Taking action for animals

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Make your voice count

Your voice is needed on these important issues. Here’s how you can take action — and why it matters.

Your actions make a difference

Make sure your elected officials know that you are an advocate for animals. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.

Campaigns
Black dog with scarring consistent with dogfighting
Animal rescue and responseAnimal fighting
Suspected dogfighting rescue in Indiana

Humane World for Animals assisted the Fort Wayne Police Department with the rescue of 22 dogs and puppies from a suspected dogfighting situation.

Crate Britain Tour
Young woman holds on to dog in line for clinic giving out shots and food
Access to care for pets
More Than a Pet

Help keep people and pets together

Three cats in dirty cage before being rescued from an alleged cruelty situation in Crystal Springs, MS
Animal rescue and response
Mississippi cat rescue

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.

Stop Commercial Whaling

Whales are essential for healthy oceans but remain under threat from commercial hunts. Join us to end whaling and protect marine wildlife worldwide.

Rescued from dogfighting
Animal fighting
Suspected dogfighting rescue in South Carolina

Help dogs rescued from suspected dogfighting and other animals in need worldwide

Dogs on a dog meat farm
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
Rescue in Cheongju, South Korea

In May 2025, Humane World for Animals rescued 67 dogs who had been languishing on a dog meat farm.

Dogs being kept in a darkened room, their bodies restrained in sacks and some with their mouths tied shut, prior to being slaughtered at a dog meat market
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
Ending India's dog meat trade

Despite being illegal in India, thousands of dogs are still killed each year for the dog meat trade.

Dogs on a dog meat farm in South Korea
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Dogs look out from behind rusty cage bars before being rescued
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
Closing South Korea's dog meat farms

South Korea plans to phase out the dog meat industry in South Korea by 2027.

Caught up in the Indonesian dog meat trade
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
Indonesia's cruel and dangerous dog meat trade

In Indonesia, every month tens of thousands of dogs and cats are brutally slaughtered, butchered and sold for meat.

A puppy with cherry eye stands in tire inside an enclosure that has been repurposed to raise puppies at a dog fattening facility
Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide
Ending Viet Nam’s dog and cat meat trade

Every year, millions of dogs and cats, including many stolen pets, are trafficked throughout Viet Nam to supply markets, slaughterhouses and restaurants.