Humane Society of United States - TRIUMPHS

Here are just a handful of this year's most extraordinary triumphs:

• Our dedicated team of responders led a series of massive puppy mill rescue operations, and we saved thousands of breeding dogs and puppies from caged misery and neglect.
• We uncovered shocking abuse of dairy cows at a California slaughter plant, triggering the largest beef recall in U.S. history, shutting down the $100-million company for good, and forcing the USDA to commit to banning the slaughter of "downed" cows.
• We rescued animals from natural disasters, providing refuge for thousands of pets and farm animals in peril from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.
• We launched the most ambitious ballot measure for animals in history -- and we won a better life for millions of cows, pigs, and chickens. California's Prop 2 will usher in a new era not only for animals in
• California, but animals suffering in factory farms across the United States.
• We busted dogfighting and cockfighting rings throughout the nation, and we passed a raft of laws at the state level and a new federal law to make animal fighting a felony everywhere in the country.