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A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...
Humane World for Animals, formerly [3] the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International (HSI), is a global nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope.
Humane Society International (HSI) is the largest animal protection organisation in the world with over 12 million supporters globally. They have offices in the United States, Canada, Central America, United Kingdom and Europe, South Korea, Australia, South Africa and special conservation projects in many other countries.
A knowledge society generates, shares, and makes available to all members of the society knowledge that may be used to improve the human condition. [60] A knowledge society differs from an information society in that it transforms information into resources that allow society to take effective action, rather than only creating and disseminating ...
American Humane Society, or previously American Humane, is an American animal welfare organization founded in 1877 committed to ensuring the safety, welfare, and well ...
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
Trustees of the Massachusetts Humane Society. 1858. Captain Joshua James, volunteer. The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, better known as the Massachusetts Humane Society was founded in 1786 by a group of Boston citizens who were concerned about the needless deaths resulting from shipwrecks and drownings and wanted to find ways to save lives. [1]
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