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Our work in Africa

Humane World for Animals tackles the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering to create permanent change. We make change at scale, advocating for policy change at all levels of government and working with companies so that they can be kinder to animals their businesses impact. We work in partnership with communities, bringing diverse expertise to the most complex issues, and doing it all with a compassionate and welcoming approach.  

Our impact

We envision a world without animal cruelty, where humans and animals coexist peacefully. In Africa, we work to promote non-lethal solutions to human-wildlife conflicts, improve the lives of animals raised for food, end the illegal wildlife and captive big cat trade, advocate for a more plant-forward food system, increase access to spay/neuter services and primary veterinary care for companion animals, ending cosmetics animal testing and helping animals in disaster situations.  

70%
female breeding-age elephants

outside Kruger National Park have received an immunocontraceptive vaccine

60+
chimpanzees retired from research

have a permanent home at our sanctuary in Liberia

1,300+
dogs and cats

in South Africa have been sterilized through our Healthy Pets, Healthier Communities initiative

Where we work

Humane World for Animals is a leading force for animal protection across the continent. In South Africa, we have active campaigns to improve conditions for farmed animals, protect wildlife, reduce the use of animals in testing and better protect companion animals. In Liberia, our Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge provides lifetime care to more than 60 chimpanzees who were used in invasive research for decades. 

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Photo by Lance Murphey/The HSUS

For months the HSUS’s team of talented chefs, all veterans of the food service industry, worked side by side with Sodexo’s culinary team to write, develop, test and perfect more than 200 plant-based recipes.
United States
New report reveals which U.S. food service companies are delivering on plant-based promises

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, has released its 2025 Food Service Industry Protein Sustainability Scorecard, an annual report evaluating leading U.S. food service providers on their efforts to improve animal welfare and reduce their

Black bear cubs

Cliff Riedinger

United States
Officials are targeting Florida bears, proposing to reopen controversial trophy hunting season despite opposition

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—State residents are responding with outrage over the recent proposal from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to reopen a trophy hunting season on the state’s iconic and beloved black bears. The plan would allow trophy hunters to kill as

Rabbit

Meredith Lee

Ending animal testing
India
Rabbit blood hair oil worth Rs. 2.82 lakhs seized following complaint by animal protection organization

CHENNAI—Acting on a formal complaint submitted by the Humane World for Animals India, formerly called Humane Society International India, the Tamil Nadu Drugs Control Department has seized products worth approximately Rs. 2.82 lakhs [nearly $4000 USD] from Garuda Herbals. The seized products

Grime and feces at a kennel

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United States
'Horrible Hundred' puppy mill report reveals mysterious puppy deaths, severely wounded dogs in breeding facilities

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, has released its annual Horrible Hundred puppy mill report, which details violations or concerns at a sampling of 100 problem puppy mills across the country to educate the public

Al, a chimpanzee previously used in experiments at Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) moved to Chimp Haven sanctuary in February 2025.

Kierstin Luckett & Lauren Rager/Chimp Haven

Al, a 51-year-old chimpanzee previously used in biomedical research, sees his new sanctuary home for the first time.
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United States
Final group of chimpanzees from New Mexico laboratory arrive at Chimp Haven

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals, Humane World Action Fund and Animal Protection New Mexico are delighted to announce that the remaining chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico have been successfully relocated to Chimp Haven, a 200-acre forested sanctuary in Louisiana

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Ending animal testing
United States
Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund applaud FDA’s historic move to phase out animal testing for biologics and drugs

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund (formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund) welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to phase out animal testing for certain monoclonal antibody

Beagle caught up in animal testing

Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals

Ending animal testing
United States
Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund encouraged by EPA’s renewed commitment to ending animal testing

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that they will reinstate a plan to phase out animal testing on mammals and prioritize non-animal alternatives for chemical and pesticide safety assessments. The move revives a 2019 policy initiated during the first Trump administration establishing

Rhino trophy

Britta Jaschinski

United Kingdom
Footstools made from elephant feet and slippers made from bear paws: award-winning wildlife photojournalist Britta Jaschinski highlights the macabre reality of trophy hunting

LONDON—An emotive exhibition by award-winning wildlife photographer Britta Jaschinski, in support of a campaign to end UK imports of hunting trophies, has opened in London to public acclaim. The exhibition, titled “Still Life”, showcases 35 powerful photographs of hunting trophies, and invites

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United States
New Senate bill resurrects disastrous threat to animal protections and state laws

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals, formerly called Humane Society of the United States, and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society Legislative Fund, issued the following statement on the introduction of the Food Security and Farm Protection Act in the United States

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