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Animal protection groups launch public awareness campaign at Guwahati railway station to combat illegal transport of dogs for meat trade
Guwahati, ASSAM - Animal protection organization, Humane World for Animals India (formerly called Humane Society International), in collaboration with Anaajoree and the Railway Protection Force, has launched a digital public awareness campaign at Guwahati Railway Station, to strengthen public vigilance against the
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America announces end of fur at New York Fashion Week
NEW YORK—The Council of Fashion Designers of America, which owns and organizes the Fashion Calendar for New York Fashion Week, announced today that it will no longer promote animal fur at any Official New York Fashion Week Schedule events, including on its Fashion Calendar, social media channel and website. As a continuation of past program collaboration, the announcement follows years of engagement with Humane World for Animals and Collective Fashion Justice.
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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(formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund) are pleased to see new draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce testing on non-human
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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.
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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
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Endangered whale sharks and critically endangered gulper sharks given vital extra protections against international trade by CITES wildlife conference
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan―Endangered whale sharks and critically endangered gulper sharks have a better chance of escaping extinction thanks to global trade controls agreed today at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India host Telangana’s first-ever conference on animal-inclusive disaster risk reduction
HYDERABAD, Telangana—In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the state, UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India (formerly called Humane Society International India), in collaboration with the Telangana State Disaster Management Authority, jointly hosted a one-day conference on animal-inclusive disaster risk reduction in Telangana
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