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As news breaks that Hong Kong dog died, Chinese animal groups sign open letter urging pet owners, officials not to abandon or cull dogs in response to coronavirus
WASHINGTON – Sixty-five animal charities and pet shelters from across China have signed an open letter calling for compassion rather than cruelty to dogs and cats, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. News that an elderly dog in Hong Kong belonging to a COVID-19 patient has died following weeks
Dogs saved from certain death on a South Korean dog meat farm arrive in Canada
MEDIA DOWNLOADS Following its 10th closure of a South Korean dog meat farm, Humane Society International is transporting more than 170 severely neglected dogs to North America and the United Kingdom. Forty six of the dogs have arrived at Pearson Airport in Toronto and HSI/Canada is now moving them
36 dogs rescued from dog meat trade to remain in the care of HSI/India
MIZORAM—Humane Society International/India has been awarded custody of 36 dogs rescued from the dog meat trade earlier this month after the Additional District and Sessions Judge at Aizawl District Court rejected a petition of the Aizawl Dog Meat Seller Association in Mizoram. N. G Jayasimha
Dog meat farmer in South Korea swaps pups for plants in UK animal charity’s pioneering program to phase out the brutal trade
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Charity’s rescue mission exposes South Korea’s hellish puppy mill and dog meat trade where pups are bred as both friend and food
Washington D.C. – The latest rescue mission by animal charity Humane Society International is shining a horrifying spotlight on the long-suspected connection between South Korea’s puppy pet trade and the dog meat industry. In a country where dog meat traders go to some lengths to persuade
72 Dogs rescued from slaughter in Central China
Last month, HSI-supported China Animal Protection Power worked with other local groups to rescue 72 dogs from a dog meat restaurant, a roadside slaughter operation and two other slaughterhouses in Henan Province in Central China--a supply center for the country’s three major dog meat markets. “The
475 Chinese Dogs Rescued from Butchers’ Knives
by Peter Li April 20, 2012 was a significant day for the estimated 130 million dogs in China. A weibo (Chinese twitter) alert led to a massive dog rescue on a highway in Kunming, southwest Yunnan Province. Advocates intervene Stopped at a toll station was a truck loaded with misery and despair
As China’s Yulin dog meat festival approaches, UK charity’s rescue pups from Yulin’s past show happy endings are possible
LONDON — As the Yulin dog meat festival in China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region fast approaches later this month, UK charity Humane Society International/UK shares happy ending stories of some of the dogs its Chinese activist partners have previously rescued from Yulin slaughterhouses. Snorki, Rosie
Dogs saved from China’s Yulin dog meat festival join MP, campaigners to deliver 1.5 million-signature petition to end to the cruel trade
LONDON – Dame Judi Dench and violinist Vanessa-Mae have sent heart-felt messages of support and solidarity for a 1.5 million-signature petition by Care2 and Humane Society International, delivered today to the Chinese Embassy by dogs rescued from China’s annual Yulin dog meat festival. The festival
BREAKING: Shenzhen becomes mainland China’s first city to ban eating of dogs, cats and wildlife in consumption and trade crackdown
BEIJING — China’s city of Shenzhen has just passed a ground-breaking law to ban the consumption and production of dog and cat meat, the first city in mainland China to do so. The ban has been welcomed by long-time anti-dog meat trade campaigners Humane Society International as a watershed moment in
China’s Ministry of Agriculture states that dogs are pets and not livestock, in what campaigners hope could inspire cities to end brutal dog meat trade
BEIJING—China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has for the first time ever explicitly stated that dogs are companion animals and not “livestock,” in what could potentially be a game-changer moment for Chinese regional governments to follow the lead of Shenzhen city and ban the eating of
BREAKING: A second city in mainland China just banned eating of dogs, cats and wildlife in hoped for “domino effect”
BEIJING—The city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province has become the second city in mainland China to ban the consumption of dog and cat meat, and of wildlife, in what campaigners at animal charity Humane Society International hope will be the start of a domino effect of progressive legislation across
Seven Tosa dogs who survived a devastating wildfire at a dog meat farm in South Korea, start a new life in the United States
SEOUL―Seven Tosa dogs―the sole survivors of a devastating wildfire that destroyed a dog meat farm in Andong, Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea where almost 700 dogs burned to death―have been flown to safety in the United States thanks to Humane World for Animals Korea, formerly known as Humane
Ahead of China’s Yulin dog meat ‘festival’, a new survey reveals most Yulin residents don’t eat dog or cat meat and say a ban would have no impact on their lives
BEIJING—Ahead of the Yulin dog meat ‘festival’ in south China beginning on 20 June to coincide with the summer solstice, a new consumer survey in the city shows that a super majority of Yulin residents (87.5%) never or rarely eat dog or cat meat and 88% say a ban on the dog and cat meat trade would
Umfrage zeigt: Mehrheit in Yulin, China, lehnt Hunde- und Katzenfleisch ab – Humane World for Animals sagt: „Der grausame Handel muss enden“
BERLIN/BEJING – Kurz vor dem Yulin-„Festival“ in Südchina, das am 20. Juni zum Sommeranfang beginnt, zeigt eine neue Umfrage in der Stadt, dass die überwältigende Mehrheit der Einwohner*innen (87,5 %) nie oder nur selten Hunde- oder Katzenfleisch isst. Zudem geben 88 % an, dass ein Verbot des Hunde-
In vista del “festival” della carne di cane di Yulin, un nuovo sondaggio svela che la maggior parte dei residenti non consuma carne di cane o gatto e afferma che un divieto non avrebbe alcun impatto sulla propria vita
PECHINO, Cina—In vista del cosiddetto “festival” della carne di cane di Yulin, nella Cina meridionale, che inizierà il 20 giugno, in concomitanza con il solstizio d’estate, un nuovo sondaggio tra i consumatori della città rivela che una netta maggioranza dei residenti di Yulin (l’87,5%) non consuma
Dogs rescued from South Korean dog meat farm arrive in Canada
MONTREAL, Québec—Today, Humane World for Animals Canada (formerly called Humane Society International/Canada) and Humane World Foundation Canada are welcoming 20 dogs rescued by the charity’s global and Korean team from a dog meat farm in Cheongju, South Korea. The dogs will receive critical
Ricky Gervais says Yulin dog meat festival is heart-breaking, as Humane Society International rescues ‘little Ricky’ dog in his honour
LONDON—Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais is urging people to get behind Humane Society International’s campaign to shut down China’s cruel dog and cat meat trade, including the infamous Yulin dog meat festival that takes place this week, on June 22. Despite officials denying that the Yulin dog meat
Stop alla crudeltà nei confronti degli animali: la voce di 20.000 italiani arriva fino a Yulin
MILANO—Un sondaggio condotto nel mese di giugno da Humane World for Animals Italia (precedentemente nota come Humane Society International/Europe), al quale hanno preso parte 976 sostenitori e sostenitrici su scala nazionale, rivela che porre fine al commercio di carne di cane e gatto è l’obiettivo
Dog lovers and their canine companions join Humane World for Animals Korea to launch “BoksRun at Bok Nal!” event ahead of Bok Nal season
SEOUL — Humane World for Animals Korea (formerly Humane Society International) has launched a public awareness campaign “BoksRun at Bok Nal!” to redefine Bok Nal — traditionally regarded as a time to consume boshintang (dog meat soup) — as a healthy and joyful day spent walking and running with