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FDA takes steps to prioritize science over suffering in latest move to reduce animal testing
WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund (formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund) are pleased to see new draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce testing on non-human
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Concerns were raised through intense Party deliberations as trade in endangered African elephant parts and live animals is revised by CITES conference
Humane World for Animals warns that proposal 14 will undermine decades of conservation progress and potentially incentivize lethal elephant population control or “culls”.
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CITES decisions deliver mixed results for key African species: weakened protections for bontebok but progress for lion protection
The outcomes of the meeting reflect both positive progress and ongoing challenges in conservation, ecological sustainable use and tourism, enforcement of relevant laws and international cooperation.
Aaron Ansarov
Rattlesnakes denied increased CITES protection against exploitation for pet and parts trade, despite declining numbers
In Mexico alone, an estimated 90,000 rattlesnakes are taken annually for illegal domestic and international trade.
Otwarte Klatki
Poland’s president signs fur farming ban into law
WARSAW― Poland has today become the 18th country in the European Union to ban fur farming, after President Karol Nawrocki officially signed a ban into law. This has been welcomed as ”an historic moment for animal protection in Poland” by Humane World
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Exploitative pet trade in Chilean rose tarantulas to become harder as species gets increased CITES protection
Collection of tarantulas in huge quantities for the pet trade is threatening the survival of the species.
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One year later: a lone pig from a large-scale animal rescue operation is thriving at a Texas sanctuary, learning how to be a pig
While she needed time to acclimate and discover what it is like to be a pig, Sabine now shares a large pasture with five other pigs and has everything a pig requires.
Kelly Donithan
CITES wildlife conference votes to keep international trade restrictions for giraffes
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan― Wildlife campaigners at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species expressed relief today as attempts by some African nations to remove protections for giraffes were thwarted. The dangerous proposal
Bill Gozansky
Wildlife experts celebrate as Namibia’s disastrous proposal to reduce protections for critically endangered black rhino and near threatened white rhino are rejected at CITES wildlife conference
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan― Wildlife experts at Humane World for Animals (formerly Humane Society International) are celebrating today as proposals by Namibia to significantly reduce protections against trade for the near threatened Southern white rhinoceros and the critically endangered black rhinoceros were rejected at
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