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USA zapewnią silniejszą ochronę słoni afrykańskich
WASZYNGTON, WARSZAWA— 29 marca br. United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Służba Ochrony Zasobów Rybnych i Dzikiej Przyrody Stanów Zjednoczonych – agencja rządu amerykańskiego - ogłosiła ostateczne brzmienie przepisów regulujących zezwolenia na import żywych słoni afrykańskich i trofeów
Video of Zena the tiger exposes dangers of wild animal use in entertainment
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International are deeply disturbed by the videos of Zena, a six-year-old tiger, who was performing in a circus act in Magnitogorsk, Russia. The video, which can be found online, shows disturbing footage of Zena being forced to jump through
VIDEO: Campaigners unite to urge governments across Asia to shut down dog & cat meat trades as ‘perfect breeding ground’ for next public health disaster
WASHINGTON—Animal protection groups from around the world have joined forces to urge governments across Asia to act urgently to permanently shut down unsanitary and brutal dog and cat meat markets and trades, amid growing global concern about zoonotic diseases and public health danger zones. Member
VIDEO: Charity’s rescue mission saves 50 desperate dogs from being eaten in South Korea’s ‘Boknal’ summer season
MEDIA DOWNLOADS SEOUL—Fifty dogs on a South Korean dog meat farm have escaped the cooking pot barely a month before the start of the Boknal summer season, during which more than one million dogs are eaten as ‘bosintang’ soup. Animal charity Humane Society International has worked in South Korea for
VIDEO: Dog meat found on sale at Shanghai restaurant as the city prepares to host World Dog Show 2019; 22 dogs rescued from its slaughterhouse supplier
WASHINGTON – As Shanghai prepares to host the 2019 World Dog Show despite global condemnation of China’s brutal dog meat trade, Chinese campaigners have exposed the sale of dog meat at restaurants in the same city as the major canine event. In addition to identifying the restaurants, Humane Society
VIDEO: Indian conservationists help thousands of olive ridley turtle hatchlings head to the sea
MEDIA DOWNLOADS/WATCH THE VIDEO India—Humane Society International/India and partner Action for Protection of Wild Animals, have released more than 5,000 olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings (and counting) this nesting season to the Bay of Bengal. The release is part of a conservation program aimed at
VIDEO: Remarkable rescue of Indian street puppies stuck in tar for more than eight hours
KERALA, India – Eight puppies who were found covered in thick tar on the streets of Tirur, India had a lucky escape when the local community rallied for hours in a desperate bid to save them. A barrel of tar had collapsed on the puppies in the early hours of the morning, and when local residents
VIDEO: Seal pups stolen from the wild by Chinese aquarium traffickers are released back to the sea
LONDON – Thirty-seven spotted seal pups have been released back to wild in China three months after Dalian police found the stolen animals starving and dying in a shed at a remote coastal farm in the village of Hutou, Wafangdian. The pups were snatched from the wild by traffickers for the aquarium
VIDEO: Search & rescue mission for wildlife survivors on Australia’s ‘apocalyptic’ Kangaroo Island as federal government pledges aid for wildlife recovery
Note: See ENDS at bottom for the latest videos and updates on our rescue efforts. Kangaroo Island, South Australia – Animal charity Humane Society International has deployed a disaster response team to Kangaroo Island on a search and rescue mission for wildlife survivors of the bushfires that have
VIDEO: Shocking investigation shows foxes beaten and skinned alive on Asia fur farm, for fur that could be sold in UK shops
LONDON—Disturbing video footage released by Humane Society International/UK reveals shocking suffering of thousands of foxes and raccoon dogs enduring miserable lives and painful, protracted deaths on fur farms in Asia. Foxes were filmed being repeatedly bludgeoned over the head, resulting in
VIDEO: indagine scioccante in undici allevamenti asiatici rivela volpi bastonate e scuoiate vive, la cui pelliccia potrebbe essere venduta anche in Italia
ROMA—I video inquietanti rilasciati da Humane Society International Italia mostrano la scioccante realtà di migliaia di volpi e cani procione che vivono in condizioni miserabili e soffrono morti atroci negli allevamenti di animali da pelliccia in Asia. Le volpi sono state, infatti, filmate mentre
VIDEO: Sickening animal cruelty at Indonesia’s “extreme” markets where dogs and cats are bludgeoned and blow-torched alive
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byE8jVOeGQ[/embed] LONDON—The Indonesian government is being urged to shut down the country’s brutally cruel live animal markets, where thousands of dogs and cats a week are bludgeoned in public, blow-torched whilst still alive, and butchered for eating. Local
VIDEO: Starvation and dehydration are driving more animal victims of Australia’s fires into care on Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, South Australia–As the search-and-rescue mission for wildlife survivors of Australia’s Kangaroo Island bushfires continues, animal charity Humane Society International says the number of animals needing to be taken into care is increasing as starvation and dehydration start to hit
VIDEO: TV dog experts Marc Abraham and Victoria Stilwell help charity rescue 90+ dogs from South Korean dog meat farm, seven pups to seek UK homes
London–Humane Society International’s rescue team is on the ground in South Korea to save more than 90 dogs and puppies from the horrors of a dog meat farm, with seven lucky pups destined to fly to the United Kingdom to seek adoptive homes. The remaining dogs are being flown to the United States and
VIDEO: Yulin slaughterhouse horror revealed as animal groups rescue 135 terrified dogs at China’s infamous dog meat festival
BEIJING—Horrifying images from inside a Yulin dog slaughterhouse have been released by Humane Society International, revealing the first disturbing glimpses of preparations for this year’s dog meat festival in China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region. Chinese activists with whom HSI has worked for many
Viet Nam corporations and producer become the first to commit to policies improving conditions for mother pigs in pork production
HANOI, Viet Nam—Seven grocery stores and a bakery in Viet Nam are supporting Nguyen Khoi Green JSC (the makers of Nguyen Khoi – Natural Pork brand or Nguyen Khoi) to end the gestation crate confinement of female breeding pigs and to implement group housing, which gives these intelligent animals room
Viet Nam must end the dog meat trade if Prime Minister’s Directive to tackle rabies is to succeed, warns Humane Society International
HANOI—Viet Nam’s Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has been urged to take decisive action to end the country’s trafficking and slaughter of 6 million dogs and cats for meat every year, if his recent Directive to tackle deadly rabies is to be successful. Rabies is endemic in Viet Nam with government
Working to End Government Support of Bullfighting in Mexico
Many Mexican citizens are not aware that the government uses public funds to subsidize and promote the bullfighting industry. When they learn about this, a strong majority object. A recent poll found that 88 percent do not think it is right for the government to use taxpayer money to aid the
Working with China on Wildlife Issues
by Dr. Peter Li Last month, HSI staff traveled to China with the mission of improving animal welfare in zoos and protection in the wild. Reaching zoo directors HSI invited world-renowned elephant researcher Dr. Joyce Poole and Vice Director of Houston Zoo David Brady to speak to 48 Chinese zoo