News Releases

June 30, 2009
Paula Abdul Charity Auction to Benefit American Humane's PAWS Program - Auction Cause is teaming up with Paula Abdul on a unique eBay charity auction event starting June 29th, at 7 p.m. PST. Paula is cleaning out her many closets and listing thousands of designer items throughout the summer on eBay. Part of the auction proceeds will support the American Humane Association's Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS)™ program. read more

June 23, 2009
American Humane Encourages Companies to Participate In ‘Take Your Dog to Work Day®’ on June 26 - American Humane supports Pet Sitters International’s Take Your Dog To Work Day, which this year falls on Friday, June 26, 2009. First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from animal shelters and breed-specific rescue groups. read more

June 16, 2009
American Humane® Certified Partners with Viking Cooking School - Students at Viking Cooking School, a division of Viking Range Corporation, the originator of commercial-type appliances for the home, are not only learning new ways to prepare their food, they’re also learning how the food is raised, as part of a new partnership with American Humane® Certified, a program of the American Humane Association. read more

June 15, 2009
American Humane Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Father’s Day - As the 100th anniversary of Father’s Day approaches, the American Humane Association wants to remind everyone of the irreplaceable role fathers can play in the lives of their children -- and the importance of involved fathers is underscored by research: mothers and fathers play important roles in the lives of their children and children with involved, loving fathers are significantly more likely to do well in school, have healthy self-esteem and exhibit empathy, according to National Fatherhood Initiative. read more

June 3, 2009
UNICEF Chooses American Humane Association for Project - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has chosen the American Humane Association’s Child Protection Research Center and its partner, Chapin Hall, an independent policy research center at the University of Chicago, to work on its cross-national household surveys. read more

June 3, 2009
American Humane Association Launches ‘American Humane KIDS: Kids Interacting with Dogs Safely™’ Program - Every year in the U.S., 3.5 million children are bitten by dogs, and it is estimated that by age 12, half of all children in this country will experience a dog bite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). read more

June 1, 2009
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Enter Your Best Snapshots in the American Humane Association’s Pets & Pals Photo Contest™ - Starting Monday, June 15, 2009, the American Humane Association will accept entries for its 2009 Pets & Pals Photo Contest™. This popular annual competition encourages photographers of all skills levels to send in shots of animals in four categories. read more

May 29, 2009
America’s Fastest Growing Animal-Welfare Label Presents True Humane Tracking™ At the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa - For the third year, the American Humane Association’s farm-animal welfare program, American Humane® Certified, will exhibit at the World Pork Expo June 3-5 in Des Moines, Iowa, in order to showcase the fastest-growing animal welfare program for humane-labeled food products to leading pork producers and processors. read more

May 28, 2009
Celebrate American Humane Association’s Adopt-A-Cat Month® in June - As part of its ongoing effort to promote cat and kitten adoption, American Humane created Adopt-A-Cat Month®. Adopt-A-Cat Month is held annually in June, when shelters around the country are inundated with litters of kittens in desperate need of loving homes. read more

May 27, 2009
American Humane Association Appoints Dr. Len Dalgleish as Senior Fellow in its Child Protection Research Center - The American Humane Association today announced that Dr. Len Dalgleish of the University of Stirling in Scotland has been named a senior fellow in the American Humane Child Protection Research Center. read more

May 26, 2009
American Humane Association Appoints Michael Doolan as a Fellow in its National Center on Family Group Decision Making - The American Humane Association today announced that Michael Doolan, former adjunct senior fellow at the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, has joined American Humane’s National Center on Family Group Decision Making as a fellow. read more

May 21, 2009
McDonald's USA To Join New Coalition to Study U.S. Hen Housing Sustainability, Including Cage-Free - – McDonald’s USA today announced its participation with leading animal welfare scientists, academics, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and egg suppliers in a commercial-scale study of housing alternatives for egg-laying hens in the U.S., including cage-free housing. read more

May 19, 2009
American Humane Association Assists In Wisconsin Animal Seizure - Eight responders with the American Humane Association’s highly trained Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team began assisting in the evaluation of several hundred animals, including dogs and horses, from the Thyme and Sage Ranch in Cazenovia, Wis., in a suspected animal cruelty case Tuesday. read more

May 8, 2009
American Humane Certified Reaffirms Animal Welfare Standards Must Be Science-Based - American Humane Certified hosted its annual Scientific Advisory Committee meeting at its national headquarters in Denver last week. In addition to the members of American Humane Certified’s scientific advisory committee, science fellows, producers, technology suppliers and auditors also attended. read more

May 6, 2009
American Humane Launches Center to Address Racial Disparities In Colorado's Child Welfare System - American Humane, in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Human Services, was recently awarded approximately $250,000 in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to launch the Colorado Disparities Resource Center (CRDC). read more

May 4, 2009
Kind Kids Nationally Recognized During American Humane Association's “Be Kind to Animals Week®” - – Six kind kids from across the nation who are devoted to helping animals now have one more thing in common: they are all winners in the American Humane Association’s Be Kind to Animals™ Kid Contest. read more

April 23, 2009
American Humane Endowed Chair at the University of Denver to be filled by prominent researcher in the field - A prominent professor and researcher in the field of the human-animal bond will fill the first American Humane Endowed Chair at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW). James Herbert Williams, dean of GSSW, appointed Frank R. Ascione, PhD, to the position, which is one of the first in the U.S. read more

April 13, 2009
American Humane Association Offers The First Family Tips on New Presidential Puppy - Bo Diddley, a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog, has arrived at the White House, and the American Humane Association offers some tips to the first family about what to expect and how to raise a well-behaved and happy “first dog.” read more

April 7, 2009
American Humane® Certified Farm Animal Welfare Program Now Offers Food Producers the Convenience of Online Sign-Up - The American Humane® Certified farm animal welfare program has just introduced its latest innovation: online registration of food producers who are interested in pursuing the nation’s premier humane monitoring and labeling program. read more

April 6, 2009
Foreclosure Pets in Need of Help - Across the nation the mortgage crisis and recession have forced homeowners into foreclosure, and many of those with pets are making the difficult decision to surrender their pets to animal shelters as their housing situations change. read more