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by Karen E. Lange The man with the plastic mesh bag is looking for a sale. Hanging out in the well-worn dirt strip on the edge of one of Managua’s main intersections, he eyes each vehicle, searching for customers—or police. He’s surrounded by other vendors, shirts hung with multiple pairs of cheap

Pesticides, from weed killers and rat poison to insect repellant and cleansers that claim to "kill germs," are among the most heavily animal-tested products in existence. Government regulations sometimes require dozens of different animal-poisoning tests to assess the safety of a single new

Basic and applied biological research is responsible for the greatest proportion of animal use in laboratory experiments, accounting for approximately three-quarters of the estimated 115+ million annual total worldwide. Attempts to model human diseases in other animal species—whether to study the

Only a small proportion of countries collect and publish data concerning their use of animals for testing and research, but it is estimated that more than 115 million animals—including mice, rats, birds, fish, rabbits, guinea pigs, farm animals, dogs, cats, and non-human primates—are used and/or

Tests that use animals to assess the safety of chemicals and products such as cosmetics, pesticides and pharmaceutical drugs are still quite common. Although testing requirements differ from country to country and sector to sector, new ingredients that require safety assessment will very likely be

Q: What led you to advocating against animal testing? A:I’ve always been an animal person, but the experience of being a conscientious objector to high school dissection really opened my eyes—both to the plight of animals used in research, testing and education, as well as the need for every person

The International Councils on Animal Protection in OECD and Pharmaceutical Programmes (ICAPO and ICAPPP) are umbrella associations through which animal protection organisations, including HSI, interact with global chemical and pharmaceutical regulators who meet under the auspices of the Organisation

Speak out against the badger cull The annual culling of badgers began in areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2013 with contractors shooting badgers under a four year licence issued by Natural England. An additional licence was issued for an area of Dorset in 2015. In February 2016, the

by Alexandra Rothlisberger This past August, we visited the Mexican municipality of Teocelo to support Mayor Cristian Teczon’s decision to replace animal cruelty spectacles with music, dance and artistic performances. Teocelo, located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, has a little over 15,000

by Alex Rothlisberger Seniso is the epitome of the Mexican roaming dog. His ears are covered in ticks, he looks thin and dehydrated, and he has a gash a few inches wide on his back full of pus. Every day, he wanders the streets of Mezcales with two other male dogs, left to fend for himself. But

En América Latina, millones de gallinas ponedoras de las granjas industriales viven confinadas de manera permanente en pequeños recintos de alambre llamados jaulas en batería. Las jaulas en batería son tan hacinadas que las gallinas no logran caminar, hacer ejercicio o estirar completamente sus alas

by Mark Jones Sir Roger Moore has given his backing to calls by Humane Society International/UK and Compassion in World Farming for British firm Creek Projects Investments PLC to withdraw its plans to fund a massive foie gras factory farm in China. Sir Roger Moore said: "Foie gras is sold as a

by Sayara Thurston Of the more than 500 dogs HSI/Canada helped rescue from a commercial breeding facility in September 2011, one puppy in particular stole the hearts of both staff and volunteers. Named "Pocket" because she was so tiny she could almost fit into one, she found her forever home after a

Despite having suffered a decline in population of up to 80 percent over the last century, hares are afforded little protection during their breeding season. This cruel anomaly allows many thousands of pregnant and lactating females to be killed during the sensitive spring and summer months, as a

The brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and the upland mountain hare (Lepus timidus) have suffered serious population declines during the last century, with brown hare numbers estimated to have plummeted by 80 percent since 1880. Habitat loss Much of the decline has been due to changes in land use and

“Salmonella Thrives in Cage Housing”—This headline was featured in World Poultry in 2009. In 2010, an outbreak of salmonella that sickened hundreds of people caused the recall of hundreds of millions of eggs in the United States. All 15 studies published comparing salmonella contamination in cage

Imagine living the rest of your life in an elevator with six other people—being prevented from even the most basic activities! This is the kind of existence that a battery hen endures. Chickens raised for egg production are referred to as laying hens. Currently, most of the 26 million egg-laying

Did you know? There are approximately 26 million laying hens in Canada. Most of them are kept confined in cramped, barren cages. Battery cages were designed in the 1940s to maximize production and lower animal care costs as a response to the growing demand for eggs. Currently, Canadian hens do not

科学者の中には、あと数年で、ヒトに移植するための臓器をブタの体内で作ったり、ブタやヒツジを培養の器として活用してヒト細胞由来の臓器（移植を必要としている人間の細胞を使ったものを作ることもできる可能性もある）を作ることができるようになると考えている者もいます。この点について、当団体の立場とその理由は以下の通りです。 全米人道協会(The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS) は、現在、移植用の臓器の需要が供給できる数をはるかに上回っており、この課題を解決するために、動物からの臓器の活用が検討されていることを把握しています。しかし、The HSUSは