NO STUNT: Steve-O helps Toronto Humane Society find forever homes for animals

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Jackass icon Steve-O has been hurting himself professionally for more than 20 years.

Despite various injuries to every part of his body — he once stapled his scrotum to his leg, lest we forget — the stuntman’s heart appears to be intact, especially where animals are involved.

Steve-O, 48, is in the midst of the Canadian leg of his North American Bucket List tour and while he was in the city last week he stopped by the Toronto Humane Society to help.

He made a contribution that covered adoption fees for a dozen animals — so they all got forever homes. He also helped get another 11 animals on hold for adoption.

Steve-O’s personal appearance at the THS also meant thousands were raised for the animal society.

And he left behind an autographed T-shirt that’s being auctioned by the THS as another fundraiser for animal welfare.

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Steve-O is almost as well known for his animal activism as he is for fun things like setting himself on fire or placing his penis in a wasp’s nest.

He recently told Us Magazine that he and fiance Lux Wright aren’t having kids but they have plans to help animals instead.

“In lieu of that, what we want to do is just pour ourselves into helping animals. So we’ve got a plan to buy a big property and open up our own animal sanctuary,” he told the magazine.

Their goal is to create that animal sanctuary somewhere in British Columbia.

For now, the couple has three cats, three dogs and three goats at their California home in the Hollywood Hills.

The Bucket List tour, meanwhile, hits Vancouver on Oct. 22. There are 20 dates throughout Western Canada before the tour winds up in Winnipeg on Nov. 11.

The show is a mix of stand-up and filmed stunt work.

“I’m getting my last licks in before I’m too old to be doing this s—,” he told GQ.

Steve-O has also been promoting a new book, A Hard Kick In The Nuts: What I’ve Learned From A Lifetime of Terrible Decisions.

It’s described as part memoir and part guide to life, love and work — and how to keep thriving, “long after you should be dead.”

lbraun@postmedia.com