Humane State Rankings 2011
This report is the Humane Society of the United States’ ranking of each US state based on laws addressing animal protection. The report is user friendly–presented as an interactive map, a listing of each state by ranking, as well as short individual reports for each state that provides detail on which laws exists in that state.
This report evaluates each US state based on laws regarding general animal protection, wildlife, exotic animals, companion animals, animals in research, farm animals, fur, puppy mills, and equine protection.
The top five states, for best animal protection laws:
1. California 2. New Jersey 2. Oregon 4. Illinois 4. Massachusetts
The lowest ranked states:
47. Mississippi 48. North Dakota 48. South Carolina 50. Idaho 51. South Dakota