Humane Decisions

Sheep are gentle, docile animals who have been genetically manipulated by the wool industry to produce increasingly high volumes of wool in a relatively short period of time. Before the days of genetically […]

Commercial dog breeders are in the business to make money by breeding dogs. Dogs who are bred for profit are at risk of not being bred responsibly, humanely, knowledgeably or compassionately. Commercial dog […]

Capturing and confining dolphins and orcas in concrete pools is killing them—physically and psychologically. Please don’t support captive animal entertainment.

Both captive orcas and dolphins die prem […]

Over 200 million animals are killed, maimed and injured by hunters every year in the U.S., with many dying slow, painful deaths. There are many reasons why hunting is cruel, destructive, and unnecessary. Most […]

Bees pollinate nearly half of all the fruits and vegetables we eat in the U.S. and they enable the production of at least 90 percent of commercially grown crops across North America. Out of 115 major food crops […]

When you look into the eyes of animals at the zoo, you often see boredom, sadness, blank stares, broken spirits, frustration and despair. Animals in zoos are forced to live their entire lives in captivity—in sm […]

All forms of entertainment that use captive wild animals to perform for humans are full of endless stress and suffering for the animals. These animals are often captured at a young age and forcibly taken away […]

Big pharma is making huge profits from the torture of horses for a hormone called Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin (PMSG), which is only found in the blood of mares during early pregnancy. PMSG is used by the […]

As of January 2020, greyhound racing is legal in nine U.S. states and operational and active in only five U.S. states: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Texas and West Virginia. Dog racing has been outlawed in the […]

More than 100 million animals are bred, used and disposed of as hazardous waste in research and product testing in the United States every year. These millions of animals experience great physical and mental s […]

Horses in the U.S. are not raised for food. They are bred for recreation, companionship, pets, work or sport—but not for meat. Horse slaughter is illegal in the U.S., and the last three slaughterhouses in the c […]

Whether you are new to animal advocacy or a seasoned animal activist, it’s important that your advocacy is as effective as possible. Since we all have time constraints, it’s critical that the time you give to act […]

Premarin and Premarin-containing products are Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (part of Pfizer since January 2009). These drugs use the estrogen from pregnant mare’s u […]

Thanksgiving is a time for friends and loved ones to come together, but it also marks a far darker time for the turkeys who become the centerpiece of the meal. Learn how you can make Thanksgiving a peaceful, […]

Dogfighting is a felony offense in all 50 states of the United States. In fact, all animal fighting has been illegal in the U.S. since 1867. But despite dogfighting being a felony, it still happens in many parts […]

Today billions of farm animals experience unimaginably cruel conditions every day. They are raised in strict confinement where they cannot move, their body parts are amputated in order to live in overcrowded […]

The majority of the world’s duck and goose down comes from live-plucked birds in China, Poland and Hungary. Roughly 80 percent of the down market comes directly from China. If you’re thinking about purchasing a d […]