Humane Society

We’ve all come across a stray cat or dog and wondered what we should do. Read on for our tips on figuring out how to take care of a stray dog or cat.

You’re certainly not alone if you think that two pets are better than one, but bringing home a new pet doesn’t always go smoothly when there’s another animal already in the house. Introducing your new pet to resident pets that have already been in your life can be a tricky process, one that’s going to require some patience, according to...

More than 100 dogs bred to become South Korean dinner entrees are being rescued by the Humane Society International and sent to an animal welfare center in New Jersey.

Two-hundred head of Longhorn cattle are now ready for adoption from the Humane Society of North Texas.

Animal shelters from around Georgia were called in to help authorities rescue 700 dogs from a home in Valdosta. News outlets report the shelters say the dogs were kept in small cages, and many of the animals rescued on Saturday had never been walked or held before. One shelter, Release Atlanta, calls it “an extreme hoarding puppy mill case.” A...

Alicia Wright from the CT Humane Society told us all about Flash and Saturday’s Clear the Shelters event.

A 7-year-old boy in Columbia County, Georgia has saved more than 1,000 dogs. Roman McConn and his mom started Project Freedom Ride to get dogs out of shelters and into new homes. “I want these dogs to find a brilliant home – a home that they’ll love forever,” Roman said.

How do you measure a chicken’s happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening? To size up what might make chickens happy in their brief lives, researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, are putting 16 breeds through physical fitness and behavioral tests. They’re watching how well birds scramble over...

They may be cute but Connecticut bears are also raising safety concerns. In 2018, the state says the number of bears entering homes doubled to more than two dozen, and the year isn’t over yet. As the animals move closer to our communities, could it be time for a bear hunt in the state?

They may be cute but Connecticut bears are also raising safety concerns. In 2018, the state says the number of bears entering homes doubled to more than two dozen, and the year isn’t over yet. As the animals move closer to our communities, could it be time for a bear hunt in the state?

After several years of waiting at a Groton shelter to be adopted, two dogs finally found their forever home after being featured during last year’s Clear the Shelters event.

One lucky pit bull found his forever home for the second time Saturday during the nationwide “Clear the Shelters” event.

What could be cuter than kids reading to dogs?

They’ve been tossed over fences, tied to gates and even left with a $20 bill under their collar. Abandoned animals are overwhelming Puerto Rico’s shelters, which were already struggling to cope with the hundreds of thousands of stray animals that were roaming the island even before Hurricane Maria approached. Hundreds of dogs, cats and even the occasional pet pig and...

Donations are needed after massive fires broke out in Southern California this week, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people and destroying hundreds of homes.

They were a mix of breeds and sizes, ranging from puppies to seniors. All faced a grim future in Puerto Rico animal shelters, where chronic overcrowding results in many dogs being euthanized. That changed Wednesday for 205 abandoned canines that arrived on the U.S. mainland in an airlift organized by animal welfare advocates working to ease the load. “The shelters...

The lives of 10 dogs changed drastically when the Humane Society International raided their farm in South Korea. For these 10 dogs, living in cages on a dog meat farm was a reality.

“I have weathered a lot of micro-scandals but this one hurts MOST,” the actress writes

One of the best things for Kate Mara about starring in “Megan Leavey” was Varco the dog. Varco is the Rex to Mara’s Leavey in the true story of a young Marine corporal and her fight to bring her combat dog home after service in Iraq. “He and I trained together, so by the time we started shooting we were...

Thousands of public records about animal welfare have vanished from the internet, part of a government database that included atrocious puppy mill conditions, improper veterinary care and other mistreatment of animals. Now activists are hitting back at the USDA in the courtroom and by posting deleted records online.