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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. House approves bill to pair veterans with service dogs
The U.S. House has just approved a bill that would expand opportunities for veterans to get involved with training and adopting service dogs, leading to better lives for both the animals and the people helping them. The PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act, H.R. 4305, will create a pilot program at the U.S
Breaking news: Wellesley, Massachusetts votes to ban fur sales, first U.S. city outside California to do so
Wellesley, Massachusetts, has said a resounding “no” to fur. The town voted 140 to 64 last night (with two abstentions) to pass a ban on new fur sales, proposed by Liza Oliver, a district leader volunteer with the Humane Society of the United States. If the Massachusetts attorney general approves
Giraffes, elephants and other animals win big at global wildlife trade conference
The world’s largest wildlife trade conference has just wrapped up in Geneva and as our own Humane Society International team returns home, we are celebrating big wins for 135 wild animal species, including the giraffe, African elephant and southern white rhino. Delegates at the Conference of the
NIH abandons appeal of federal judge’s ruling that agency’s refusal to retire former research chimps to sanctuary was illegal
WASHINGTON—Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed the National Institutes of Health’s appeal of a federal court ruling that the agency broke the law by withholding sanctuary retirement from federally owned chimpanzees formerly used in research. The appeal was dismissed
Escape from Yulin: Puppies Rescued from Butchers' Knives
In China to raise awareness about the Yulin Dog Meat Festival on June 21, HSI China Specialist Dr. Peter Li rescued two puppies from the butchers’ knives. An HSI partner group saved two more. What were the circumstances of the rescue? On June 13, I went to two slaughterhouses and one live dog
Federal bill to ban cosmetics testing on animals clears Brazilian Senate
BRASILIA—After nearly a decade in the National Congress, Bill 70/2014, which aims to enact a federal ban on animal testing for cosmetics in Brazil, passed the Senate today. The amended bill, which represents the collaborative work of Humane Society International and the Brazilian Association of the
ELLE International pledges to go fur-free
PARIS —ELLE magazine is proud to announce that it has committed to ending the promotion of animal fur in its pages and online. The commitment follows dialogue between ELLE brand owner, Lagardère Group, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society International and Creatives4Change. The
Indiana animal welfare organizations unite against controversial pro-puppy mill bill, HB 1412
The Humane Society of the United States joins Hoosier animal shelters, rescues and local governments in strongly opposing HB 1412. This cruel bill would force cities and counties across Indiana to allow pet stores to sell puppy mill puppies to unsuspecting consumers, voiding ordinances in 21 Indiana
Trophy Hunting: Animals Under Fire
Some of the animals that trophy hunters covet and what HSI is doing to stop trophy hunting: Elephants African elephants are experiencing an unprecedented poaching crisis and their numbers are dwindling. American trophy hunters imported the parts of an estimated 5,774 elephants over the past 10 years
Mexico’s Senate Justice Committee approves dogfighting penalties, moves bill to full Senate
Mexican lawmakers moved one step closer to enacting tough penalties for dogfighting with a vote today in the Senate Justice committee. Activities to be penalized include organizing fights, owning or trading a fighting dog, possessing a property used to hold fights, or attending a fight as a
International Financial Institutions and Animal Welfare
Despite tremendous progress by the governments and the private sector towards ending the confinement of egg-laying hens, pregnant sows, and other farm animals in restrictive cages and crates, major international financial institutions continue to support large agribusiness facilities in emerging
Mark Jones
Mark Jones is executive director of Humane Society International/UK, and is based in London. After qualifying as a veterinarian from the University of Liverpool in 1985, Mark spent three years in companion animal practice before gaining a master's degree in aquatic animal heath and working for 15
Kelly O'Meara
Kelly O'Meara is Vice President of HSI's Companion Animals and Engagement Department. She joined Humane Society International in 1999. She has oversight of companion animal related international projects, including HSI’s anti-dog meat and street dog campaigns. She leads the HSI anti-dog meat
Nearly 5,000 farms across 39 states support Prop 12’s animal welfare standards
In the battle over farm animal welfare standards playing out in Congress, a number of producers associated with the National Pork Producers Council have made misleading claims about the effects Proposition 12 and other state-level public health and animal welfare laws have on family farmers. So has
As South Korea contemplates a dog meat ban, charity closes its 18th dog meat farm and flies dogs to United States to seek adoption
SEOUL―Seventy-three year old Mr Yang in South Korea’s Chungcheong province has become the latest dog meat farmer in the country to join Humane Society International/Korea’s Models for Change program as part of the charity’s efforts to end the dog meat industry. Through working with HSI/Korea, Mr
Breaking: Our rescue team saves more than 200 dogs from two Oklahoma puppy mills
Early Monday morning, our Animal Rescue Team arrived at two properties in Milburn, Oklahoma, with officers from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, who served search warrants as part of an alleged animal cruelty situation. Law enforcement requested our assistance with rescuing potentially hundreds
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Grupo Takami to source exclusively cage-free eggs
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA—Under its new animal welfare and sustainability initiative, Colombian restaurant group Grupo Takami announced that by 2022, its supply chain will use 100 percent cage-free eggs. This includes shell eggs, processed eggs and products that contain eggs. Grupo Takami—which operates
IWC 63: Outcomes and Setbacks
by Rebecca Regnery The 63rd meeting of the International Whaling Commission saw some much-needed modernization of the rules of this more than 60-year-old convention. The member nations also demonstrated continued ability to successfully negotiate and compromise when they put their minds to it
HSI welcomes inclusion of animal protection provisions in renewed EU-Mexico free trade agreement
Hopeful news for animals. Shaiith/istock Mexico City/Brussels—Humane Society International has cautiously welcomed the conclusion of negotiations for the modernisation of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mexico. A summary of the ‘agreement in principle’ has been released