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Humane World for Animals

Helping captive wildlife
Death of zoo owner and former circus exhibitor a sad and preventable tragedy, says Humane World for Animals
Ryan Easley, the owner of an Oklahoma roadside zoo Growler Pines Tiger Preserve, was killed by a tiger at his roadside zoo this weekend. Easley owned at least ten tigers. Prior to operating Growler Pines, Easley ran ShowMe Tigers, a circus act featuring tigers that traveled throughout the U.S.
Technical collaboration with producers in Chihuahua advances production of eggs from cage-free hens

Arianna Torres

Farmed animal welfare Mexico
Technical collaboration with producers in Chihuahua advances production of eggs from cage-free hens

Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua - Humane World for Animals, in collaboration with the Northwest Poultry Farmers Association of Chihuahua, is working to accelerate the transition to the production of eggs from cage-free hens through hands-on training and farm visits. This initiative fosters constructive dialogue

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

Wildlife protection 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–elephant conflict. Humane World for Animals, formerly Humane Society International, in partnership

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 by the devastating flooding in 2024 in southwestern Poland. Thanks to the support, the

India's disaster response team is providing relief in some of the worst flood-affected regions of Punjab.

Shaili Shah/Humane World for Animals

India
Animal protection organizations launch emergency relief operations for animals impacted by Punjab floods

AMRITSAR, Punjab — Humane World for Animals India (formerly Humane Society International India), in collaboration with the Indian Red Cross Society (Punjab), Compassion for Animals Welfare Association and the Animal Husbandry Department, has launched urgent disaster response operations to assist animals affected

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-renowned designer Christian Siriano's fall show. Siriano unveiled three custom-designed pieces: a

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

Protecting equines 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 horses for slaughter. The rally, organized by Animal Justice, Humane

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

Farmed animal welfare 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 Society International) found people “sad” and “shocked” to learn how mother pigs can be tightly confined

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