AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
1400 16TH STREET NW NO 360, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 www.americanhumane.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FOUNDED IN 1877, AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION, DBA AMERICAN HUMANE - FIRST TO SERVE (AMERICAN HUMANE) IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY, WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS. OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ARE FIRST TO SERVE IN PROMOTING AND NURTURING THE BONDS BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS.

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 80 YEARS. SINCE 1940, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN FILMED ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE THE ONLY 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 AND CERTIFY THE SAFETY OF ANIMAL ACTORS, WHICH ALSO RESULTS IN GREATER SAFETY FOR HUMAN ACTORS, IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILMED MEDIA. 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.OUR CERTIFIED ANIMAL SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES HELPED NEARLY 100,000 ANIMALS STAY SAFE ON SOME 1,000 FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR. RESPONDING TO GROWING DEMAND, WE WERE ON SET FOR 16 PERCENT MORE PRODUCTION DAYS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OUR REPRESENTATIVES WORKED TO PROTECT ANIMAL ACTORS DURING FILMING IN 33 COUNTRIES AND MONITORED 34 PERCENT MORE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION DAYS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AMERICAN HUMANE'S LOIS POPE LIFE CENTER FOR MILITARY AFFAIRSSINCE 1916, AMERICAN HUMANE HAS BEEN FIRST TO SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY BY HELPING OUR NATION'S MILITARY HEROES ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND ON THE HOME FRONT. " BRINGING BATTLE BUDDIES BACK TOGETHER: AFTER A LIFETIME OF SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND PROTECTING OUR TROOPS, FAR TOO MANY RETIRED MILITARY DOGS ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR HANDLERS AND LEFT OVERSEAS. AMERICAN HUMANE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT 42 OF THESE HEROES HOME AND REUNITED THEM WITH THEIR BATTLE BUDDIES." SAVING LIVES ON EACH END OF THE LEASH: TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF VETERAN SUICIDE AND SAVE UNADOPTED ANIMALS, AMERICAN HUMANE LAUNCHED THE "PUPS4PATRIOTSTM" PROGRAM, WHICH FINDS DOGS IN NEED OF FOREVER HOMES AND TRAINS THEM TO BECOME LIFESAVING SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS COPING WITH PTS AND TBI. " REACHING OUT TO THOSE IN NEED: A NEW NATIONAL PSA CAMPAIGN STARRING BROADWAY AND FILM STAR KRISTIN CHENOWETH ENCOURAGES VETERANS TO APPLY FOR A FREE, LIFESAVING SERVICE DOG TRAINED BY THE EXPERTS AT AMERICAN HUMANE. THESE TV AND RADIO SPOTS HAVE ALREADY AIRED MORE THAN A THOUSAND TIMES SO FAR, REACHING MILLIONS. " URGING CONGRESS TO DO MORE FOR VETERANS: SERVICE DOGS ARE NOT ONLY COSTLY BUT CAN TAKE AN UNACCEPTABLE 18-24 MONTHS TO OBTAIN. THE "PAWS FOR VETERANS THERAPY ACT" WILL TRAIN AND PAIR VETS SUFFERING FROM POST-DEPLOYMENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH SERVICE DOGS." HONORING AMERICA'S FOUR-LEGGED MILITARY HEROES: FIVE COURAGEOUS CANINES WERE AWARDED AMERICAN HUMANE'S LOIS POPE LIFE K-9 MEDAL OF COURAGE, THE NATION'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR MILITARY DOGS. THE INTERNATIONALLY COVERED CEREMONY ON CAPITOL HILL INCLUDED HUNDREDS OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND TOP U.S. MILITARY LEADERS, INCLUDING U.S. MARINE CORPS BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT C. FULFORD AND U.S. MARINE CORPS COLONEL SCOTT CAMPBELL (RET.).

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, 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. 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 NOW HELPS PROTECT THE WELFARE AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF 400,000 ANIMALS AT 63 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 18 U.S. STATES AND 12 COUNTRIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, THE BAHAMAS, EUROPE AND ASIA." AWARD-WINNING CONSERVATION MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN: OUR "HUMANE HEROES" SERIES OF BOOKS AND CURRICULA ENCOURAGING K-12 STUDENTS TO VALUE AND PRESERVE THE DISAPPEARING SPECIES OF THE WORLD WON THE 2020 "TEACHERS' CHOICE AWARD FOR THE CLASSROOM." PUBLISHED BY CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS READ STORIES OF ANIMAL RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND CONSERVATION BEING PLAYED OUT AT AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS AROUND THE WORLD. " RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR HUMANE CONSERVATION: AMERICAN HUMANE CREATED A SERIES OF SIX EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ABOUT THE VITAL ROLE OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS IN CONSERVATION, PROMPTING MORE THAN 15 MILLION VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OUR NATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGES WITH FAMED WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST JEFF CORWIN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE SUPPORT OF HUMANE CONSERVATION AND HAS BEEN BROADCAST NEARLY 50,000 TIMES, REACHING SOME HALF A BILLION PEOPLE SO FAR!

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