Source+9+-+Humane+Society

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1) [|Factory farming]. This is a main issue for our group as it shows the exploitation of animals in a way that can easily be avoided, but is only used to maximise profit.

2) Exploitation for [|cosmetics]. This is a huge issue, especially being a girl’s college, and we have raised awareness amongst the group members as to what cost their make up causes the animals it is tested on.

3) We are the nation's most important advocate for local humane societies, providing shelter standards and evaluations, training programs, a national advertising campaign to promote pet adoption, direct support, and national conferences

4) We celebrate pets, as well as wildlife and habitat protection.

5) The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest animal protection organization, backed by 11 million Americans.

6) work to reduce suffering and improve the lives of all animals by advocating for [|better laws]; investigating [|animal cruelty]; [|conducting campaigns] to reform industries; performing [|animal rescue and emergency response]; and providing care to animals through our [|sanctuaries], emergency shelters, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and clinics.

7) Established in 1954, The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals—a world that will also benefit people

8) We work to reduce suffering and to create meaningful social change for animals by advocating for sensible public policies, investigating cruelty and working to enforce existing laws, educating the public about animal issues, joining with corporations on behalf of animal-friendly policies, and conducting hands-on programs that make ours a more humane world.

9) We are the lead disaster relief agency for animals, and we provide direct care for thousands of animals at our sanctuaries and rescue facilities, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics.

10) We confront national and global cruelties through major campaigns targeting the barbaric practices of dogfighting and cockfighting; abusive puppy mills where dogs are treated not like family but like production machines; the worst cruelties of factory farming in modern agribusiness such as confinement of animals in crates and cages; inhumane and unsporting hunting practices such as "canned hunts" of captive exotic animals; the slaughter of American horses for export to foreign countries where horsemeat is considered a delicacy; and the clubbing of baby seals and other animals for the commercial fur trade.

11) Our track record of effectiveness has led to meaningful victories for animals in Congress, state legislatures, courtrooms and corporate boardrooms.

12) The HSUS publishes All Animals, a membership magazine, and Animal Sheltering, a bi-monthly magazine for animal sheltering professionals.

13) We operate a Humane Wildlife Services program in the D.C. metro area to provide homeowners and businesses with humane and effective solutions to conflicts with our wild neighbors.

14) We are America's mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation and neglect, as well as the most trusted voice extolling the human-animal bond

15) The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization—backed by 11 million Americans, or one in every 28.