Raluca Simion
Humane World for Animals supports reforms to recognize animals as sentient beings
ROMANIA – Humane World for Animals welcomes and supports today’s launch of a parliamentary debate aimed at improving the animal protection legal framework, including recognizing animals as sentient beings with rights and freedoms.
Julie Busch Branaman/Humane World for Animals
ETCA coalition calls on the Italian Government: ‘The cage-free fund is a first step toward building a cage-free Italy’
ROME—The Italian members of the “End the Cage Age” coalition, including Humane World for Animals Italy (formerly called Humane Society International) are calling on the Italian Government to support an amendment to the 2026 Italian Budget Law, that would create a fund to support the transition to
University of California, Riverside
UC Riverside puts students, sustainability first with pledge to serve 50% plant-based meals by 2027
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, and the University of California Riverside hosted a plant-based event on campus that featured samples of Sticky Sesame Tempeh, giveaways and a survey for students to share feedback about their per
Thayana Oliveira
“Nourishing Climate Action”: COP30 panel discusses policy tools for climate-aligned food systems
BELEM, Brazil—Humane World for Animals cohosted a panel at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, to spotlight how public policies can accelerate the shift toward healthier, more sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.
James McEntee
Humane World for Animals helps Jamaica’s animals and communities following Hurricane Melissa
NEGRIL, Jamaica—Global animal protection organization Humane World for Animals (formerly called Humane Society International) has launched an animal relief effort in Jamaica following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa.
Julie Busch Branaman/Humane World for Animals
The FARMS Initiative launches its Protein Shift standards at COP30 to encourage plant-protein financing
A pioneering framework to help financial institutions align their financing and investment activities with sustainable food systems that prioritize plant-based foods has been launched at the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil by a coalition called the FARMS Initiative.
Giada Bambini Filarete
At Christmas, a gesture of kindness can mean a happier year’s end for animals
MILAN, Italy—This Christmas, each of us will have the chance to give a second chance—a new life—to an animal who might otherwise have seemed destined to know only suffering and death.
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