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In a move that provides an opportunity for China to move away from its longstanding animal testing requirement for all imported cosmetics, the China Food and Drug Administration has announced an adjustment to administrative regulations and examinations for general cosmetics imported through

The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change today published draft rules prescribing a comprehensive procedure for care, cost, maintenance, veterinary treatment and overall well-being of animals seized from markets and from cases of animal cruelty. The draft rules are now up

In the 1980s and 90s, wearing fur became seriously uncool. Stars went naked instead of wearing it, catwalks were boycotted because of it, and the British public, animal welfare experts and politicians got behind a campaign which led the Labour government to

Moran Market is South Korea’s largest dog meat market. It supplies one third of all the dog meat consumed in the country, selling an estimated 80,000 dogs—dead or alive—each year. Now, we welcome an incredible announcement: It’s shutting down. According to The

Audrey Delsink Kettles is the Executive Director of Humane Society International/Africa. She oversees HSI’s campaigns in Africa, including work to champion the protection of wildlife including humane population control alternatives and human-wildlife conflict solutions, and to challenge the captive lion breeding and

The focus on the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang provided us with the ideal opportunity to raise awareness about the dog meat trade and to urge the government of South Korea to work with HSI to end to the suffering. In conjunction

Through a partnership with the Vietnamese government, HSI's "I'm a Little Pangolin" book will be used in schools to help teach children about pangolin poaching concerns and conservation efforts. Click the lower-left icon to view in full-screen mode. Watch the "I"m a

Through a partnership with the Vietnamese government, HSI's "I'm a Little Elephant" book will be used in schools to help teach children about elephant poaching concerns and conservation efforts. You can click the lower-left icon to view in full-screen mode. Watch the

Update, October 27, 2016: D elegates voted in favor of: a resolution to formally recognize the important role that whales play in looking after the health of the marine environment, as well as the loss to marine ecosystems resulting from declining whale