Jeffrey Epstein, Education Activist, Helps Launch the First I umane Society in the US Virgin Islands Financier and education philanthropist Jeffrey Epstein has just donated critical funds to launch the first Humane Society campus on the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Known around the world for its fight against the abuse and abandonment of animals and for their unparalleled adoption programs, the Humane Society is on the verge now of opening a 15,000 square foot facility and education program, the first of its kind in the US Virgin Islands. Founded in 2000, the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation supports cutting science and medical research around the world. Based out of St. Thomas, the foundation also focuses on improving education and humanitarian efforts throughout the US Virgin Islands. The original Humane Society of St. Thomas was established in 1957, on the Estate Nadir, under the auspices of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce. The new campus now sits on 4.7 acres of land donated by Lockhart Realty, adjacent to the Weymouth Rhymer Highway. Besides state-of-the-art kenneling and administrative facilities, the campus features parks and walking trails for both animal members and visitors. The campus also has an education center with ongoing classes, lectures, pet training, events for local youth, an ongoing volunteer program, especially for the young and a "No Flea Boutique." All of these facilities are designed to not only improve adoption rates and interaction with the animals but to improve awareness in the community. "The new Humane Society of St. Thomas is truly an interactive facility," Jeffrey Epstein noted, founder of The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation and a former member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Academy of Science and a former board member of Rockefeller University. "Its presence is invaluable, not just for abandoned animals on the island but as an education and ins