| HUMANESOCIETIES | CFHS = Canadian Federation of ___ ___ (Host of the National Animal Welfare Conference, in Toronto fr |
| ALEXTREBEK | Host of the National Geographic Bee |
| TREBEK | Host of the National Geographic Bee |
| OKAPI | Resembling a cross between a giraffe and a zebra, the national animal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
| KOMODO | ____ dragon, heavy lizard with rounded snout that is the national animal of Indonesia (6) |
| UNICORN | National animal of Scotland, first used in the royal coat of arms by William I in the 12th century (7) |
| BENGALTIGER | The national animal of Bangladesh, Panthera tigris tigris |
| ORYX | Large antelope, the national animal of Qatar (4) |
| BHS | Cervids in the wild are the concern of this animal welfare society (1,1,1) |
| AMES | Iowa city that's home to the National Animal Disease Center |
| GAVAI | Last name of the Chief Justice of India who highlighted the importance of awareness for rights at a legal conference in Srinagar. (5) |
| DUMBARTONOAKS | Historic estate in Washington, DC that was the scene of conferences in 1944 that led to the creation of the United Nations (9,4) |
| AYOADE | Richard _, host of the revival of The Crystal Maze (6) |
| LION | National animal of England and of the UK; symbol of Ceylon tea |
| RSPCA | Abbreviation for the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world |
| GROUTVILLE | Venue of launch of Cop 17, the UN climate conference, in December 2011 (10) |
| KOMODODRAGON | National animal of Indonesia, the largest member of the suborder Lacertilia |
| OGRADY | Paul _, host of the revived series of Blind Date (1'5) |
| KEMP | Roman _, host of The One Show and this year's BRIT Awards (4) |
| ASPCA | Abbreviation of the animal welfare charity founded two years after Martin's Act was passed (1,1,1,1,1) |
