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Healthy Pets, Healthier Community program launches in Struisbraai and Bredasdorp, helping hundreds of dogs and cats

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Animal protection organization Humane Society International/Africa has launched its Healthy Pets, Healthier Community pilot program in Struisbraai and Bredasdorp, Cape Agulhas

Farmed animal welfare Hotel Verde commits to a 100% crate-free pork supply chain

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Hotel Verde has committed to exclusively source pork from suppliers who do not confine soon-to-be mother pigs in crates. With this announcement, Hotel Verde joins the growing

Banning trophy hunting Official judgment handed down granting interim interdict against 2022 trophy hunting quotas

CAPE TOWN—The High Court of the Western Cape has handed down judgment in the application for an interim interdict against the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE) 2022

Banning trophy hunting High Court grants urgent interim relief pending judgment against 2022 trophy hunting quotas

CAPE TOWN—Today, the High Court of the Western Cape granted urgent interim relief pending the judgment of the interim interdict against the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s

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Wildlife protection Banning trophy hunting 75,504 global citizens urge Minister Creecy to finalise plans for a New Deal for People and Wildlife

A weighty 75,504 global citizens (including at least 9,011 voices from South Africa) are calling on Minister Barbara Creecy and her Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) to

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Wildlife protection HSI/Liberia helps empower law enforcers to combat wildlife crime

Humane Society International/Liberia, in collaboration with Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA), recently convened a two-day wildlife law enforcement training for members of the country’s

Banning trophy hunting Another majestic lion was killed in Zimbabwe, allegedly by an American hunter

WASHINGTON—A majestic lion named Mopane was allegedly killed by an American hunter outside of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe last week. Mopane’s death has sparked international outcry with details

Research collaboration aims to improve well-being for elephants and co-existence with people

CAPE TOWN—Humane Society International/Africa (HSI/Africa) and the Elephant Reintegration Trust (ERT) have joined forces in a research project that could change the way that elephants are managed in

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