Save Farm Animals

Farm animals are amongst the most abused animals on the planet. Most people are culturally programmed to feed from their flesh and feel a meal without a piece of meat is incomplete.

Numerous scientific studies suggest we live better and longer on a plant based diet, and for those who cannot give up meat, there are just about a plant based alternative for every animal product we use to consume.

Let's SAVE FARM ANIMALS by choosing plant based alternatives that can alleviate their suffering.

For info on how to transition from animal eating to plant based eating you can visit: Choose Veg

Do it for yourself, do it for the animals, do it for the planet. Let's build together a more Humane World,

The Humane Foundation, Inc.

HF Honor Award to Class of 2013

Twelve Seniors from the 2013 Class at Hialeah Senior High, members of the Humane School Initiative Club, received the Humane Foundation Honor Award medal at graduation last Friday June 3 for their dedicated participation in all the programed activities, events, and challenges of the club embracing the Humane Foundation's vision of a Humane World.

During this school year, the club received two important awards, the 2012 Animal Heroes Award granted by Humane Educators Reaching Out; and Finalist School of the Green School Challenge by Dream in Green NPO.

I proudly congratulate the HSI Club members of the class 2013 for their accomplishments and invite them to keep working to make the world a more humane place.

Mr. Estopinan

Founder and President of The Humane Foundation

2012 Animal Hero Award

The YOUTH LEAD for a HUMANE WORLD Club at Hialeah High, founded and sponsored by Mr. Michel Estopinan, also founder of the Humane Foundation; received today the 2012 Animal Heroes Award, at the Humane Society of Greater Miami.

The Awards was presented by Susan Hargrieves, founder of Humane Educators Reaching Out, an non

profit organization with the mission to foster compassion and teach kindness and respect for all sentient beings.

The award was given based on the following accomplishments for the Animal Care and Protection Solutionary Team:

- Started the Vegan Fridays including a vegan lunch cart at the school’s cafeteria.

- Started a School Pet Adoption Program, helping many homeless or abandoned pets to find a forever home among our students.

- Assisted and helped rehabbed frozen lizards during winter time, rescued baby squirrels, birds and other wild life living in our school greens and/or surrounding areas, some were taken to the Humane Society Wild Life Hospital for specialized attention.

- Engaged in conversations with the science department to substitute dissections by virtual online or 3D models. Some teachers agreed not to use dissection and students refusing to do dissection learned to reclaim their right to request a dissection alternative.

- Have created cat beds to donate to the Humane Society of Greater Miami. We helped a lady feeding feral cats in Miami Beach with a generous cat food donation. We have also collected toys and blankets, pet food and treats to help those foster care people that rescue elderly and sick animals as well as those waiting t be euthanized.

- Implemented campaigns to raise awareness about local, national and international animal cruelty cases in different industries where students filled petitions, attended animal walks, did educational tabling, passed out flyers, and more.

- Conducted an Animal Related Career Presentation for seniors to invite them to choose career paths that can help animals in a variety of paths and industries.

among other activities, events and initiatives.

This is the text for the award:

HSH Youth Lead for a Humane Wold Club

HF Animals :: Thanksgiving

HF VEGAN FriDAYs

VEGAN FriDAY

VEGAN FriDAY is part of the Humane School Initiative and is one of the solutionary programs implemented by the Action Teams The YOUTH LEAD for a HUMANE WORLD Clubs to promote the Humane Foundation's vision of a Humane World.

VEGANism: Is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing

 or any other purpose.

Reasons for becoming a VEGAN ::

•  Human Health
• Ethical commitment or moral conviction.
• The environment
• Spiritual or religious concerns

If not every day, at least try it on FriDAYS!!!

• When dressing up, make sure you don’t wear leather, fur, wool, or silk
• Use hygiene or beauty products that  are VEGAN and not tested on animals
•  Have a VEGAN breakfast at home, at work, or at school.
•  Talk to friends you are participating in the VEGAN Friday and explain them what is it about. Try to motivate friends to try it next Friday.
•  Go online and request free VEGAN materials and share them with friends.
• Create your own DID YOU KNOW? Index Cards and write facts many people ignore about animals used for food, experiments, entertainment, clothing, etc. Share a humane alternative.
• Eat VEGAN at school or at work. Bring your own VEGAN lunch or Look for the VEGAN Lunch Line if there is one, and try the available VEGAN meat substitutes in the menu.
•  If you are at school and you have a class doing dissection ask your science teacher to let you do an animal free alternative to dissection. If you are a teacher use a non animal alternative to dissection.
• Pick a VEGAN recipe, take over your kitchen at home and surprise your family with a VEGAN dinner or,
•  Go online and find a VEGAN restaurant near -by. Try something new and different, but most important, animal free.

VEGAN FRIDAYS are better for yourself, for the animals, and for the environment.

VEGANism is the FUTURE

VEGAN FriDAY is an initiative of The Humane Foundation. 

EVENT :: Spirit Day / Oct.19

The Social Justice Team of the Youth Lead for the Humane World requests all the HF friends at schools, at work, and everywhere to celebrate Spirit Day by wearing purple shirts this Friday, October19 in order to take a stand against bullying. 

Spirit Day is an annual day in October when millions of Americans wear purple to speak out against bullying and to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.

To learn more about Spirit Day and check other initiatives to take a stand against bullying in support to the GLBT youth click here.