AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
Programs
No Animals Were Harmed Certification Program
AMERICAN HUMANE HOLLYWOODAMERICAN HUMANE'S "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WAS AND IS THE FIRST TO SERVE IN THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS IN FILM AND TELEVISION, SAFEGUARDING MILLIONS OF ANIMALS ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTIONS WORLDWIDE FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS. SINCE 1940, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN FILMED ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE THE LEADING INDUSTRY-SANCTIONED ORGANIZATION WITH OVERSIGHT OF ANIMALS IN FILMED PRODUCTION AND THE SOLE ENTITY TO AWARD THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED END-CREDIT CERTIFICATION TO PRODUCTIONS THAT MEET OUR RIGOROUS STANDARD OF CARE.THE PURPOSE OF THE NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT FILM PRODUCTIONS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" KEEPING ANIMALS SAFE ON SETS, WHICH ALSO RESULTS IN GREATER SAFETY FOR HUMAN ACTORS. THE PROGRAM FUNDAMENTALLY: WORKS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN FILM, TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION, NO MATTER WHERE FILMING OCCURS, DURING THE PRODUCTION AND ON SET. EDUCATES AND INFORMS FILM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMAL ACTORS IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA COMMUNITY. VERIFIES AMERICAN HUMANE'S GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE USE OF ANIMALS IN FILMED MEDIA WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED CERTIFIED ANIMAL SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES, MANY OF WHOM ARE VETERINARIANS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$6.2MAmerican Humane Farm Animal Program
AMERICAN HUMANE FARM ANIMAL PROGRAMAMERICAN HUMANE BELIEVES PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEIR FOOD PREFERENCE AND FIND HUMANELY RAISED DAIRY, MEAT, AND EGG PRODUCTS.THE AMERICAN HUMANE FARM ANIMAL PROGRAM WAS - AND IS THE FIRST TO SERVE IN THE PROTECTION OF FARM ANIMALS. OUR AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED FARM ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS THE OLDEST, LARGEST, AND FASTEST-GROWING AUDITING AND CERTIFICATION EFFORT IN THE COUNTRY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VITAL PROGRAM IS TO HELP IMPROVE AND VERIFY THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS ON FARMS AND RANCHES UTILIZING EVIDENCE AND SCIENCE-BASED WELFARE STANDARDS, AND TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND BENEFITS OF THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS.THIS PROGRAM CERTIFIES THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF MORE ANIMALS IN FOOD PRODUCTION THAN ANY OTHER AND HAS EXPANDED INTO SOUTH AMERICA. FARM ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS ARE FREQUENTLY REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ANIMAL SCIENCE EXPERTS, VETERINARIANS, AND ETHICISTS. THIRD-PARTY AUDITS ARE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, AND ARE BASED ON THE SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM COVERS THOUSANDS OF FARMS AND RANCHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED SEAL IS NOW FOUND ON MANY PRODUCTS IN GROCERY STORES, INCLUDING DAIRY, CHICKEN, TURKEY, PORK, DUCKS, AND EGGS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.5MAmerican Humane Conservation Certification
AMERICAN HUMANE CONSERVATIONIN THE FACE OF WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING A "SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION" WITH SPECIES DISAPPEARING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE, ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS ARE PLAYING AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN PRESERVING THE VITAL WEB OF LIFE ON EARTH. TO ELEVATE STANDARDS AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THOSE WHO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS, AMERICAN HUMANE DEVELOPED THE FIRST-EVER INDEPENDENT, GLOBAL, AND SCIENCE-BASED HUMANE CERTIFICATION DEDICATED SOLELY TO HELPING ENSURE THE WELFARE AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF THE ANIMALS IN THE WORLD'S ZOOS, AQUARIUMS, AND CONSERVATION CENTERS. ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS ARE REGULARLY REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ANIMAL SCIENCE EXPERTS, VETERINARIANS, AND ETHICISTS.FEWER THAN THREE PERCENT OF ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE ARE ACCREDITED OR CERTIFIED. WHILE INDUSTRY-AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS OFFER PROGRAMS FOR BROAD ACCREDITATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES, AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED IS THE ONLY INDEPENDENT, THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION EFFORT SOLELY DEVOTED TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN ZOOS, AQUARIUMS, AND OTHER CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS.THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED PROGRAM OFFERS THREE LEVELS OF TRANSPARENT AND CREDIBLE ASSURANCE: UNIQUELY QUALIFIED, TRUSTED HUMANE ORGANIZATION: AMERICAN HUMANE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CERTIFIER OF ANIMAL WELFARE, PROTECTING MORE THAN 1 BILLION ANIMALS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH THE MOST RECOGNIZED, CREDIBLE, AND RESPECTED HUMANE PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FARM ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND THE HISTORIC "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" FILM CERTIFICATION. COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY TOP EXPERTS: THE PROGRAM IS BUILT ON COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE CRITERIA INFORMED BY AN UNMATCHED, INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF HIGHLY RESPECTED EXPERTS IN ANIMAL WELFARE, ANIMAL SCIENCE, BEHAVIOR, AND ANIMAL ETHICS. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION: IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RIGOROUS WELFARE MEASURES ARE VERIFIED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS WITH EXTENSIVE ZOOLOGICAL EXPERTISE IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND WELFARE.WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE REMARKABLE AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS WITH WHOM WE SHARE THE EARTH. HELPING PROTECT SPECIES IN ZOOLOGICAL SETTINGS WORLDWIDE: AMERICAN HUMANE ADVANCES THE WELFARE AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF NEARLY 500,000 ANIMALS AT 79 LEADING ZOOLOGICAL FACILITIES AROUND THE WORLD. FEWER THAN ONE PERCENT OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS HAVE EARNED OUR PRESTIGIOUS HUMANE CERTIFIED SEAL OF APPROVAL. GLOBAL EXPANSION: MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LINING UP TO BECOME AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED AND WE NOW CERTIFY MAJOR ZOOLOGICAL FACILITIES IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES IN NORTH AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND NOW EXPANDING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST. AWARD-WINNING CONSERVATION FILM LAUNCHED: TO COUNTER THE "SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION" NOW TAKING PLACE AND RALLY A NEW GENERATION OF ADVOCATES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF EARTH'S PRECIOUS ANIMALS, AMERICAN HUMANE CREATED ITS FIRST DOCUMENTARY FILM, "ESCAPE FROM EXTINCTION," NARRATED BY OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS DAME HELEN MIRREN. THE FILM IS GALVANIZING ANIMAL LOVERS AROUND THE WORLD AND WAS NAMED THE "BEST ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY" OF 2020 AT DOC LA AND IS PLAYED IN THEATERS AROUND THE WORLD. THE SEQUEL TO AMERICAN HUMANE'S AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, ESCAPE FROM EXTINCTION REWILDING, NARRATED BY ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MERYL STREEP, WILL BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 27, 2024. REWILDING IS A TRANSFORMATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGY THAT PRIORITIZES THE RESTORATION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS BY REINTRODUCING NATIVE SPECIES. THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH RESTORES ECOLOGICAL BALANCE AND ENHANCES BIODIVERSITY, WHILE GENERATING FARTHER-REACHING IMPACTS, SUCH AS STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS, MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OFFERING SIGNIFICANT SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO COMMUNITIES. THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASES THE TANGIBLE SUCCESSES AND ONGOING CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD OF REWILDING BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.* THE FILM HAS ALREADY BEEN AWARDED "BEST DOCUMENTARY" BY THE ATLANTIS AWARDS 2024 AND "OFFICIAL SELECTION" OF THE BRECKENRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2024. RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR HUMANE CONSERVATION: MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHED THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AND NATIONAL TV AND RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSA) ABOUT THE VITAL ROLE OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS IN CONSERVATION. HONORING THE HEROES OF GLOBAL ANIMAL CONSERVATION WOLFGANG KIESSLING INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SPECIES CONSERVATIONAT AMERICAN HUMANE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORK TO PRESERVE EARTH'S SPECIES IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER. EQUALLY IMPORTANT ARE THE SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND ADVOCATES DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO CONSERVATION.TO HONOR THOSE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN CONSERVATION THEORY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH, AMERICAN HUMANE LAUNCHED THE WOLFGANG KIESSLING INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION.THIS PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL AWARD CELEBRATES CONSERVATIONISTS WHO HAVE MADE MEASURABLE IMPACTS ON SPECIES CONSERVATION. IT IS NAMED AFTER WOLFGANG F. KIESSLING, FOUNDER OF LORO PARQUE AND A GLOBALLY RENOWNED LEADER IN CONSERVATION. FOLLOWING A RIGOROUS APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS LED BY GLOBAL CONSERVATION EXPERTS, THE PRIZE IS AWARDED TO ONE OUTSTANDING CONSERVATIONIST.THE INAUGURAL 2022 RECIPIENT WAS PROF. JON PAUL RODRIGUEZ, CHAIR OF THE SPECIES SURVIVAL COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE. IN 2023, PROF. THEO PAGEL OF COLOGNE ZOO, GERMANY, RECEIVED THE PRIZE FOR HIS WORK ON SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND GUIDELINES FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS. HE ALSO CO-CHAIRED THE INTERNATIONAL REVERSE THE RED (RTR) INITIATIVE.WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE 2024 PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO DR. ARNAUD DESBIEZ IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2024. THROUGH HIS NGO, ICAS (INSTITUTO DE CONSERVAO DE ANIMAIS SILVESTRES), DR. DESBIEZ HAS WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO FIND SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS TO BIODIVERSITY THREATS IN FOUR BRAZILIAN BIOMES: PANTANAL, CERRADO, ATLANTIC FOREST, AND THE AMAZON. HIS FLAGSHIP SPECIES, THE GIANT ARMADILLOS AND GIANT ANTEATERS, SYMBOLIZE HIS MISSION TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND BIODIVERSITY. HUMANE TOURISM AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SEEK TO CONNECT WITH EARTH'S WILDLIFE, GLOBAL HUMANE, THE INTERNATIONAL ARM OF AMERICAN HUMANE, HAS IDENTIFIED A VITAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUR ANIMAL WELFARE EXPERTISE BY CREATING A HUMANE TOURISM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM ASSESSES AND CERTIFIES WILDLIFE RESERVES, LODGES, AND TOUR OPERATORS FOR THEIR HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER OR IMPACT, BUILT ON THE SAME FOUNDATION OF SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR WHICH WE ARE RENOWNED.LIKE OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAM, THE HUMANE TOURISM INITIATIVE IS GUIDED BY A SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF ANIMAL WELFARE EXPERTS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM AND WILDLIFE. THEIR INPUT HAS SHAPED COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE CRITERIA AND RIGOROUS STANDARDS, WHICH ARE VERIFIED THROUGH INDEPENDENT, ON-SITE AUDITS FOR ANY OPERATION SEEKING HUMANE TOURISM CERTIFICATION. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN LATE 2023, WE HAVE CERTIFIED SIX LEADING ENTITIES IN AFRICA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM FORWARD.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.7M
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