Here are just a few of the extraordinary achievements the HSUS listed in an email release:

(1) The last two states -- New Mexico and Louisiana -- outlawed cockfighting, and Congress passed a seminal law strengthening penalties for animal fighting.

(2) HSUS supporters pressured Nike to drop a multi-million-dollar endorsement deal with disgraced NFL star Michael Vick after his role in illegal dogfighting was uncovered.

(3) Horse slaughter was finally eliminated on U.S. soil when Texas and Illinois shut down the last remaining slaughterhouses in the nation.

(4) The HSUS rescued animals from natural disasters, providing care for hundreds of pets and farm animals threatened by California's recent wildfires.

(5) Some of the worst cruelties of factory farming were stopped when the largest veal and pig producers committed to abandon the use of tiny crates and cages; more companies and consumers switched to cage-free eggs, and Oregon's legislature made history by passing legislation outlawing the use of gestation crates to confine breeding pigs.

To celebrate these changes -- watch a video of the biggest HSUS victories for animals in 2007!