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MILAN, Italy—Martina Pluda, director of Humane World for Animals Italy (formerly called Humane Society International Italy), has been named one of Forbes Italy’s 100 Women Leaders of 2025. The magazine is known for its focus on leading figures of change. For the eighth consecutive year, the

MYSORE, Karnataka, India—The District Surveillance Unit, District Health and Family Welfare office, Mysure district, along with Humane World for Animals India (formerly called Humane Society International India) and The Liana Trust, have successfully trained 100% of the district’s Community Health

VICENZA, Italy —Martina Pluda, director for Italy at Humane Society International/Europe, states the following regarding the announcement by IEG Italian Exhibition Group SpA to discontinue HIT Show, the hunting fair: “I welcome the decision by IEG Italian Exhibition Group SpA to no longer organize

NEW DELHI—On World Animal Day, Humane Society International/India and People for Animals have jointly launched a multi-state billboard campaign as they continue to demand an amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Started in 2016, the #NoMore50 campaign seeks an amendment of

BRUSSELS— Just one year following the adoption of a groundbreaking resolution by the European Parliament to reduce the use of animals in scientific experiments asking the European Commission “to set reduction goals […]through a more proactive implementation of the current regulations on the safety

BEIJING—Chinese animal activists have released shocking footage of dead and dying dogs and cats on a truck crammed with 1,408 animals being trafficked for the meat trade in China. Three hundred and seventy dogs and cats perished on board, or shortly after removal from, what activists are calling the

BERLIN—Im Zuge eines Parlamentarischen Abends in Berlin haben gestern sieben Tier- und Artenschutzorganisationen ein neues Rechtsgutachten vorgestellt. Dieses zeigt auf, dass eine Positivliste für Heimtiere dringend notwendig ist und in Deutschland rechtskonform umgesetzt werden könnte. Die Tier-

ROMA—Mercoledì 12 ottobre, la Conferenza Stato-Regioni è stata convocata per esprimere il proprio Parere allo schema di Decreto del Ministro delle Politiche Agricole, di concerto con i Ministri della Salute e della Transizione Ecologica recante “Criteri e modalità di corresponsione dell’indennizzo a

BRUXELLES—La Coalizione italiana End the Cage Age accoglie con favore la decisione della Commissione Europea di anticipare la revisione delle norme europee per il benessere animale dal quarto al terzo trimestre del 2023, così come emerge dal programma di lavoro adottato il 18 ottobre. Un

BRUSSELS—Humane Society International/Europe welcomes the European Commission's decision to bring forward its legislative proposals to revise EU animal welfare rules from the fourth to the third quarter of 2023. This decision—outlined in the Commission’s work programme for 2023 presented earlier

MEXICO CITY, Mexico—RIU Hotels Group, with 100 locations in over 20 countries, announced its commitment to implement a fully cage-free procurement policy for all types of eggs utilized by its hotels around the globe by the end of 2025. The hotel group has been working with Humane Society

MEXICO CITY—To provide tools to adequately respond to reports of animal abuse as well as in cases of emergencies and disasters, Humane Society International/Mexico conducted a training session for members of the Animal Vigilance Brigade within the collaboration agreement signed with the Secretariat

ROMA—Il tema della caccia al trofeo è tornato sull’agenda politica italiana con la nuova presentazione, da parte dell’On. Michela Vittoria Brambilla (Gruppo Misto), della Parlamento europeo ha approvato una risoluzione che chiede di vietare in tutta l’UE l’importazione di trofei di caccia di specie

ROMA— Una nuova indagine , realizzata dal team investigativo di Essere Animali e diffusa dalla coalizione italiana End the Cage Age, documenta le condizioni di due allevamenti di quaglie situati in Lombardia e Veneto, le regioni italiane con il maggior numero di allevamenti di questa specie

SEOUL, South Korea—More than half of South Koreans in their 20s who have consumed dog meat in the past year, felt social pressure to do so from influential seniors such as their father or senior colleagues at work, a new survey finds. While the majority of respondents in this age group did not

LONDON—Animal advocate and much-loved TV regular Dr. Amir Khan has joined with animal protection organisation Humane Society International/UK to front a short film exposing the cruelty of the trophy hunting industry. In the film, Khan explains why the UK’s proposed ban on hunting trophy imports—due