mississippi

Imagine being thirsty and starved almost to death with water and food close by,

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Stop Budweiser Horses Ending up in Kill Pen

Imagine our shock when we discovered a majestic Clydesdale horse at a "kill...

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Victory! Dangerous Rule Revoked to Save Wild Horses & Burros!

Last summer, we alerted you to the shocking new rule implemented by the BLM.

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Keep Horses & Burros Out of Slaughterhouses!

Tens of thousands of terrified horses and burros are loaded up onto trucks

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MEDIA RELEASE: U.S. Forest Service Urged to Call Off Wild Horse Adoption/Sale Event

U.S. Forest Service urged to call off controversial wild horse adoption/sale event

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2018-11-02

Drunk Driver Finally Sentenced for Mowing Down Mini Horses

DUI mini-horse killer Ronald O. Rennert has finally been sentenced.

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Don’t Let Deadly Shooting of a Horse Go Unpunished!

The prosecution of Lavarius Barber, a man arrested for killing a horse in 2016.

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VIDEO: Meet the Hope Animal Sanctuary Horses!

Hope Animal Sanctuary isn’t just a world-class rescue and sanctuary for dogs

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2018-07-28

NEWS RELEASE: Victory! Wild Horses Saved by Animal Activists

IDA animal advocates have stopped a cruel roundup of a herd of Nevada wild horses.

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Chemically Burned Racehorse Denied Justice in Louisiana

Yet again, a Louisiana judge has made an astounding mockery of justice.

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Massacred Equine Herd Still Without Justice

The Mississippi Third District Grand Jury convened on March 14, 2018

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2018-03-21

MEDIA RELEASE: Chickasaw County - Still No Justice for Massacred Horses and Donkeys

NO INDICTMENT IN GRAND JURY HEARING FOR MASSACRED CHICKASAW COUNTY EQUINE HERD

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Demand Justice for Racing Horse

Retired racehorse Dr. Drip euthanized when found starved, with maggots eating him.

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Fragile Victory for Navajo Horses

Wild horses roaming on Navajo Nation (NN) lands just dodged a hail of bullets.

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2018-02-12

Multi-Day Trial for Mississippi Man Charged with Shooting Horse and Witness

Barber will be tried for shooting a horse and a subsequent attempted murder

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Demand Justice for Horses

Massacre of horses requires action from the District Attorney.

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Two Horses Rescued from Brink of Death

The rescue of Jeffrey and Aladdin began with a phone call

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