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In 2011, Dr. Kwane Stewart was working at an overwhelmed municipal animal shelter in California.

CAPE TOWN—The South African Predator Association (SAPA) together, with 10 individual lion farmers and ‘canned’ hunting operators, filed a court application seeking to renew a controversial lion bone export quota deemed “unlawful and constitutionally invalid” by High Court Judge Kollapen in 2019. At

JAKARTA―The Dog Meat Free Indonesia coalition welcomes the decision of the Indonesian House of Representatives (known as the DPR RI) to include the Animal Protection and Welfare Bill in the 2026 Priority National Legislation Program, or Prolegnas. The bill is one of 67 included by the Plenary

MONROVIA, Liberia―In advance of World Chimpanzee Day (14 July), 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

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan― Wildlife campaigners at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species expressed relief today as attempts by some African nations to remove protections for giraffes were thwarted. The dangerous proposal

BRUSSELS—Humane World for Animals Europe (formerly called Humane Society International/Europe) warns that a new proposal to downgrade the protected status of wolves could open the floodgates to more serious attacks on EU nature laws. In the wake of the December 2024 decision of the Bern Convention

WASHINGTON—The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International announced today that they will change their name to Humane World for Animals to clarify their longstanding shared mission to create lasting change for animals everywhere. The change takes effect today and underscores

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 today showing that fur farming is so financially unviable it costs the EU millions of euros annually

Found wandering alone in a national park, Bosque received the lifesaving care and treatment needed to survive thanks to Humane World for Animals supporters.