News & Alerts

In Defense of Animals’ National Goose Protection Coalition warns of a safety hazard derelict fishing gear poses for waterfowl, other animals, and people (especially…

With wildfires, and human overpopulation, black bears already live a desperate existence. Please urge the California Fish and Game Commission to ban the hunting…

Every year companion animals are lost in home fires. Take steps to protect animals in your care.

On January 18, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the founding of IDA India, which has helped so many vulnerable animals in need in Mumbai and beyond.

We couldn’t be happier for Winston and his friends, who were rescued from life on a chain.

USFWS is supposed to protect animals. Martha Williams, nominated to run the org, is the wrong person for the job. Urge your senators to vote "no" until a qualified,…

Dave “Doc Quack” Riensche, the EBRPD biologist who slaughtered community cats and referred to their remains as party favors, is leading volunteer programs on his…

In Defense of Animals’ National Goose Protection Coalition has issued double Happy Honk certificates to Brigham Young University and Wasatch Wanderers for rescuing…

Many of the dogs we rescued from a meat truck in 2019 have found forever homes, but a few were so traumatized by the experience that they still need special care…

Jon Stidham of Iowa has been convicted of illegally distributing performance-enhancing drugs for dog racing.

Conditions at Sanderson Farms are filthy and inhumane. Sign our alert to demand a commitment to stop grinding up living chicks and to never boil birds alive.

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Norway’s annual wolf hunt, which would have killed up to half of the country’s wolves, has been temporarily halted.

In Defense of Animals’ Interfaith Vegan Coalition and the Compassion Consortium object to Pope Francis’ recent pronouncement that not having children and that living…

Please urge Memphis Zoo to send Gina, Asali, Daisy, and Bambi to an accredited elephant sanctuary where their bonds will never be unnaturally broken.

Nueva Pescanova plans to open an octopus farm. Sign our alert to make sure these sentient beings are never subjected to industrial farming.

The U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the ban on cockfighting in U.S. territories!

The deaths of more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel point to the urgent need to end animal agriculture to prevent more wild animal deaths and the next pandemic…

We just took in 15 puppies at our Hope Animal Sanctuary in Mississippi, whose story highlights the need to spay and neuter.

Four unsocialized Great Pyrenees puppies are learning that humans are good at our Hope Animal Sanctuary and will soon be headed to forever homes.

In Defense of Animals’ National Goose Protection Coalition grants Happy Honk Awards for 2021 to Weber State University and Wasatch Domestic Waterfowl Resource for…

The East Bay Regional Park District brutally slaughtered at least 18 cats and claimed the massacre was in line with the ASPCA’s policy on community cats. Watch as…

African elephants Genny C, Lilac, and Moki have endured the freezing temperatures of an unnatural habitat at Seneca Park Zoo for far too long. Please urge the zoo…

The Guardian has revealed that the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria is considering killing innocent adult male gorillas held captive in European zoos. Join…