Feather and Spot are shy girls who can be nervous in new places and with new people. However, since they came to our Los Angeles foster program in November 2020, their foster caregiver has worked closely with our staff to show Feather and Spot that life with humans isn’t so bad! Both Feather and Spot […]
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65 Groups Come Together to Urge the USDA to Take Action to Reform Factory Farming
On February 26, the ASPCA led a coalition of 65 non-profits, farming groups, and companies that envision a brighter future for agriculture, animals, people and the environment, in sending a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack. The letter urges Secretary Vilsack to take action on three vital issues that will improve […]
Keep Military Servicemembers and Their Pets Together
Good news for our troops: Congress is on the verge of repealing years of misguided, breed-specific bans affecting the pet dogs of military families. Currently, the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps all have varied discriminatory breed bans that prevent military families from having certain breeds of dogs—like American Pit Bull Terriers, Doberman Pinschers and […]
How Smart Government Policies Can Help Keep People and Animals Together Through the COVID-19 Crisis
The ASPCA is working to ensure legislative protections for animals across the country during this difficult time. We urge elected officials to deem animal sheltering services, animal care and veterinary services essential functions. Federal agencies should consider and incorporate animal welfare into emergency planning. You can do your part to speak up for animals by […]
New Chapter! Christina and Ant Anstead Welcome Their 1st Child Together
A full house! Christina Anstead and Ant Anstead welcomed their first child together on Friday, September 6. “Ant and I are so excited to welcome Hudson London Anstead into the world. Our hearts are SO full of love and joy!” she wrote on Instagram. “Our healthy baby boy was born this morning- 9/6/19 – 7 […]
Together, big data, bench science and genome-wide diagnostics predict genomic instability that can lead to disease
They are the most common repeated elements in the human genome; more than a million copies are scattered among and between our genes. Called Alu elements, these relatively short (approximately 300 Watson-Crick base pairs), repetitive non-coding sequences of DNA have been implicated in the rapid evolution of humans and non-human primate species. Unfortunately, these repeats […]
Couples Date For 17 Months Before Moving In Together
So you’ve been dating for a year and wondering when you’ll start spending your Saturdays at home opens? Errr, yay!? The website Bridebook surveyed 4,000 recently married couples about how long they dated for before moving in together and the results were interesting. On average, couples dated for 17 months before moving in together. They […]
Happy Couples Are Really Comfortable Doing This One Thing Together
When it comes to building a love that will last, experts say there’s one activity all couples should learn to do well together—and it doesn’t involve taking your clothes off (though of course that’s important too). According to Dr Jeffrey Bernstein, and author of the couples’ book, Why Can’t You Read My Mind, it’s actually […]