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UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India host Telangana’s first-ever conference on animal-inclusive disaster risk reduction

Humane World for Animals India

Animal rescue and response India
UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India host Telangana’s first-ever conference on animal-inclusive disaster risk reduction

HYDERABAD, Telangana—In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the state, UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India (formerly called Humane Society International India), in collaboration with the Telang

SC Dogfighting Rescue - Lancaster Co.

Sean Rayford

Animal fighting Dog and cat welfare Italy
Italian 2026 budget law: amendment proposes 2 million euros to combat animal fighting

ROME—Combating animal fighting is the objective of amendment 42.0.23 to the Italia

Andreea Roseti, Country Director for Romania  Legislative reforms to recognize animals as sentient beings in Romania.

Raluca Simion

Dog and cat welfare Romania
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

Chickens hunt and scratch for food in an open pasture full of crimson clover at White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Ga.

Julie Busch Branaman/Humane World for Animals

Farm animal welfare Italy
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 suppor

Group of students eating in dining hall

University of California, Riverside

Farm animal welfare
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 sa

Panel “Nourishing Climate Action: Policy Tools for Climate-aligned and Resilient Food Systems” that we organized on November 14 at COP30 in Belém in conjunction with the following organizations: ProVeg International, Humane World for Animals, Compassion in World Farming, Mercy for Animals, Good Food Institute, Foodrise, Food Tank.

Thayana Oliveira

Farm animal welfare Brazil
“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 sust

Hurricane Melissa response in Jamaica

James McEntee

Animal rescue and response Canada
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 devastati

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A Humane World is the official blog of Humane World for Animals—a first-hand account of our ongoing efforts to protect animals, as told by our president and CEO, Kitty Block.

Meredith Lee/Humane World for Animals