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Live animals in cages at a wet market in China

Preventing a new pandemic

It began, almost certainly, in a bat. Then, just as SARS jumped to civets from bats, the virus that causes COVID-19 passed to another mammal, possibly a pangolin. Finally, late last year, the new coronavirus most likely jumped to humans in a wildlife market in Wuhan, China, a densely populated city...

Bats hanging upside down in a cage at a wildlife market in Indonesia to be sold for food

What you need to know about wildlife markets and COVID-19

In March, as people struggled to understand how the precursor of the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged from horseshoe bats in southern China and reached humans in the central city of Wuhan, Humane Society International policy specialist Peter Li fielded one question again and again: “Why do Chinese...

Fighting Animal Cruelty and Neglect

To help reduce needless cruelty to animals.

Captive animals such as this tiger locked in cage suffer in zoos and circuses

Helping Captive Wild Animals

To keep wild animals where they belong—in the wild—and out of zoos and circuses.

Wild macaque monkey in a tree. Monkeys are often victims of illegal wildlife trade.

Stopping the Wildlife Trade

To keep animals safe in their natural habitat.

What to do if you see a dog in a parked car

Leaving pets locked in cars is never safe. But when the weather gets warmer, it can be deadly. High temperatures can cause irreparable organ damage and even death. Protecting animals from an unnecessary death is a problem we can all agree to prevent. How to help a dog or cat left in a hot car Take...

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