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Modern non-animal tests represent the very latest techniques that science has to offer to ensure the safety of new cosmetic products and ingredients. These alternatives tests are often quicker, cheaper and more reliable than outdated animal tests, producing results that are more

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The Asia Canine Protection Alliance is an international alliance of animal protection organisations formed by Humane Society International, Animals Asia Foundation, Soi Dog Foundation, and Change For Animals Foundation. We are committed to improving the welfare of dogs in the region by

As of 2013, there has been increased global attention to the treatment of farm animals, especially the welfare of breeding pigs and egg-laying hens. Pigs are intelligent, highly social animals, yet many female breeding pigs in Latin America are treated as piglet-producing

British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest is one of the last tracts of temperate rainforest on Earth. It is home to thousands of species of plants, birds, and animals—including black bears, grizzlies, and spirit bears. One might think that here, the bears could

Update, May 8, 2013: Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told Hindustan Times, “We will not allow dolphinariums.” HSI is cautiously optimistic, but we stress that the minister’s words must still be put into action with legislation. As part of HSI’s

A sea turtle farm opened in the Cayman Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in 1968 to breed green sea turtles for local consumption. Today it is also a major tourist attraction, but it appears to have some significant animal

About the slaughter With more than one million seals killed in the last five years alone, Canada's commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth. It's a hunt for baby seals. Fully 97 percent of the seals killed

With the help of our hundreds of thousands of caring supporters, the HSI/HSUS Protect Seals campaign grows ever closer to ending Canada's commercial seal slaughter forever. Some recent victories: April 2018: India banned the import of seal fur and skins. March 2017