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MASSACHUSETTS - As Massachusetts legislators prepare to hear testimony on September 10 for a bill to prohibit the sale of ivory and rhino horn, results from an undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International (HSI) highlight the unregulated

LONDON—Celebrities, MPs, animal protection organisations and Number 10’s Larry the Cat have joined forces to call on the Prime Minister to prioritise legislation that recognises animals as sentient beings and enacts a duty to protect them when formulating and implementing policy, before the UK

WASHINGTON—Humane Society International’s rescue team is on the ground in South Korea to save 90 dogs and puppies from the horrors of the dog meat trade and to bring them to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Fifteen puppies will be arriving in the D.C. area on September 26 and 27

MONTREAL—Humane Society International’s rescue team is on the ground in South Korea during National Dog Week to save 90 dogs and puppies from the horrors of the dog meat trade. Sixty-four of them will be flown to Toronto and immediately transported to the HSI/Canada–Friends of HSI emergency shelter

LONDON–Around the world, billions of animals suffer for our food, fashion, beauty and entertainment. Many of them lead deprived, miserable lives confined in unnatural conditions or are subjected to deliberate cruelty. It doesn’t have to be that way. By changing our lifestyles to make more

Gandhinagar -- Representatives from more than 130 nations agreed to vital protections for migratory wild species at what’s being hailed as a landmark wildlife convention in Gandhinagar, India. Delegates agreed to increased or first-time conservation protection status for the endangered Mainland

SEOUL—Global animal welfare organization Humane Society International has presented a petition with 83,232 signatures against dog cloning to the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, urging the Ministry to permanently cease funding research to clone working dogs. HSI’s petition

동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, HSI)은 사역견에 대한 복제 실험이 다시는 이루어지지 않도록 개 복제 실험에 반대하는 8만3천232명의 서명을 농림축산식품부에 우편으로 전달했다. 이 서명은 지난 해 비글구조네트워크에 의해 공개된 복제견 메이에 대한 학대 영상과 메이가 검역견 탐지견으로 활동하다 실험에 이용된 것으로 알려지며 시작되었다. 작년 비글구조네트워크에 의해 영상이 공개된 후, 해당 과제는 중지되었고 농림부는 어제까지 동물보호법 시행규칙 일부개정령안에 대한 의견을

Around the world, many thousands of wild animals are exploited for human entertainment, food, fashion and frippery, or killed or injured through poisons and traps, not only causing immense animal suffering but also threatening many species with extinction. According to a UN report, species

휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널은 더불어민주당 한정애 의원이 대표 발의한 생활화학제품 및 살생물제의 안전관리에 관한 법률(이하 화학제품안전법) 일부개정법률안 통과를 환영한다고 밝혔다. 지난 6일 본회의를 통과한 이 개정안은 ▲척추동물시험의 최소화 원칙 규정 ▲척추동물대체시험의 개발・이용에 관한 정책 수립・시행 ▲기존 척추동물시험자료 확보 및 활용과 척추동물대체시험의 개발 및 보급을 위한 중소기업에 대한 지원 조항을 포함한다. 한정애 의원은 지난 2018년 화학물질의 등록 및 평가를 위한 법안 (이하 화평법) 개정을 통해

SEOUL—Humane Society International congratulates Assembly member Jeong-ae Han on the National Assembly’s passage of her amendment to the Chemical Consumer Products and Biocides law, promoting alternatives to animal testing. Assembly member Han, who previously sponsored and helped to pass a similar

MONTREAL—Humane Society International/Canada has released a report, the first of its kind in Canada, detailing the scope of the preventable tragedy of barn fires and how the near total absence of mandatory safety measures has resulted in the deaths of countless farm animals. Barn fires happen