The Humane League
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| Formation | 2005 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | Animal rights |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Region served
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United States |
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President
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David Coman-Hidy |
| Website | thehumaneleague |
The Humane League (THL) is a nonprofit organization that works to reduce the suffering of farm animals through online advertising, Meatless Monday campaigns, and corporate outreach. It creates reports through the Humane League Labs, which evaluates advocacy presentation and methods and publishes them as reports. One of these reports includes a study showing how distributing leaflets at colleges affects diet change. It was founded in 2005 in Philadelphia.
It has been listed as a top charity by Animal Charity Evaluators since August 2012, with the most updated review in November 2016. The other top recommended charities by ACE are Mercy for Animals and the Good Food Institute.
In February 2016, THL was awarded a $1 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project (a spinoff of GiveWell working in collaboration with Good Ventures) for its corporate cage-free campaign. This was followed by an additional grant of $1 million in July 2016 for international expansion of cage-free advocacy, and a $1 million grant in November 2016 for general support.
As of February 2015, THL had been involved in at least 67 successful campaigns to convince corporations to use only non-battery cage eggs. These victories include major corporations Costco, Grupo Bimbo, Starbucks, Compass Group, and Dunkin' Donuts. According to the Open Philanthropy Project, "Other leading organizations in corporate campaigns have consistently reported to us that THL plays a key role in these campaigns." In March 2015 THL won a major victory with a cage-free pledge by Sodexo. In 2016 THL continued to secure cage-free commitments from major corporations, including Kroger, Denny's, and Restaurant Brands International (parent company of Burger King). According to THL, cage-free commitments secured in the first quarter of 2016 will affect tens of millions of hens.
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