This decision will save countless elephants from being ripped away from their families in the wild and forces to spend their lifetimes imprisoned in substandard conditions at zoos," the Humane Society International said Sunday.

Isn't that the most humane punishment for criminals?

Tom is humane.

Tom always buys organic eggs from free range chickens, even if they're more expensive than the others. He considers it important to keep livestock in humane conditions by doing so.

His way of looking after the animals is very humane.

Knowledge in itself is not an end, but a means to an end: to live a full and humane life.

We're taking the kittens to the humane society tomorrow afternoon.

It is not humane.

“We kept coming back to Goldie’s profile because the photos were charming and there was a streamed video of her and we decided that it would make sense for us to get over to the Humane Rescue Alliance shelter,” said Drescher.

The humane society will be able to treat the kittens and find them homes.