Our Impact
We are creating that world through engagement with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the 27 EU member states. We also collaborate with many non-governmental organizations, corporations, animal advocates and more.
European countries have banned fur farming
cats and dogs in Romania received care (including spay/neuter, food and other services) from us in 2024 alone
EU citizens signed a petition demanding a Europe without animal testing
What we are working on
We envision a world without animal cruelty, where humans and animals live in harmony. We are focusing our efforts in the European Union on a few key areas.
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Where we work in Europe
Learn more about the activities of our regional offices.
Take Action
Help make a difference for animals in Europe and around the world.
Animals are suffering at Marineland
Marineland has a history of being investigated for animal abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Urge the European Union to stop importing hunting trophies
Nearly 15,000 hunting trophies of species at risk like elephants, lions, giraffes, polar bears and black rhinos were imported into the EU between 2014 and 2018.
Urge the FDA to end animal testing
It’s time for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put an end to these outdated and flawed practices—and embrace science without suffering.
End the export of live horses for slaughter
Horses are flown by air, crammed into wooden crates without water, food or rest.
Sign the pledge to end trophy hunting
Every year, hundreds of thousands of wild animals are killed solely to obtain "trophies"—heads, hides or pelts and even whole animals—to stuff, skin and hang on a wall.
Highlights from our work
With our support, the Belgian Parliament outlawed the import of hunting trophies from endangered species.
Fashion group Max Mara announced a fur-free policy after a coalition we were a part of launched a global campaign targeting the brand.
Since 2023, we have published reports on fast-food brands in Poland and Romania—two of Europe’s largest producers of chicken meat—to examine the welfare of chickens raised for human consumption.
Latest News
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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. Thanks to Humane
Brussels — Nearly 400,000 fish have been used in chemical safety tests required by the EU’s REACH regulation—with a further 530,000 to 690,000 projected to suffer following recent regulatory changes
BRUSSELS - Animal protection groups have renewed their call on the European Commission to bring forward an EU-wide ban on fur farming and trade as they launched a new economic report in Parliament
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