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Background information Egg Production Using Battery Cages Pork Production Using Gestation and Farrowing Crates Report The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals in Battery Cages, Gestation Crates, and Veal Crates: Read HSI’s report detailing welfare concerns with these intensive confinement systems. [PDF] Fact

Pigs are one of the smartest animals on Earth. Highly social, intelligent, and curious, they engage in complex tasks, form elaborate, cooperative social groups. Scientists have demonstrated that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even

Humane Society International (HSI) and our partner organizations together constitute one of the world’s largest animal protection organizations. We work globally to protect animals in laboratories, farm animals, companion animals, and wildlife. We participate in international forums such as the Food and

Hens are intelligent animals who form strong family ties; yet, in Brazil, approximately 95 percent of egg-laying hens, or more than 80 million animals, are confined in battery cages so small that the birds are prevented from performing many important natural behaviors

The following is a list of ways you can help end the cruel spectacle of bullfighting: 1. Never attend a bullfight, and educate your family, friends, and coworkers, encouraging them to never attend bullfights. 2. Wherever you live, speak out against all

A bullfight is commonly depicted as “a dramatic struggle between man and beast,” ( 1) feeding the popular myth that bulls are fierce and violent creatures. Bullfighting spectators may agree as they witness the bull charge at the bullfighter, occasionally causing injury

Canada holds more than half the world's population of polar bears, most ranging either solely or partially within the vast borders of Nunavut, a territory spanning nearly 2 million square kilometers. These ice-dependent bears—beloved by people worldwide—have become a symbol of wilderness

Humane Society International (HSI) Europe is actively working to put an end to animal testing—permanently. In partnership with affiliates The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society Legislative Fund, HSI is campaigning globally to promote greater reliance on proven

Through owner education and hands-on care, we're helping to improve life for working equines. HSI In many developing countries, working equines serve important roles as transportation and labor. In some areas, they form the basis of the rural economy. The poorly maintained