Animal welfare groups endorse the responsible use of animals to satisfy certain human needs. These range from companionship and sport, to uses which involve the taking of life, such as for food, clothing and medical research. Animal welfare means ensuring that all animals used by humans have their basic needs fulfilled in terms of food, shelter and health, and that they experience no unnecessary suffering in providing for human needs. Unlike animal rights groups, animal welfare groups do not argue that animals should never be used, or kept as property, by human beings. Nor do any animal welfare groups advocate violence. These groups tend to seek legal, social and financial strategies.
The following is a list of animal welfare groups. For animal rights, see the list of animal rights groups.
- Agency for Animal Welfare Ltd - Singapore (AAW)
- Alley Cat Allies
- American Humane Association (AHA)
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Animal Chaplains
- Animal Defenders International (ADI)
- Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
- Animal liberation movement
- Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL)
- Animal Protection Institute (API)
- Animal Rights Party, Austria (Tierrechtspartei, TRP)
- Animal Rights UK
- Animal Rights Party USA
- Animal Welfare Global - Singapore (AWG)
- Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
- Animal Welfare League NSW
- Arizona Humane Society
- Anti-Cruelty Society (in Chicago in the US) ("to prevent cruelty to animals")
- Bat Conservation International
- Bat World Sanctuary
- Best Friends Animal Society
- British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)
- Born Free Foundation
- Cats Protection (formerly Cats Protection League)
- Chinese Animal Protection Network (CAPN)
- Compassion In World Farming (CIWF)
- Dogs Trust (formerly National Canine Defence League)
- Ducks Unlimited
- Eurogroup for Animals
- Friends of Animals (FoA)
- Grey2K USA
- Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (HSPCA)
- Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV)
- Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- International Primate Protection League (IPPL)
- It's Meow or Never For Ferals (IMON For Ferals)
- JAWS-Japan animal welfare society
- Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre
- League Against Cruel Sports (previously also known as LACS)
- Mozambican Animal Protection Society
- Marine Connection
- Matt Ellerbeck - Turtle Conservationist
- Michigan Humane Society
- MSPCA-Angell
- National Animal Welfare Trust
- National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
- New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS)
- ORCA (animal welfare organisation in Serbia)
- Party for the Animals USA
- Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)
- Respect For All Animals Ministry (RFAAM)
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
- Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RNZSPCA)
- Sanctuary One
- Safe Humane Chicago
- Scottish SPCA (SSPCA)
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS)
- Shark Trust
- Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL)
- Society for Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt
- The Blue Cross
- The Greyhound Protection League] (GPL)
- The Humane League
- The Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT)
- WDCS (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Socitey)
- Wolf Preservation Foundation (WPF)
- World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
white cross animal protection league, Hungary
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