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From: The Humane League
Date: December 31, 2025

Sensitive animals, just like our pets at home, stuffed into tiny cages and crates, hidden in dark, dirty concrete spaces. Pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and so many more. All intelligent, sentient, and social—just like us.

The dark underbelly of the factory farming system says those animals don’t deserve our compassion.

2025 was a big impact year for animals, and now we need to set the stage for critical progress in the months and years to come.

This year, we kept devastating changes to the Farm Bill at bay. Now, we need your voice to ensure those hard-won protections for animals on farms aren’t signed away by Congress next year.  

This year, we reminded major hotel chains like Best Western and Radisson that hospitality and cruelty cannot coexist. Now, we need your support to make sure those companies follow through on their commitments.

Animals are smart, sentient, social beings, just like us. I know this. You know this. Let’s spend 2026 continuing to build a world that hears us and says, “Yes. THIS!”

Thank you for shining your light where it is needed most,

P.S. When The Humane League started 20 years ago, 98% of hens in the United States lived in cages. Today, that number has been cut—almost—in half, with more than 45% of hens now cage-free. We’re at a tipping point. Your gift right now will be tripled to accelerate our work as we barrel toward that 50% cage-free benchmark. Let’s get loud for animals here, and around the globe, in 2026.