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The Humane Society of the United States

Type	501(c)(3)
Tax ID No.	53-0225390
Founded	1954 (as National Humane Society)
Founder(s)	Fred Myers, Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser
Headquarters	2100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C
Coordinates	38°54′14″N 77°02′49″W
Key people	Wayne Pacelle
Focus(es)	Cruelty to Animals, Humane education, Animal Welfare, Animal Ethics, Animal law, wildlife conservation, Animal rights
Method(s)	public education, science-based analysis, grant-making, media outreach, litigation, legislation, public policy
Revenue	$125,763,492 (2012)[1]
Motto	"Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty"
Website	humanesociety.org

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), based in Washington, D.C., is the largest nonprofit organization advocating animal rights in the world. The organization's policy statements make clear that The HSUS does not oppose all uses of animals, so it does not fit within the strict animal rights category of organizations from either a philosophical or a practical perspective; rather, it is so classified because in everyday parlance, those individuals and groups that advocate for more protections for animals are described as supporting animal rights or being animal rights advocates.^[2][3]
The HSUS does not run local shelters or oversee local animal care and control agencies, but promotes best practice and provides assistance to shelters and sheltering programs;^[4] 1% of the group's budget goes directly to shelters.^[5][6]
Consistent with its founding vision, HSUS works on a broad range of animal protection issues, including those affecting companion animals, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals used in research, testing and education.^[7][8] In 2011, the Chronicle of Philanthropy identified The HSUS as the 145th largest charity in the United States in its Philanthropy 400 listing.^[9] The HSUS reported its revenue as $125,763,492 for 2012.^[1] It claims more than 11 million Americans among its members and supporters.^[10][11][12] In 2009, HSUS reported assets of over US$160 million.^[13]

History

History
In 1954, HSUS’s founders decided to create a new kind of animal organization, based in the nation’s capital, to confront national cruelties beyond the reach of local societies and state federations. Humane slaughter became an immediate priority and commanded a substantial portion of the organization’s resources. Myers and his colleagues also viewed this first campaign as a vehicle for promoting movement cohesion.

Recent history

In the spring of 2004, the HSUS board appointed Wayne Pacelle as CEO and president. A former executive director of The Fund for Animals and named in 1997 as "one of America's most important animal rights activists,"^[45] the Yale graduate spent a decade as HSUS’s chief lobbyist and spokesperson, and expressed a strong commitment to expand the organization’s base of support as well as its influence on public policies that affect animals.^[46]
Since Pacelle’s appointment, HSUS has claimed successes such as the adoption of "cage-free" egg-purchasing policies by hundreds of universities and dozens of corporations;^[47] the exposure of an international trophy hunting scam subsequently ended through legislative reform;^[48] a number of successful congressional votes to outlaw horse slaughter; progress in securing legislation at the state and federal level to outlaw animal fighting and the interstate transport of fighting implements;^[49] the enactment of internet hunting bans in nearly all of the states;^[50] announcements by Wolfgang Puck and Burger King that they would increase their use of animal products derived under less abusive standards;^[51] and an agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin enforcement of federal laws concerning the transportation of farm animals.^[52]

Seals being clubbed

The HSUS’s campaign to end the hunting of seals in Canada secured pledges to boycott Canadian seafood from 300 restaurants and companies, plus 120,000 individuals.^[53]
Under Pacelle's leadership, HSUS has undertaken several dozen ballot initiative and referendum campaigns in a number of states, concerning issues like unsporting hunting practices, cruelty in industrial agriculture, greyhound racing, puppy mill cruelty and animal trapping.^[54][55][56]

Hurricane Katrina animal rescue

In September 2005, when thousands of animals were left behind as people evacuated during Hurricane Katrina, HSUS joined other organizations in a massive search-and-rescue effort that saved approximately ten thousand animals, and raised more than $34 million for direct relief, reconstruction, and recovery in the Gulf Coast region. HSUS led the campaign that culminated in the federal passage of the PETS Act in October 2006, requiring all local, state, and federal agencies to include animals in their disaster planning scenarios.^[57] On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, HSUS reported that it had spent or committed $7.3 million on direct response and efforts to reunite people and lost pets, $8.3 million on reconstruction grants for 54 humane societies in the Gulf Coast region, and $2.3 million on reimbursement grants to 130 humane societies from around the country that assisted in the response. The society also reported that it had committed $800,000 and $900,000, respectively, to shelter-medicine programs at the veterinary schools of Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University, and $600,000 to the construction of an emergency overflow shelter at the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, Louisiana. HSUS reported that it had directed $2.76 million in in-kind contributions to the relief effort, and collected another one million dollars from other donors in grants to Gulf Coast societies.^[58] In August 2008, Pacelle appeared with Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell at a press conference marking the enactment of a law prohibiting cockfighting in Louisiana, the last state to do so. The prohibition resulted from a longtime campaign led by HSUS.^[59] The HSUS remains active in the Gulf region, funding a number of projects aimed at reducing the area's pet overpopulation problem, and improving access to pet care for the Gulf Coast residents.<sup>[60]

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