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The Meatless Monday campaign asks consumers to go meat-free one day per week—and it’s a great way to help reduce the environmental, animal welfare, and other social impacts of raising 77 billion land animals each year for food worldwide. Here are some simple ways your organization can help this

Every year, in oceans around the world, tens of millions of sharks are condemned to a slow and painful death from the cruel and wasteful practice of shark finning. Most of these animals are killed specifically to meet the demand for shark fin soup—often having their fins removed while they are still

Rhino horn is a highly valued commodity, used in Traditional Chinese Medicine in East Asian communities around the world. Made of keratin, the same substance in human hair and nails, the horn has no proven medicinal value. However, it has been used for centuries as a treatment for various ailments

Although habitat loss is an important consideration when evaluating the decline in rhino populations, the main threat comes from poaching. Rhino horn is a highly valuable commodity, used in Traditional Chinese Medicine in China, Vietnam and other parts of East Asia. Recent years have been disastrous

Update, December 15, 2016: The Spanish Constitutional Court unanimously confirmed the prohibition of the public killing of El Toro de la Vega (and all bulls used fiestas apart bullfights). The Court rejected the City Council’s challenge of the ban on the basis that the Region had allegedly exceeded

For many, the idea of overhauling a lifetime of dietary habits can be intimidating. Not everyone is willing to switch from eating meat every day to becoming a vegetarian overnight. But it doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Whether your primary incentive is helping the environment

The European Union is one of the world’s largest producers of factory farmed fur. In 2015 alone, around 42.6 million mink, 2.7million foxes, 155,000 raccoon dogs, and 206,000 chinchillas were killed for fur in the EU. More than a dozen countries across the EU have full or partial bans on fur farming

Read the latest news on Canada's seal slaughter Canada's seal slaughter is a gruesome annual event where men armed with rifles and clubs invade the harp seal nursery to kill seal pups for their fur. Ninety-eight percent of the seals killed are less then three months old at the time of slaughter

The Makalali Private Game Reserve was established in 1994 in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, near the world-famous Kruger National Park. It consists of several privately owned properties, where the owners have joined forces and their land to form a reserve of 26,000 hectares. Makalali is home to

Immunocontraception uses the body's immune response to prevent pregnancy. Wild female mammals are vaccinated annually, just like we receive vaccinations. A syringe and needle are attached to a dart that is shot into the female from a dart gun, either from the ground or from the air. How it works The

The true economic value of Canada's commercial seal hunt stands in sharp contrast to the high level of financial and other support it receives from the Canadian government. As the following government statistics show, the commercial seal hunt is an economically marginal activity, and its negligible

Myth: It is illegal to kill baby seals in Canada. Fact: Baby seals are the primary target of the commercial seal slaughter. In Canada, newborn "whitecoat" harp seals are protected from hunting. But as soon as they begin to shed their white coats—as young as 12 days of age—these baby seals can be

HSI is strongly opposed to captive swim-with-the-dolphins attractions and believes these programs, even if strictly regulated, pose an immediate threat to the safety of both human and dolphin participants. Life in the wild HSI opposes the capture of all marine mammals from the wild for any type of

Whales face increasing threats: Low reproductive rates: Whales have naturally low reproductive rates, making many species extremely vulnerable to increasing pressure from whaling. Chemical pollution: Modern-day contaminants flowing into all our oceans are literally polluting whales' tissues. Some