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LUSH Cosmetics and HSI join forces to fight fur cruelty with eye-catching lenticular window campaign
Humane Society International UK and Lush have launched an eye-catching nationwide #WhatTheFur?! campaign across all 103 Lush stores in the United Kingdom to make shoppers aware they could be misled into buying real fur falsely labelled as fake fur. Lush shop front windows are famous for bringing
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
Protecting Wildlife in Europe
Culling causes great suffering to badgers with no meaningful benefit to farmers or their cattle. It is also costly for both farmers and taxpayers, and is opposed by the majority of scientists and wildlife experts. Since the first licences were issued in 2013, thousands of badgers have been killed in
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
Reasons to Be Nice to Rats and Mice
Rats and mice have the same basic needs as all animals — food, warmth and shelter. These needs often bring them into close proximity with humans and, as a result, they are demonised as 'pests'. But in reality, they do not set out deliberately to frighten or cause us problems. Here are some facts
Reducing EU consumption of animal foods
Humane Society International/Europe is working hard to reduce the consumption of animal foods in the European Union. Consumption of animal foods in the European Union Worldwide, more than 77 billion land animals were raised for meat, eggs, and milk in 2013 alone. Of this, the EU raised 8.3 billion
Humane Society International helps animals injured and impacted by the earthquake in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey—A disaster relief team from animal charity Humane Society International has deployed to Turkey (Türkiye) to provide emergency relief to thousands of dogs, cats and other animals caught up in the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. With the immediate humanitarian search for human
Joint public-private discussion forum to promote animal-free testing to be held at South Korea’s National Assembly
KOREA—A joint public-private discussion forum will take place on Feb. 8 at the National Assembly to request the swift enactment of a bill proposed to advance animal-free approaches in science. The forum discussion entitled “An era that runs tests with novel technologies instead of animals” is hosted
Conservationists celebrate birth of pangolin pup whose mum was saved from traffickers in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—On World Pangolin Day 2023, animal protection organization Humane Society International/Africa celebrates a powerful collaboration with the African Pangolin Working Group and the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital to retrieve, rehabilitate and release vulnerable
Animal rescuers in Türkiye are still finding injured, frightened animals after the earthquake
ANTAKYA,Türkiye—A veterinarian and animal rescue team from Humane Society International who have deployed to Antakya, Türkiye following the earthquakes, are responding to requests from locals to find their missing pets. Following the original 7.8 magnitude earthquake and a second 6.4 magnitude
EFSA supports ending caged confinement for laying hens
BRUSSELS—Yesterday, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its Scientific Opinions on the welfare of laying hens and ‘broiler’ chickens raised for meat production. These publications provide additional scientific underpinning to the European Commission’s existing plans to revise the EU
Armed Forces chefs help animals and combat climate change by embracing more vegan cooking
LONDON—Military chef instructors from across the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and Civil Service have taken part in a masterclass on plant-based cuisine as part of a culinary training workshop held by Humane Society International/UK, Veganuary and Plant Futures. Chef instructors from the
Humane Society International spays/neuters 50,000 dogs in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh—Humane Society International/India celebrates World Spay Day with the successful completion of its 50,000th spay/neuter surgery in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, reaching a crucial milestone in its Animal Birth Control program. In 2019, HSI/India implemented the city’s first-ever
More than 1,500+ animals have received veterinary care in Antakya, Türkiye since the first earthquake; many thousands estimated to have died nationwide
ANTAKYA,Türkiye—More than three weeks after the deadly earthquake in Türkiye, the animal rescue team from Humane Society International is still finding dogs and cats alive in abandoned apartments, damaged buildings or wandering the streets. The animal charity estimates that more than 1,500 animals
Humane Society International welcomes partial ban on animal testing for cosmetics in Brazil
Brasilia, BRAZIL—A partial ban on animal testing for cosmetics in Brazil was introduced by the National Council for the Control of Animal Experimentation via regulatory restriction No. 58, of Feb. 24, 2023, published today in the Union Official Journal. The restriction prohibits animal testing for
Caccia al trofeo: Interrogazioni parlamentari al Ministero dell’ambiente e della sicurezza energetica in occasione del World Wildlife Day per fermare l’importazione ed esportazione di trofei di caccia di specie protette
ROMA—In occasione del World Wildlife Day, l'Intergruppo Parlamentare per i Diritti degli Animali, ha presentato due interrogazioni parlamentari gemelle (una alla Camera dei Deputati e l’altra al Senato della Repubblica) rivolte al Ministero dell’ambiente e della sicurezza energetica in merito alla
More than 1.7 million EU citizens call for an end to cruel fur farming and trade
BRUSSELS—An official EU-wide petition, called the Fur Free Europe European Citizens’ Initiative, has closed more than two months ahead of the deadline for signatures after exceeding the number of signers required for the European Commission to respond. More than 1.7 million EU citizens signed the
Humane Society International provides aid to burned animals affected by the fires in Chile
CHILE—Humane Society International is providing critical supplies to aid animals affected by the wildfires plaguing Chile. Oxygen concentrators, food and veterinary medical supplies were provided by the HSI team to animal rehabilitation centers and veterinary hospitals to support hundreds of wild
Humane Society International’s decade-long campaign has given the beauty sector a cruelty-free makeover
EUROPE—This Saturday marks the 10 th anniversary of the European Union’s ban on cosmetic animal testing and trade, and the climax of a decade-long campaign by Humane Society International, its affiliates and partners to extend the cruelty-free cosmetics model across the globe. Humane Society
AFSA master class in animal-free cosmetic safety assessment launched on 10th anniversary of EU Ban
BRUSSELS—A first-of-its-kind Master Class in Animal-Free Cosmetic Safety Assessment has been launched by the Animal-Free Safety Assessment Collaboration (AFSA), a global coalition of corporate, non-profit, and data science leaders working to advance acceptance and use of animal-free safety science