In the US, the federal Humane Slaughter Act requires pigs to be stunned before slaughter, although compliance and enforcement is questioned.

The Humane Society of the United States estimates that 3-4 million dogs and cats are euthanized each year in the US because of a lack of homes.

In November 2011, the Humane Society of the United States filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission against the producer of McRib meat, Smithfield Foods, alleging cruel and unusual treatment of the animals used in the McRib patty production.

In addition to his many awards, Professor Bassiouni also holds a number of Honorary degrees such as the Doctor of Humane Letters, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, US ( 2009 ); Doctor of Law honoris causa, National University of Ireland, Galway ( LLD ) ( 2001 ); Doctor of Law honoris causa, Niagara University ( LLD ) ( 1997 ); Doctor of Law honoris causa ( Docteur d ' Etat en Droit ), University of Pau and Pays de l ' Adour, France ( 1986 ); Doctor of Law honoris causa ( Dottore in Giurisprudenza ), University of Torino, Italy ( 1981 ).

In January 2006 the CNDH, in collaboration with the US-based Humane Borders, planned to distribute 70, 000 border maps to aid immigrants attempting to cross the US – Mexico border illegally.

ACM and the IEEE Computer Society are the primary US umbrella organizations for academic and scholarly interests in computing.

In order to promote the re-releases, Chaplin travelled to the US in 1972 for the first time in twenty years to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Lincoln Center Film Society and an Academy Honorary Award for " the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century ".

* Spencer Houghton Cone ( born 1785 ), US Baptist minister and president of the American and Foreign Bible Society

Holocaust deniers have as much influence in the US as the Flat Earth Society ( p. 69 ).

* Makrem Boumlouka, ' Regulation and Transparency in US OTC Derivative Markets ', Original Thoughts Series # 1, August 2010, Hedge Fund Society Hedge Fund Society

In the early 2000s, there had been speculation that the United Nations might signal a takeover of ICANN, followed by a negative reaction from the US government and worries about a division of the Internet the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia in November 2005 agreed not to get involved in the day-to-day and technical operations of ICANN.

A comprehensive list of US and Canadian master's and doctoral programs can be found at the web site of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ( SIOP ).

In 1982 the Society for Interactive Literature, a predecessor of the Live Action Roleplayers Association ( LARPA ), formed as the first recorded theatre-style LARP group in the US .< ref name =" OlmsteadDean1998 ">

The full title was A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles ; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society ; the 352-page volume, words from A to Ant, cost 12s. 6d ( equivalent to £ 265 for 2010 ) or ( US $ 3. 25 ) at the time.

* Puerto Rico: Society and Culture Before the US Invasion of 1898: Transportation Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture ( IPRAC )

This organization soon changed its name to " The VHF Teletype Society " and started US Amateur Radio operations on 2 meters using audio frequency shift keying ( AFSK ).

He was one of the founders of the Society for the History of Technology in the US and long-time editor of its journal Technology and Culture.

The International Meditation Society and Student International Meditation Society ( SIMS ) were founded in the US in the 1960s.

Organizations were started in many countries and these grew rapidly in membership, most notable among them being the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) in Britain and the Audubon Society in the US.

* NOAA Economics US Economic Benefits of Natural Systems to Business and Society.

Louth Contemporary Music Society invited the US composer Terry Riley to perform in Drogheda in 2007, Arvo Pärt's first Irish commission and visit to the country was in Drogheda in February 2008, Michael Nyman performed in Drogheda in May 2008, John Tavener's Temenos festival was held in October 2008 and the Russian composer Alexander Knaifel was the focus of a portrait concert as part of the Drogheda Arts festival on 1 May 2009.

In the US, a physician specializing in anesthesiology typically completes four years of college, four years of medical school, and four years of postgraduate medical training or residency According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, anesthesiologists provide or participate in more than ninety percent of the forty million anesthetics delivered annually.

The first US graduate of Gem-A's Diploma Course, in 1929, was Robert Shipley who later established both the Gemological Institute of America and the American Gem Society.

* Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture, US

Journal of the Tansoor Historical Society, fanzine from US by Joseph K. Adams.

Ludwig von Mises stated despite some controversy at the Mont Pelerin Society that Erhard and Müller-Armack accomplished a great act of liberalism to restore the German economy and called this “ a lesson for the US ”.

Ohloh estimates that the codebase ( 54 million lines of code ), using the COCOMO model, would cost about US $ 1 billion to develop.

According to World Bank estimates, Eritrea lost US $ 225 million worth of livestock and 55, 000 homes during the war.

In 2004, according to IMF estimates, GDP per capita in Eritrea was only US $ 130.

Ulric Neisser estimates that using the IQ values of today the average IQ of the US in 1932, according to the first Stanford – Binet Intelligence Scales standardization sample, was 80.

The US estimates that Iran has been giving Hezbollah about US $ 60 – 100 million per year in financial assistance.

Because of Koyama's considerable wealth, money was rarely considered an obstacle ; estimates at the time of completion put the cost of the project at US $ 350 million.

The US Census Bureau estimates the 7 billion number was surpassed on 12 March 2012.

According to the latest Red Wolf Recovery Program First Quarter Report ( October – December 2010 ), the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that there are currently 110-130 red wolves in the Red Wolf Recovery Area in North Carolina, however, since not all of the newly bred in the wild red wolves have radio collars, they can only confirm a total of 70 " known " individuals, 26 packs, 11 breeding pairs, and 9 additional individuals not associated with a pack.

A US Government report published in 2003, estimates that 800, 000-900, 000 people worldwide are trafficked across borders each year.

By some estimates, his personal wealth soared to US $ 400 million in 1974.

Other estimates of Italian casualties were: by UK War Office in 1922, Dead 460, 000 and by the US War Dept in 1924 650, 000 killed and died Civilian deaths exceeded the prewar level by 1, 021, 000.

Romania: Included in total are 177, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds The statistic of 250, 000 military dead is " The figure reported by the Rumanian Government in reply to a questionnaire from the International Labour Office Other estimates of Romanian casualties are as follows: By UK War Office in 1922: 335, 706 Killed and missing By US War Dept in 1924: 335, 706 killed and died Civilian deaths exceeded the prewar level by 430, 000, caused by military action, food shortages, epidemics and the Spanish Flu A Russian journalist in a 2004 handbook of human losses in the 20th century estimated 120, 000 Romanian civilian deaths due to military activity, 10, 000 in Austro-Hungarian prisons and 200, 000 caused by famine and disease

POW 2, 384, 000. Other estimates of Russian casualties are as follows: By UK War Office in 1922: Killed 1, 700, 000 By the US War Dept in 1924 1, 700, 000 killed and died.

Other estimates of Austro-Hungarian casualties are as follows: By Austrian Ministry of Defense in 1938: Military dead 1, 016, 200 By UK War Office in 1922: Dead 1, 200, 00 By US War Dept in 1924: 1, 200, 00 killed and died A study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1940 estimated civilian 467, 000 deaths " attributable to war ", the primary cause being famine.

Total dead 2, 050, 89-Other estimates of German casualties are as follows: By UK War Office in 1922: Killed 1, 808, 545 exclusive of 14, 000 African conscript deaths during the war By US War Dept in 1924: 1, 773, 700 killed and died.

The number of wounded was 763, 753 and POWs 145, 104 Other estimates of Ottoman military casualties are as follows: By UK War Office in 1922: Killed 50, 000, died wounds 35, 000, died of disease 240, 000 By US War Dept in 1924: 325, 000 killed and died.

Forbes estimates that Gretzky earned US $ 93. 8 million from 1990 – 98.

In the United States, prior to the formation of adoption groups, over 20, 000 retired greyhounds a year were killed ; recent estimates still number in the thousands, with the industry claiming that about 90 % of National Greyhound Association-registered animals either being adopted, or returned for breeding purposes ( according to the industry numbers upwards of 2000 dogs are still euthanized annually in the US while anti-racing groups estimating the figure at closer to 12, 000.

This is a chart of Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) of Albania in national currency ( million leks ) and in US dollars based on Purchasing Power Parity ( PPP ) from estimates by the International Monetary Fund.

World population from 500CE to 2150, based on UN 2004 projections ( red, orange, green ) and US Census Bureau historical estimates ( black ).

( The Kiev Post also reports that some estimates are as high as US $ 150M.

A 2001 analysis of US crash data aimed to establish the effects of seatbelt legislation on driving fatalities and found that previous estimates of seatbelts effectiveness had been significantly overstated.

The US CIA estimates that military expenditures accounted for some 3. 3 % of GDP in 2006.

The Japanese government estimates the annual revenues of the pachinko and pachislot industry are in the region of ¥ 29 trillion ( US $ 378 billion ) thereby indicating the popularity of these games.