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- Dagnabit, Never Give Up
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Meet Dagnabit, the 2010 Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest Judged Category winner, and Ciao, the winner in the Fundraisers Category.
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The HSUS Announces Winners of Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest
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Wisconsin Advocates Lobby for Stronger Animal Protection
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Wisconsin citizens participating in Humane Lobby Day 2010 met with state legislators in support of stronger animal protection laws.
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Maine Animal Advocates Lobby for Stronger Cruelty Laws
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Wash. Animal Advocates Lobby for Animal Welfare Legislation
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Marylanders Lobby for Stronger Animal Protection Laws on Spay Day
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Making it Happen
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16th Annual SPAY DAY Celebrated with Hundreds of Events Nationwide
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February 23, 2010
Ala. Residents Urge Lawmakers to Pass Animal Protection Laws
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Washington Senate Passes Spay and Neuter Resolution
July 19, 2010
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Man's Best Friend
July 19, 2010
The HSUS Applauds FDA for Joining Tox21 Project
July 16, 2010
Bill to Prevent Antifreeze Poisoning Headed to Governor’s Desk
July 16, 2010
From Homeland to Wasteland: Part 4
David Kirby's book "Animal Factory" details many of the health and environmental risks of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), risks that he learned about firsthand from visiting states where CAFOs are causing problems.
July 16, 2010
The HSUS Offers Reward in Case of Cruelty to Wild Birds in New Jersey
July 16, 2010
Theresa Barbo Appointed Director of Cape Wildlife Center
July 15, 2010
Road Trip!
Is your pet travel-ready? Here's how to safely satisfy his wanderlust--and yours.
July 15, 2010
Fancy Digs for Ferals
Blueprints for a custom-designed feral cat condo
July 15, 2010
A Rocky Road to Sweet Success
Cruelty-free marshmallows are the crowning jewels of this sweet concoction
July 14, 2010
The HSUS Urges Halt to Goose Slaughter
Fifty years ago this week, at the age of 26, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall traveled to Tanzania for the first time to study chimpanzees in the wild.
The six-month trip marked the start of what would become her life's work: studying and protecting chimpanzees.
Deeply Devoted
Years of field work with chimpanzees followed that first expedition, when Goodall became the first person to document behaviors previously considered to be unique to humans, including the chimpanzees’ use of tools.
She went on to earn a doctorate in ethology—the scientific study of animal behavior—and later founded the Jane Goodall Institute and became a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Goodall has received dozens of awards and honors for her work, including the Joseph Wood Krutch medal from The Humane Society of the United States in 1988, which recognizes "an individual who has made a significant contribution toward the improvement of life and the environment."
Arguably the world's foremost expert on chimpanzee behavior, she currently devotes nearly all of her time to protecting the animals and their environment and, at age 76, travels more than 300 days a year.
Outspoken Advocate
While Goodall is best known as a spokesperson for chimpanzees in the wild, she has also actively advocated for chimpanzees in laboratories.
In 2009, following The HSUS' undercover investigation into the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana, she issued a statement that said in part, "In no lab I have visited have I seen so many chimpanzees exhibit such intense fear. The screaming I heard when chimpanzees were being forced to move toward the dreaded needle in their squeeze cages was, for me, absolutely horrifying."
At the 2005 World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in Berlin, Goodall signed a resolution calling for an end to the use of chimpanzees and other primates in biomedical research and testing.
She is a supporter of the passage of the Great Ape Protection Act, which would phase out harmful research on chimpanzees in laboratories and retire the approximately 500 federally owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary.
And Goodall he has spoken out against the use of chimpanzees as pets and their use in entertainment.
In addition to her work with chimpanzees, Goodall has advocated for a number of other animal welfare issues. These include endorsing the ballot measure campaigns to ban mourning dove hunting in Michigan and inhumane factory farming practices in California, and advocating in Congress for the Bear Protection Act and other animal protection legislation.
Action for Animals
Animals around the world are fortunate to have such a compelling and influential advocate as Jane Goodall.
You can help honor her 50 years of dedication to animal welfare—and chimpanzees in particular—in one of the following ways:
- Ask your Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Great Ape Protection Act. Take action »
- Rescue nine chimps from life in a research lab—urge New Iberia Research Center to send a group of five adults and four infant chimpanzees to a sanctuary rather than use them in potentially harmful research. Take action »
- Volunteer your time, resources or money to a chimpanzee sanctuary. Take action
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July 15, 2010
Pool-to-Pond Makeover
How to transform a watery money pit into a wildlife oasis
July 15, 2010
On the Road with Rabbits
If a road trip is in your bunny's future, follow these tips to keep her safe and ease her stress
July 15, 2010
The Illusion of Cheap Food
Through subsidies and sacrifice, Americans foot the bill for factory farms
July 15, 2010
Hot Lips, Warm Heart
Loretta Swit relishes her most meaningful role: helping animals
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