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October 4, 2019 — After a brief break from their first deployment to the Bahamas, American Humane’s trained rescue staff and volunteers returned this week to help grapple with the…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, September 4, 2019 — Scores of beautiful cats and kittens filling a vulnerable shelter in in the path of monster hurricane Dorian are safe today after…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, July 6, 2019 — Following two powerful earthquakes that rocked the west coast and warnings by geologists of possible significant aftershocks to come, disaster relief experts…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, May 18, 2019 — BEFORE THE STORM Microchip pets or put a tag on their collar with your name, address and cell phone number so they…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, February 7, 2019 — When you add up the number of animals impacted during this winter’s deep freeze and the concern about how the recent federal…

BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, December 24, 2018 — The holidays will be a little brighter for hundreds of abandoned animals without forever homes who are waiting in a local refuge for a…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, December 13, 2018 — American Humane’s West Coast 50-foot mobile rescue truck, which was last used to assist animals from the deadly Camp Fire in California,…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, December 12, 2018 — Seventy-two beautiful cats and kittens are safe and sound from nature’s fury after being evacuated from a shelter in the path of…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, October 15, 2018 — American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, which has been saving animals in disasters for more than 100 years, rushed one…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, October 1, 2018 — For thousands of years, dogs have been our best friends, our protectors, and often our heroes, improving and even saving our lives.…