Center for a Humane Economy

Our work releasing 1,500 beagles is just beginning... Your gift directly funds the transport, medical care, and rehabilitation of the 1,500 beagles released from a laboratory breeding facility. act.centerforahumaneeconomy.org/a/che-donate-e…

If you care about animal welfare, ethical science, and ending painful animal experiments, this is a must-see event. Free to attend. Register now! act.centerforahumaneeconomy.org/a/backstory-gr…

The closure of a major Canadian horse slaughter plant is part of a broader trend: industries built on animal exploitation are increasingly collapsing under public pressure. Advocates say these changes reflect a larger shift away from industries rooted in cruelty.

Big thank you to ABC World News Tonight for covering the beagle rescue from Ridglan Farms - an incredible collaborative effort involving so many groups and dedicated people. abcnews.com/video/13276059…

The folks in the laboratory animal world take advantage of the good nature of beagles. They get to do whatever they want to the dogs, and they know that there’s no immediate consequence. We must fight for them. centerforahumaneeconomy.org/beagle-rescue/

This is why we fight.  The Ridglan Rescue matters. But reform is how we stop the suffering at scale.  We’re pushing federal agencies to phase out animal testing entirely. bit.ly/CHEBeagle

We didn’t just rescue 1,500 beagles. We’re working to make sure this never happens again. This is how you create permanent change. 👉 Follow along and help us drive this forward: bit.ly/CHEBeagle

UPDATE! Ridglan dogs experience the joys of grass and sunlight. What a beautiful sight! youtube.com/shorts/aJzVIhO…

🐶 A Breakthrough Moment for Beagles We, in partnership with Big Dog Ranch Rescue and allied groups, has reached an agreement to transfer 1,500 beagles from a major laboratory breeding facility in Wisconsin into rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption. centerforahumaneeconomy.org/deal-inked-to-…

A rejected bill would have allowed kangaroo leather and meat products back into California—products tied to one of the largest commercial wildlife killings in the world, with over a million animals killed annually.

🚨 UPDATE in Oregon Wildlife Neglect Case A guilty plea has been entered in the case involving the West Coast Game Park Safari, where authorities uncovered widespread animal neglect and removed hundreds of animals from the property.

The Indiana dogfighting case, resulting in prison time for 13 defendants, underscores a larger reality: Animal fighting is not isolated cruelty. Now, advocates are calling for passage of the FIGHT Act to strengthen enforcement and dismantle these networks nationwide.

The Cody Roberts case has intensified calls to pass the Snowmobiles Are Not Weapons Act, which would ban using motorized vehicles to chase or harm wildlife on federal lands. Supporters say the goal is clear:
turn a high-profile case into lasting federal protections.

Anthony DeVore, founder and former president of the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission and a leading figure pushing to weaken anti-cockfighting laws, was caught on video participating in an illegal cockfighting derby. His punishment? $100. And now he’s running for state office.

A legislative scandal is happening in real time in Congress. There are two provisions within the 1,000-page Farm bill: locking breeding sows in tiny, immobilizing crates, and propping up a fading mink farming industry that jams together solitary.

The fight over the Farm Bill is becoming a test of who Congress serves: voters and farmers... or corporate factory farms. Provisions pushed by pork industry lobbyists would roll back state laws protecting animals and hand an advantage to massive foreign-owned corporations.

The ruling reinforces a key legal principle: States have the right to set standards for products sold within their borders. California’s laws have helped drive a major industry shift, with nearly half of U.S. egg production now cage-free.

The new FDA guidance promotes New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), including computational models, human cell systems, and organ-on-chip technologies, and shifts away from decades of reliance on animal testing.

A new, dangerous bill would block the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service from restricting toxic lead ammunition on roughly 600 million acres of federal land. Stop this reckless bill.

Bear baiting—where hunters draw animals to food piles before killing them—is widely criticized as unsporting and reckless, raising concerns about both animal welfare and ecosystem management.