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Humane World for Animals Liberia

Animal testing and research Liberia
Liberia chimpanzee sanctuary releases remarkable photo update on elderly chimps who survived decades of invasive research

MONROVIA, Liberia—In advance of World Chimpanzee Day (July 14), animal charity Humane World for Animals (formerly called Humane Society International) has released thought-provoking photographs of some of the oldest residents at its Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge in Liberia, who endured decades of

a group of chickens in a cage

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Farmed animal welfare United States
Animal welfare victory threatened as Trump administration targets voter-approved cage-free laws

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, issued the following statements regarding the U.S. Department of Justice filing a lawsuit against California’s Proposition 12. “California has prohibited

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Animal testing and research Brazil
Brazil votes to ban cosmetic animal testing after more than a decade of advocacy by Humane World for Animals and allies

Brasília – Today Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted to outlaw the sales of cosmetics that have been tested on animals after the approved ban comes into effect. This measure closes loopholes that have long existed within the country’s legal framework for cosmetics

Press conference on dogfighting at the Italian Senate – June 26, 2025.

Comunicazione M5S Senato

Animal fighting Dog and cat welfare Italy
Brutal training and fake “rescues” fuel the dogfighting business in Italy

ROME, Italy—Dogfighting remains widespread across Italy—not only in the South—in part due to fake “rescues,” which criminals exploit as a means to transport fighting dogs from one region to another. These “rescues” mimic the legitimate transfer of stray animals to facilitate adoption

Cage free hens on farm in Uruguay

Tigrane Boghossian/Tigrane Boghossian Photography

Farmed animal welfare Asia
Por Mali Boat Noodle Goes Cage-Free

BANGKOK — Humane World for Animals applauds the decision of the influential Thai noodle restaurant chain, Por Mali Boat Noodle, to improve animal welfare by implementing a cage-free egg procurement policy within all its restaurants by the end of 2025. Further, the

a person holding a baby dog

Felipe Marquez/Humane World for Animals

Animal rescue and response Mexico Latin America
Humane World for Animals helps more than 1,000 animals and their communities in Mexico impacted by Hurricane Erick

MEXICO CITY—Humane World for Animals (previously called Humane Society International) has deployed a disaster response team to help animals and their communities in Oaxaca, Mexico that were impacted by Hurricane Erick, which hit the southern Mexican state as a powerful Category 3

Lions in Cub Petting/Breeding Facility

Adam Peyman

Banning trophy hunting Wildlife protection Europe
Cecil the lion died 10 years ago. The killing didn't.

BRUSSELS—Ten years ago on July 1, 2015, an American hunter seeking a trophy shot an arrow at an African lion named Cecil just outside the boundaries of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. The senseless killing of Cecil, a lion who was being

Raccoon at the ARCAS rehabilitation centre in Guatemala before being released to the wild by ARCAS and Humane World for Animals Costa Rica in June 2025

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Wildlife protection Latin America
Imperilled monkeys, opossum and wild birds among 14 animals returned to Guatemalan jungle after rescue from negative human interaction

PETEN, Guatemala—Fourteen mammals and birds, including species classified as domestically endangered or vulnerable, have been released back into the wild of the Guatemalan rainforest after being rescued and rehabilitated from negative human interactions. Wildlife NGOs Asociacion Rescate y Conservacion de Vida Silvestre

Hawaiian spinner dolphin calf in the ocean

Stephen Frink Collection/Alamy Stock Photo

Helping captive wildlife Mexico Latin America
Mexico bans use of captive marine mammals for entertainment

MEXICO CITY―Humane World for Animals Mexico, previously called Humane Society International Mexico, welcomes the unanimous approval by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies of an amendment to the General Wildlife Law that bans the use of marine mammals such as dolphins, sea lions

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