"SEVEN YEARS . . . is enough." With those words yesterday, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ordered the release of five Algerians held at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since January 2002. A conservative appointed by President George W. B

BROKEN ARROW -- A big cat that fatally mauled a volunteer last month at a wildlife sanctuary will not be euthanized, the facility's owner said Wednesday. In a press release announcing a special benefit reopening set for Nov. 29-30 for Safari's

Action marks the second time ever that an elephant is confiscated under the Animal Welfare Act.

Kent Animal Shelter in New York has kicked off a yearlong celebration to mark 40 years of helping homeless pets. The no-kill humane society, established in December 1968.

Every year between 2,000 and 3,500 pilot whales are corralled by men in boats and forced into bays in the Faeroe Islands, a North Sea Danish Protectorate mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland. Citizens worldwide are sickened by the annual

The federal Bureau of Land Management has just proposed opening thousands of acres of forests in western Oregon to logging. It's a handoff to the timber industry, a huge loss to endangered species,

Former Petland kennel manager Denise Jenke recently spoke to The HSUS about what she says she saw while working at

Inuit hunters in the Baffin Island community of Pond Inlet say they must cull up to 200 narwhal trapped in the ice nearby that will die if left there for the winter. At least 200 whales are trapped in open areas of water near Bylot Island, about 17

Powering cars with green electricity instead of natural gas -- a finite, nonrenewable resource -- will have a positive effect on U.S. national security, climate change, and the economy.

The Humane Society of the United States has teamed up with various Minnesota law enforcement agencies to combat cockfighting and dogfighting. At a press conference held today at the state Capitol,