Humane Society of the United States

found: Its Animals in a research library, 1961(edited by the staff and officers of the Humane Society of the United States)

found: Its website, viewed 29 Sept. 2015:home p. (The Humane Society of the United States) about p. (the nation's largest animal protection organization; registered non-profit organization) contact p. (The Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L St., NW Washington, D.C. 20037)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 29 Sept. 2015(Humane Society of the United States; HSUS; based in Washington, D.C.; American nonprofit organization founded to address animal-related cruelties of national scope, and to resolve animal welfare problems by applying strategies beyond the resources or abilities of local organizations; founded in 1954 as National Humane Society after a schism surfaced in the American Humane Association over issues of policy; its guiding principle was ratified by its national membership in 1956: "The Humane Society of the United States opposes and seeks to prevent all use or exploitation of animals that causes pain, suffering, or fear")