Maddie’s Fund and the Humane Society of the United States have joined forces to create the “Don’t Buy Into Puppy Mills” public awareness campaign. Visit their informative website to learn how you can help stop the cruel puppy mill industry. There are lots of things...
October 4th has been designated as World Animal Day. According to the World Animal Day website, the mission of this awareness event is: “To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites...
If there was ever a dog who embodied the essence of a true hero, it’s Hooch, a rescue dog whose spirit and resilience earned him American Humane’s 2016 Hero Dog Award. Hooch is a French Mastiff who ended up at a shelter in Bakersfield, California. He...
Most people have heard about puppy mills, but the large-scale breeding of pets for profit isn’t just restricted to dogs. Purebred cats are also victims of the mill trade, especially popular, high-demand breeds like Persians. (One notorious mill in North Carolina even kept wild cats...
As part of our 10-year anniversary celebration, the FACE Foundation is proud to be hosting a screening of the amazing documentary film The Champions on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Illumina Theater here in San Diego. The Champions is an inspirational story about the pit bulls rescued from...
Many of us first learned about Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model of human motivation back in Psychology 101 class. Maslow proposed that human behavior is motivated by an ascending hierarchy of needs, from basic ones like food and shelter to more complex emotional and...
With the 2016 U.S. presidential election season officially kicking into high gear during the Republican and Democratic conventions, concerned animal lovers may be wondering where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on animal rights issues. Here’s a quick rundown… If you go to the issues section of...
A recent article in USA Today provides a heartbreaking look at what happens to family pets in times of extreme financial hardship. Venezuela’s economic crisis has resulted in a skyrocketing number of homeless and abandoned pets, because their owners are no longer able to afford...
A new book called Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey seeks to unravel the complicated history of the pit bull and separate the facts from the misconceptions about this controversial breed of dog. A recent interview with the author by...
We’ve all seen it…a dog left alone in a parked car on a hot summer day. Even if the window is cracked and the car is parked in the shade, a dog is at risk of heat-related illness and even death when left in a...
Did you know that Beagles are the most commonly used dog breed in research laboratories? According to the Beagle Freedom Project, which rescues and finds homes for these dogs, Beagles are preferred by researchers because of their friendly, trusting, and people-pleasing nature. Unfortunately for them,...
There are lots of animal awareness months, days, and weeks during the year, but perhaps none is more important than Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, designated for the whole month of April. There are many ways concerned animal lovers can help pets in need...
Did you know that today is National Puppy Day? March 23rd has been designated as National Puppy Day since 2006 when Colleen Paige founded the day...
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has released its latest annual report on animal protection laws in the United States. Each year, the ALDF analyzes the animal protection laws for all 50 states and determines the rankings from best to worst. How does your state measure...
Does your local pet store still sell commercially-bred puppies? There’s a pretty good chance that those cute little puppies (and kittens and rabbits, as well) come from large-scale breeding facilities called puppy mills that have come under fire for the intensive breeding of purebred animals...
Joseph’s Legacy Rescue in Ohio recently came across one of the worst animal neglect cases they’ve seen. 17 Persian cats and kittens were living in filthy conditions in one room, many of them in cages, when they were rescued earlier this month. Unfortunately, one of...
The Humane Society International is working with animal welfare organizations around the U.S. to rescue dogs from the Asian dog meat trade and place them into loving forever homes. Recently, 26 dogs from South Korea were brought to the Washington, D.C. area, and here in...
Meet Sir Silas...
August 10th is World Lion Day! In light of recent sad events like the killing of Cecil by an American big game trophy hunter, it's more important than ever to raise awareness about saving the world's lions. The World Lion Day Campaign would like us to...
A bill that would ban cat declawing was recently introduced into the New York State Senate. Republican State Senator Joseph Griffo introduced the bill into the Republican-controlled Senate, increasing the likelihood of its passage. A declawing measure was first introduced by Democratic Manhattan Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal,...
Did you know that April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month? Show your support for animals by wearing an orange ribbon or posting an image of the orange ribbon to your social media pages! The orange ribbon is known as the "animal guardian ribbon"...