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On World Rhino Day, Chinese animal protection groups urge China’s President Xi to ban rhino hunting trophy imports
BEIJING–China’s leading animal protection organizations have sent an open letter to President Xi Jinping urging the Chinese government to make China the first country in Asia to ban the import of rhino hunting trophies. At a press conference held in Beijing on World Rhino Day, Capital Animal Welfare
Actor Daniel Henney adopts Juliette, a dog saved from a South Korean dog meat farm by Humane Society International
WASHINGTON—Korean-American actor Daniel Henney just became the proud pup parent of Juliette, a young golden retriever rescued from a dog meat farm in Hongseong, South Korea by Humane Society International. The international film and television actor is best known in the U.S. for his role in the
BREAKING: France announces ban on mink fur farming one month after shocking cruelty investigation
LONDON—French minister Barbara Pompili has announced the end of mink fur farming in France. The country’s last four remaining fur farms will have to close no later than 2025, although campaigners at Humane Society International predict that their closure may come sooner. The announcement comes a
Fur Production in the European Union
Each year, around 37 million animals in the European Union are still raised and killed solely for their fur. In 2018 alone, 34.7m mink, 2.7m foxes, 166,000 raccoon dogs and 227,000 chinchillas were bred in the EU. Denmark, Finland, Poland and the Netherlands (which is currently phasing out the
A Humane Society International defende o uso do termo livres de gaiolas no Brasil
SÃO PAULO— A Humane Society International (HSI), organização global líder em proteção animal, pede que o Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) reverta sua decisão administrativa que limita o uso do termo “livres de gaiolas” no rótulo da embalagem de ovos. O rótulo permite que os
Scientists: giraffes in Kenya, Tanzania "endangered"
WASHINGTON—Highlighting the need for global action to fight giraffes’ silent extinction, a body of scientific experts today declared giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania — called Masai giraffes — endangered. Masai giraffes, one of nine giraffe subspecies, had long been considered a key population for the
UK animal experiment statistics indicate reluctance to embrace modern tools to advance British labs into the 21st century
LONDON—Home Office statistics published today[1] reveal a shockingly high number of dogs, mice, cats, rabbits and other animals are still suffering in invasive, painful and sometimes lethal experiments in British laboratories despite unprecedented availability of high-tech and often more human
Humane Society International names Jeffrey Flocken as president
WASHINGTON—The Board of Directors of Humane Society International announced today that it has selected Jeffrey Flocken as its new president. Flocken, who has been the organization’s senior vice president for programs and policy since February 2018, succeeds Kitty Block, who became president and CEO
The HSUS and HSI release findings of an undercover investigation into a lucrative ivory trade in the nation’s capital
WASHINGTON - Today the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International released findings of an undercover investigation revealing a lucrative ivory trade in the nation’s capital, where ivory dealers take advantage of the lack of local laws banning the sale of ivory. Legislation
One Year Out from 2020 Tokyo, NGOs Appeal to Tokyo Governor to End Ivory Trade
One year before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, international and Japanese conservation organizations are appealing to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to ban the sale of ivory in the city. Japan boasts the world’s largest legal domestic ivory market, and its ongoing support for an industry
Consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups urge MEPs to reject proposals to ban plant-based foods producers from using terms like “veggie burger” or “vegan sausage”
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Consumer, environmental and animal welfare organisations have come together to call on the new Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to reject proposals that seek to prevent the producers of plant-based foods from using terms
“Eat Green!” says Kobus Wiese
CAPE TOWN - Dulcé Café and Wiesenhof have teamed up with Humane Society International/Africa to join the global movement towards more plant-based, sustainable food by launching three new delicious meat- and dairy-free dishes for their winter 2019 menus. The restaurant chains’ decision to introduce
HSI celebrates Brazil´s elimination of cruel dog-poisoning test and other major reforms to pesticide regulation
BRASILIA—Humane Society International has welcomed sweeping animal welfare reforms to regulations governing the testing of agricultural pesticides in Brazil, including abolition of a controversial year-long poisoning test in dogs, recognition of modern animal testing alternatives, and creation of a
HSI celebrates Brazil´s elimination of cruel dog-poisoning test and other major reforms to pesticide regulation
BRASILIA—Humane Society International has welcomed sweeping animal welfare reforms to regulations governing the testing of agricultural pesticides in Brazil, including abolition of a controversial year-long poisoning test in dogs, recognition of modern animal testing alternatives, and creation of a
A HSI comemora a decisão brasileira de eliminar o teste de envenenamento em cães e as reformas na regulamentação de agrotóxicos
BRASILIA–A Humane Society International aplaudiu esta semana importantes mudanças no regulamento que rege os testes toxicológicos para agrotóxicos no Brasil, incluindo o fim do controverso teste de envenenamento de cães pelo período de um ano, o reconhecimento de metodologias alternativas modernas
La supervivencia de las especies amenazadas de tiburón estará en juego durante la conferencia de vida silvestre de la CITES
LONDRES - La supervivencia de 18 especies de tiburones y rayas amenazadas por el comercio internacional se debatirá este mes en Ginebra, Suiza, donde 183 países estarán reunidos para la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES CoP18). Se
Animal charity condemns the resumption of ‘barbaric bloodsport’ bullfighting in Mallorca
Brussels - Bullfighting has returned to the Balearic Islands in Spain. The cruel spectacle, held at Mallorca's Coliseo Balear on Friday 9 th August, came in the wake of a Spanish Constitutional Court ruling that struck down legislative measures adopted by the autonomous community’s Parliament in
Global wildlife conference votes to end cruel export of live wild-caught African elephants to captive facilities
This release has been corrected. GENEVA—The first vote at the 18 th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties has delivered a historic win for African elephants to end the cruel practice of removing live elephants from the wild for export to captive facilities. CITES is the UN Convention on
CITES continues to apply pressure on remaining legal ivory markets, reiterating commitment to closure of domestic ivory markets
GENEVA—The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today confirmed its commitment to closure of domestic ivory markets agreeing by consensus to focus scrutiny on remaining legal markets like Japan and the EU. The discussions focused
Stars Demand EU Action at CITES to End Cruel Trade in Wild-Caught Elephants
GENEVA–Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Leona Lewis, Dame Judi Dench, Alesha Dixon, Evanna Lynch, Bryan Adams, Virginia McKenna OBE, Thandie Newton, Pamela Anderson, Peter Egan, and Jenny Seagrove are among a host of compassionate personalities who have joined forces with animal protection and