The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s most effective animal protection organization. With you by our side, we take on the big fights to end suffering for all animals.
10
STATES
Now ban gestation crate use and retail sales of pork raised using gestation crates.
2023
Big wins for animals
12
CITIES
Now ban new fur sales, with the addition of Plymouth and Cambridge, Mass.
3,776
Beagles were spared from life in a testing lab in the summer of 2022.
Our impact in 2022
17
ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE NOW PROTECTED BY A STATE LAW WE HELPED PASS.
300+
DOGS WERE RESCUED FROM THE LARGEST DOGFIGHTING BUST IN SOUTH CAROLINA’S HISTORY.
$23
MILLION WORTH OF PET SUPPLIES AND FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED BY PETS FOR LIFE.
How we work
Ending the cruelest practices
We are focused on ending the worst forms of institutionalized animal suffering. Our progress is the result of our work with governments, the private sector and multinational bodies; public awareness and consumer education campaigns, public policy efforts and more.
Caring for animals in crisis
We respond to large-scale cruelty cases and disasters around the world, providing rescue, hands-on care, logistics and expertise when animals are caught in crises. Our care centers heal and provide lifelong sanctuary to abused, abandoned, exploited, vulnerable and neglected animals.
Building a stronger animal protection movement
Through partnerships, trainings, support, collaboration and more, we’re building a more humane world by empowering and expanding the capacity of animal welfare advocates and organizations in the United States and across the globe. Together, we’ll bring about faster change for animals.