Humane Rescue Alliance

Former Nats pitcher Max Scherzer and his wife, Erica, are helping the Humane Rescue Alliance’s (HRA) large dogs get adopted.

Many animal shelters in the D.C.-area say they are overcrowded with dogs and need help to find them forever homes. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with the Humane Rescue Alliance about the issue.

News4’s Pat Lawson Muse spoke with Humane Rescue Alliance communications director Dani Rizzo.

The Humane Rescue Alliance rescued 36 dogs and six rabbits during an animal cruelty investigation in Southeast D.C. yesterday. The animals were housed on the 2900 block of Branch Avenue Southeast in “extremely unsafe and unsanitary conditions,” according to the HRA. “The conditions in which these animals were forced to live in is gut-wrenching,” said Chris Schindler, vice president of…

The Humane Rescue Alliance is investigating two cases of animal sexual abuse in D.C. HRA received a call about an injured cat near Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Northeast Wednesday and found a critically injured 3-month-old kitten they name Owen. Owen’s pelvis was fractured in two places and other injuries indicated he was sexually abused, according to HRA. Owen was...

The Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA), NBC4 and Telemundo44 teamed up for a virtual Clear The Shelters town hall, kicking off on Tuesday, August 25, at 7:30 p.m. The event will be hosted by Storm Team4 Meteorologist Chuck Bell and Telemundo 44’s Daniel Rivera. Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals Baseball Team and his wife, Erica, who are both passionate animal…

The signs of dogfighting can be hard to spot if you don’t know what to look for. News4’s Chuck Bell talked to an officer with the Humane Law Enforcement department of the Humane Rescue Alliance Friday morning to find out how you can combat dogfighters in your area.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Chuck Bell talks to a Humane Rescue Alliance officer about how to recognize and report dogfighting.

Photographs of a bobcat lurking in the woods near the C&O Canal in Northwest Washington, D.C., have some excited, others worried — and a lot of people talking.

The Humane Rescue Alliance depends on foster parents to help keep up with demand for space. News4’s Jim Handly takes us inside the largest animal shelter and hospital in the region, as they connect people with pets this holiday season.

The Humane Rescue Alliance shelter in Northeast D.C. has a major pest problem and is asking for the public to adopt all of its animals. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

An animal shelter in D.C. is pleading with the public to adopt all of its dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals within the next two days as it deals with a major pest problem.

An emaciated 9-month-old puppy found earlier this month is recovering, and the Humane Society of the United States is now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who abandoned him.

The Humane Rescue Alliance is looking for public assistance and offering a $5,000 reward for information in an alleged animal cruelty case involving a 9-month-old puppy.

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The Humane Rescue Alliance has been spearheading a creative, though not exactly unheard of, way to fight the rat kings and queens of the District of Columbia by pairing local businesses and communities with feral, unsocialized cats to hunt and kill their natural prey.

For the last few years, the Humane Rescue Alliance has been spearheading a creative, though not exactly unheard of, way to fight the rat kings and queens of the District of Columbia by pairing local businesses and communities with feral, unsocialized cats to hunt and kill their natural prey.

How do you speak the language of cats? Lisa Stemcosky, the Humane Rescue Alliance’s feline behavior manager, breaks it down with News4’s Chuck Bell.