The Central States Regional Office (CSRO) of The Humane Society of the United States, based in St. Paul, Minn., serves nine states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

CSRO works to bring forward the national campaigns and programs of The HSUS to a grassroots level, and at the same time respond to the animal protection needs of our local constituency. Companion animal and sheltering issues comprise much of our efforts.

For example, CSRO has actively served as a resource for hundreds of shelters in the region that wish to implement new or improve existing programs and services. We offer educational materials, training opportunities, and other expertise in the field of animal care and sheltering. We work cooperatively with state humane federations and animal control associations in an effort to provide a more unified voice for animals and to promote professionalism in the area of animal care and control.

But we also are involved in a wide variety of other programs—from leading an effort to combat animal fighting; to raising awareness of the correlation of animal abuse and human violence with the The HSUS First Strike™ campaign; to ending animal exploitation in rodeos and circuses.

Contact us at:

Jill Fritz, Minnesota and Wisconsin State Director
St. Paul
Phone:  612-724-4316

Anne Sterling, Indiana State Director
Bloomington
Phone: 812-339-3562

Dean Vickers, Ohio State Director
Columbus
Phone: 614-607-7139

The Humane Society of the United States
Central States Regional Office
Howard Goldman, Director
1061 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-222-3985
651-222-7867 (fax)
email: csro@humanesociety.org