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Humane Society International welcomes the introduction of a bill revising Korea’s Act on the Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) by National Assembly member Ms.Jeong-ae Han, with support from nine other assembly members. Since coming into effect in 2015, the K-REACH

The three ships taking part in Japan’s North Pacific whale hunt returned Tuesday with the remains of 43 minke whales and 134 sei whales on board. Hunting whales for commercial purposes is banned by the International Whaling Commission’s ongoing moratorium in effect 1986, yet Japan continues to defy

Pan Pa’ Ya!, one of the leading restaurant and coffee shop chains in Colombia, with 60 locations, has announced it is joining with Humane Society International to improve animal welfare in its supply chain, committing to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs. Pan Pa Ya’ is already using cage-free eggs

MEDIA DOWNLOADS Update Sept. 20, 2017: HSI/Mexico stands ready and is assessing animal needs to respond to the devastation caused by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 200 people in Mexico City, Morelos and Puebla. The organization’s veterinarians are now returning Oaxaca, Mexico

In a pioneering effort by Vietnam’s food industry, representatives from some of the leading food service and hospitality companies around the world met today with Vietnamese egg and pork producers interested in supplying higher welfare cage-free eggs and crate-free pork. Humane Society International

The following is a statement from Teresa Telecky, Ph.D., senior director of the Wildlife Department at Humane Society International, the international affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, welcoming Wednesday’s decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii requiring the state

MEDIA DOWNLOADS The Lo & Behold Group, a Singaporean hospitality company, is joining Humane Society International to improve animal welfare in its supply chain by committing to sourcing 100 percent cage-free eggs. The Lo & Behold Group owns and operates restaurants, bars and a boutique hotel in

Lions, leopards, giraffes, chimpanzees, sharks and other key species have received overwhelming support for critical international treaty level protections at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, this year's

Today, the leading global campaign to end the cruelty of animal testing for cosmetics – #BeCrueltyFree – launched in Chile at a media event hosted by NGO Te Protejo and Humane Society International. #BeCrueltyFree Chile features support from a cross-party group of Chilean lawmakers, together with

Humane Society International welcomes the findings of a scientific report commissioned by the Japanese Food Safety Commission, indicating that there is sufficient evidence to waive the longstanding government requirement for one-year repeated dosing test in beagle dogs for pesticide assessment

MEDIA DOWNLOADS Frimesa, Brazil’s fourth largest pig processor, has announced their commitment to end the confinement of pregnant pigs in gestation crates by 2026. The company will be transitioning all of their sows to group housing systems that offer higher animal welfare. The company raises 80,000

Amor aos Pedaços, a bakery chain in Brazil with more than 50 locations, has committed to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs throughout its supply chain by 2025. This policy follows discussions with Humane Society International and other animal protection organizations. Fernanda Vieira, corporate

This Friday, on World Egg Day, Humane Society International celebrates the growing number of Singaporeans buying cage-free eggs. The Singaporean cage-free market has grown over the past two years, with at least five brands of cage-free eggs now available at supermarkets in the city-state. A growing

Humane Society International, along with the Fur Free Alliance, are pleased that the leading global fashion house Gucci has announced it will no longer use animal fur, beginning with its spring summer 2018 collection. Gucci’s President & CEO Marco Bizzarri announced the fur-free policy on Wednesday

São Paulo State Penitentiary System has become the first penitentiary system in Brazil to serve exclusively meat-free meals one day a week in its correctional facilities. The institution’s adoption of this program follows discussions with Humane Society International, Sociedade Vegetariana

Gastronomía y Negocios, a Chilean restaurant company that operates the popular chains Doggis, Juan Maestro, and Mamut, has committed to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs and crate-free pork in its entire supply chain in Chile by 2025. The company operates over 250 locations in the country. In

SANTIAGO—Santiago residents on their way to work this week were greeted by several hundred stand-up paper bunnies urging them to support a proposed law to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Chile as well as the trade in cosmetics product and ingredients newly tested on animals. The action was

SÃO PAULO—Pastifício Primo, an important pasta company in Brazil, has announced it has joined with HSI to switch to a 100% cage-free egg supply chain by 2022. In Brazil, egg-laying hens are typically confined for their whole lives in wire battery cages, so small that the hens cannot even fully

Shocking nationwide investigations by animal campaigners from the newly-launched “Dog Meat-Free Indonesia” coalition expose the horrifying brutality and suffering endured by up to a million dogs every year for Indonesia's dog meat trade. In the coalition’s campaign video launched today, dogs