Say no to real fur. Choosing faux fur protects foxes from being trapped and suffering for fashion.

Flat-faced cats such as Persians struggle to breathe. Here’s how to help. www.humaneworld.org/en/resources...

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI), the exclusive owner of the “Milano Fashion Week®”, announced today that it will no longer promote fur at any official Milan Fashion Week event, including on social media. Learn More: www.humaneworld.org/en/news/mila...

Humane World for Animals Mexico and the country’s Federal Environmental Attorney General hosted a national training workshop for ~60 law enforcement officials from across Mexico focused on preventing, investigating and prosecuting wildlife trafficking offenses. www.humaneworld.org/en/mexico-fi...

Killing animals is never the solution. It’s neither effective nor humane. That’s why we’ve spent decades developing safe and effective spay/neuter programs to protect street dogs and community cats around the world. Learn more: www.humaneworld.org/en/companion...

New Humane World for Animals Animal Welfare Barometer reveals a significant “government performance gap” in animal welfare in Germany. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/anim...

Ahead of the dog meat ban in South Korea in February next year, dog meat farms increasingly have been closing across the country. For years, even before the ban passed, our team has worked to rescue dogs from these farms, giving them a brighter future.  www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/preg...?

With Governor Kim Reynolds’ signature on a new law in Iowa, the state has joined the other 49 in the U.S. that make intentional animal torture a felony on the first offense. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/iowa...

Meal by meal. That’s how our team at Humane World are putting more plants on plates. That’s how we are saving animals and the planet. www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

Our promise to these animals and our advocates is that we will not rest until the dog and cat meat trades end. www.humaneworld.org/en/campaigni...

VICTORY! Iowa becomes the 50th US state to enact felony level penalties for extreme cruelty and torture of companion animals.

Grizzly bears have just started their slow recovery but still face serious challenges. If we remove their Endangered Species protections now, we may lose them forever. Add your voice and help keep grizzly bears protected under the Endangered Species Act: hwfa.link/bs051126 #BearsBelong

In total, 34 dogs were saved that day. Our team transported the dogs to a safe, confidential location where responders and volunteers are providing much-needed care and treatment. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/resc...

Our team responded in Saipan after Super Typhoon Sinlaka—providing food and water, assessing needs and running a temporary veterinary clinic that has already served over 700 animals. We’re honored to support Saipan Humane Society and the community as recovery continues.

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David! 🎉 Summing up everything you have done for nature and our planet in a few words simply isn't possible. Humane World for Animals has a special birthday message to thank you for inspiring millions of us to protect the natural world and all those we share it with.

ATTN INDIANA: We are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for abandoning an emaciated dog in a trash can in Lebanon.  Learn more: www.humaneworld.org/en/news/rewa...

This is what the first taste of freedom looks like. 🩵 Watch this brave pup’s sweet reaction when his chain is removed during our recent rescue.

We’re improving the lives of companion animals around the world—meeting communities where they are and transforming the systems that impact both people and animals.

Goodness, how times have changed. Our global campaign against fur has shone a light on the reality behind the gloss and the glamour of fashion, exposing the true horrors of fur farming and trapping. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/fash...

As part of the Dog Meat Free Indonesia coalition, Humane World for Animals delivered a joint petition with over 700,000 signatures to Indonesian embassies around the world calling for an end to the dog and cat meat trade - where 1 million dogs and countless cats are killed each year.

34 dogs have a second chance today. Rescued from a suspected dogfighting situation in South Carolina, these dogs endured unimaginable pain—but their story doesn’t end there. They’re now safe and receiving the care and medical attention they’ve always deserved. humaneworld.org/en/news/34-d...

Ten years ago, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ended elephant acts, but the cruelty continues with other exhibitors. 14 elderly elephants are still forced on the road to tour with other circuses. Learn more: www.humaneworld.org/en/news/elep...

Momentum is building to ban bullfighting in the state of Hidalgo, which could become the seventh state in Mexico to prohibit the practice. www.humaneworld.org/en/bullfight...

New scorecard exposes leaders—and laggards among America’s biggest food service companies. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/2026...

Finding beauty in the misunderstood, Kerri Wolter works to protect vulture populations in Africa. www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

HUGE news. We’re psyched that The Devil Wears Prada 2 is FINALLY coming out after 20 very long years. Good thing Y2K fashion is back, right? Well, back with one tiny exception: The fur is gone. While it was basically a supporting character in the first movie, you won’t see any fur in the sequel!

Although veterinarians and other advocates have been raising concerns about breed-related health issues for decades, progress has been slow. Some experts are hoping to change that. www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

Abandoned, injured, and left among the trash, a senior dachshund, later named Génova, was found by one of our rescuers in Aguascalientes. She was quickly taken in, given emergency care, and underwent surgery to begin her recovery. Génova is now safe, loved and on the path to healing.

Attention U.S. followers! The House is set to vote on the Farm Bill any day now. If it passes, hundreds of state laws protecting animals and addressing disease control, toxic materials, food labeling and more could be destroyed. Tell your Reps to vote NO and protect animals! hwfa.link/bs042926

Colorado just became the 9th state to ban the sale of puppies in pet stores! 🎉 This cuts off a major pipeline to cruel puppy mills and helps shift demand toward shelters and rescues. A big win for dogs—and for everyone who spoke up for them!

VICTORY for animals in Maryland! SB 423 is now law—requiring a shift to non-animal testing, increasing transparency, promoting adoption of research dogs and cats and banning some of the cruelest lab practices.  A big step toward a future without animal suffering: humaneworld.org/en/news/gove...

Kitten season is here—and community cats need us. Thousands of newborn kittens will need care, safety and a chance to survive. You can help: 🐾 Support local TNR programs 🐾 Spay/neuter your cats 🐾 Foster if you can Together, we can create safer futures for cats and the communities they call home.

Every year we issue our Horrible Hundred report to expose puppy mills across the U.S. Our new report speaks for dogs who are suffering—or even dying—at the hands of a wholly legal and licensed industry permitted to sell its dogs to pet stores and online. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/expo...

Urge Iceland to end whaling! Only three countries in the world still hunt whales commercially. Iceland is one of them. Take action to help put an end to this unacceptable cruelty: hwfa.link/bs042726

This week, Humane World for Animals is the featured charity on eBay! When you shop, add a donation at checkout to support our lifesaving work. You can also select Humane World for Animals as your favorite charity to help animals when you buy or sell on eBay. charity.ebay.com/charity/i/Hu...

If you’ve ever wanted to send a pointed message about bringing an end to intensive confinement in the pork industry, this is the moment. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/big-...

Soring is an cruel practice involving the use of caustic chemicals and constricting devices —stacked pads, chains and tight metal bands, and sometimes even the cutting or thinning of horses’ soles to make their feet particularly sensitive to pain. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/suin...

MP Sarah Dyke has led a cross‑party letter to the Defra calling on the Government to bring forward mandatory, clear and consistent animal welfare labelling on meat products, and to strengthen enforcement against misleading claims in food marketing. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/sara...

Tuesday the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee rejected SB 1212. This bill would have removed kangaroos from California’s longstanding wildlife trade protections, opening the state to the exploitative commercial trade in kangaroo products. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/kang...

Many have endured the unimaginable. Now they have a place to heal and live safely in sanctuary. Support the animals at Black Beauty Ranch with a donation today. Every gift helps animals everywhere! hwfa.link/bs042326

Black Beauty Ranch, which began as an equine sanctuary, is now home to nearly 650 animals of varying species. But horses, ponies, mules and burros still make up a large number of our residents. Many of them come from difficult situations and have finally found safe haven. 🐴🩵

In a shocking decision made on March 30th, Health Canada reversed its previous ban on the notoriously cruel poison strychnine, granting Alberta and Saskatchewan emergency use permits to kill ground squirrels until November 2027. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/anim...

Sa-Nguan Farm has launched Thailand’s first commercial-scale cage-free aviary for hens used in egg production, in collaboration with Humane World for Animals Thailand. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/thai...

Pigs are intelligent, social and full of personality. At Black Beauty Ranch, rescued pigs finally have a safe place to call home. 🐷🩵

Ahead of the global release of “Michael”, the biographical film on the life of Michael Jackson, Humane World for Animals says the film’s benign portrayal of wild animals kept as pets—particularly a chimpanzee called Bubbles—could lead to a worrying increase in demand. humaneworld.org/en/news/mich...

Over the course of two days, national and international specialists from the animal protection organization Humane World for Animals participated in the second forum on animals in disasters, held in the cities of Mérida and Mexico City. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/incl...

When our rescuers and partners responded in December 2024 to an alleged animal cruelty case at a house in Oklahoma, a 1-year-old pig, was standing in an empty trough. Now at our Black Beauty Ranch sanctuary in Murchison, Texas, the pig has a name: Sabine. www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

OTTAWA—On April 16, four leading animal protection organizations released Towards a National Framework for Farmed Animal Protection, a comprehensive report outlining critical gaps. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/new-...

Humane World for Animals commends Bromsgrove International School Thailand, a leading British school in Bangkok, for adopting a sourcing policy using 100% eggs from cage-free hens for all its foodservice on campus by the end of 2026. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/inte...

Once exploited. Now protected. 🩵 Your support makes it possible for the tigers, lions and bears at Black Beauty Ranch to not just heal but thrive. Donate to help us continue this and all our lifesaving work: hwfa.link/bs042126