Bullfighting in Europe
Humane Society International/UK works internationally to bring an end to the brutal spectacle of bullfighting. Every year, approximately 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights. At bullfights, the audience cheers as sentient animals are taunted, injured, and often killed. Veterinarians, zoologists and ex-matadors
Q&A: Animal Testing of Shellfish Toxins
Q: What is the purpose of testing shellfish for toxins? A: Foods of animal origin are prone to contamination by bacteria and other hazardous substances. This is particularly true in the case of oysters, scallops and other shellfish, which readily accumulate toxic
Bullfighting: A Spectacle of Cruelty in Three Acts
A bullfight is split into three “tercios,” or thirds, with two bullfights per session, each lasting about 20 minutes. Act 1 The matador's (bullfighter’s) assistants provoke the bull using large colorful capes in order to observe the animal’s movements and patterns in
Take Action to Improve Animal Services
In the wake of a recent exposé (click on "Regardez l'intégrale" just below the broadcast date) involving Quebec’s largest for-profit animal control facility, Humane Society International/Canada is calling on provincial and municipal governments to ensure more humane and effective animal control services
Surviving the Dog Meat Trade in China
by Peter Li Having heard of the interception of a truck loaded with 480 dogs bound for northeast China's dog meat markets, hundreds of animal advocates converged on the Beijing-Harbin Expressway, where they found the dogs crammed into a four-layered deck on
How Your Donation Saves Seals
Read the latest news on Canada's seal slaughter Canada's seal slaughter is a gruesome annual event where men armed with rifles and clubs invade the harp seal nursery to kill seal pups for their fur. Ninety-eight percent of the seals killed are
Bullfighting
Every year, approximately 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights. Bullfighting is already banned by law in many countries including Argentina, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Italy and the United Kingdom. Although legal in Spain, some Spanish cities, such as Calonge, Tossa de Mar, Vilamacolum
Immunocontraception in African Elephants
African elephants are threatened with extinction. At the same time as they are being poached for their tusks, they are also being squeezed into smaller and smaller areas by the growing human population and activity. In many African countries, elephants are confined
Makalali Private Game Reserve
The Makalali Private Game Reserve was established in 1994 in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, near the world-famous Kruger National Park. It consists of several privately owned properties, where the owners have joined forces and their land to form a reserve of 26,000
Working toward a Humane World
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