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Camera-trap photos and video footage of wild elephants captured through Humane World for Animals’ monitoring programs - bringing the public face-to-face with the reality of elephant conservation in Viet Nam

Nicola White

Viet Nam
Shaping the Future of Elephant Conservation in Viet Nam: From Research to Strategic Action

DONG NAI, Viet Nam ― With fewer than 200 critically endangered wild elephants remaining in fragmented forest habitats in Viet Nam, urgent action is underway to prevent extinction and reduce human–e

Animal rescued during the flood in 2024.

Humane World for Animals

Poland Europe
A year after the devastating floods, Humane World for Animals' grants help five shelters in Poland increase capacity to help animals during disasters

WARSAW, Poland - The animal protection organization Humane World for Animals, formerly known as Humane Society International, recently made grants to assist five animal shelters in areas affected b

Humane World for Animals made its debut at New York Fashion Week with an exclusive collaboration at world-renowned designer Christian Siriano's fall show.

Courtesy of Christian Siriano

United States
Humane World for Animals makes New York Fashion Week debut with Christian Siriano in cruelty-free collaboration

Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International, made its debut at New York Fashion Week with an exclusive collaboration at world-

Adult and baby fox in a cage on a fur farm in Finland

Kristo Muurimaa/Oikeutta eläimille

United States
Woolrich urged to drop cruel fur in global anti-fur campaign ahead of New York Fashion Week

Humane World for Animals and the Fur Free Alliance are urging Woolrich to join other major brands in going fur-free, citing animal cruelty, environmental damage and public health risks linked to the fur trade.

Images of live horse export in Canada.

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition

Canada
Advocates Urge Liberals to Keep Promise on Live Horse Export Ban

EDMONTON—Advocates will gather outside the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton today to rally for horses and urge the governing Liberal Party to keep its 2021 promise to ban the live export of horse

Penny, the animatronic pig in a replica farrowing crate, outside the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh as part of Humane World for Animals UK's Crate Britain Tour, August 2025.

Marcus Emmerson

United Kingdom
“It should be illegal”: Scottish public “shocked” by cruelty of caging mother pigs

EDINBURGH―Demonstrating local support for a ban on farrowing crates, public reactions filmed in Scotland by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly Humane Socie

Free hens

Julie Busch Branaman

Asia
First Thai Caterer Joins Global Cage-Free Egg Movement

BANGKOK — Foodhouse, Thailand’s leading catering service provider, has announced its commitment to transition to 100% cage-free eggs by 2028.

Forensic workshop MX AG 2025 BM

Barbara Morales

Mexico
Interinstitutional training in Aguascalientes to strengthen the well-being of companion animals

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico – With the goal of ensuring better care and protection for companion animals in the state, the State Environmental Protection Office, known as PROESPA, in coordination with H

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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.

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