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How Humane World for Animals saves lives worldwide
Support rapid-response animal rescue missions around the globe. Discover how Humane World for Animals, a leading animal rescue organization, protects animals from cruelty, neglect and disasters.
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As a trusted animal welfare organization, we rescue, transport, and rehabilitate thousands of animals every year. Our sanctuaries provide safe, lifelong homes for animals with nowhere else to go.
rescued or cared for after disasters worldwide since 2017
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cared for at our sanctuaries in Liberia, Texas, and Oregon
Always ready to help animals in need
Our highly trained Animal Rescue Team stands ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. Whether it’s a hurricane, wildfire, cruelty or neglect case, or animal fighting operation, our global animal rescue organization responds wherever animals need help.
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Saving animals' lives worldwide
Our highly trained Animal Rescue Team stands ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. Whether it’s a hurricane, wildfire, cruelty or neglect case, or animal fighting operation, our global animal rescue organization responds wherever animals need help. As a trusted animal welfare organization, we rescue, transport, and rehabilitate thousands of animals every year. Our sanctuaries provide safe, lifelong homes for animals with nowhere else to go.
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Animal sanctuaries: Safe havens for rescued animals
Our three animal rescue sanctuaries — spanning thousands of acres in Texas, Oregon, and Liberia — serve as lifelong homes for rescued animals, from horses and chimpanzees to exotic wildlife.
Located in Texas, this 1,400-acre sanctuary provides refuge for hundreds of domestic and exotic animals rescued from the exotic pet trade, labs, roadside zoos, and other exploitative situations.
This 1,120-acre haven in Oregon is home to over 100 rescued horses and equines, saved from neglect, abuse, and abandonment
In Liberia, this sanctuary offers lifelong care to more than 60 chimpanzees who endured decades of invasive research. Now, these animals enjoy peace, companionship, and expert veterinary care in a natural environment.
The latest in global animal rescue
Humane World for Animals operates rescue teams, community outreach programs, sanctuaries, and care centers that directly assist tens of thousands of animals each year. From natural disasters to cruelty cases, learn how our international animal rescue charity responds to crises and saves lives.
Five years after the devastating Black Summer rescue, Humane World staff returned to Kangaroo Island to reflect, observe and learn how we can provide more support.
Humane World for Animals deployed to Indiana to assist the Fort Wayne Police Department with the rescue of 22 dogs and puppies from a suspected dogfighting situation.
On June 12, our rescue team and South Carolina law enforcement saved 23 dogs and puppies from suspected dogfighting and severe neglect in Richland County.
Over the course of a few years, we will be working on island improvements to better hep the chimps at our sanctuary in Africa. These are the first six to enjoy the villa while their island is being upgraded.
After Hurricane Katrina, Humane World for Animals was instrumental in passing the PETS Act to support the inclusion of animals in disaster-related planning.
During an Ohio cruelty rescue, Humane World for Animals saved over 100 animals, including Murdock—a dehydrated, eyeless dog now receiving urgent care.
The final wolf‑dog hybrid at a frigid Ohio fur farm began giving birth the moment rescuers from Humane World for Animals lifted her to safety. A moving testament to survival.
A terrified mother dog was rescued from a cruel puppy mill in Oklahoma. With love, expert care, and patience, she’s now discovering what it means to live freely — and thriving alongside her pups at last.
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Saving lives wherever animals are in crisis
Humane World for Animals is a leading global animal rescue organization, responding to disasters, cruelty cases, and neglect worldwide.
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Our Animal Rescue Team assisted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in the rescue of 18 dogs and puppies from alleged dogfighting operations in Timmonsville and Seabrook.
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Humane World for Animals assisted the Fort Wayne Police Department with the rescue of 22 dogs and puppies from a suspected dogfighting situation.
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In January 2023, our Animal Rescue Team responded to an alleged cruelty case in Mississippi, where more than 170 cats were trapped in horrific conditions.
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We never know where disasters will strike or when animals may be in need of urgent rescue, but we know we must be ready. Your support makes our preparedness, rescue, care and relief work possible.
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