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HSI/Canada helps rescue 200 dogs from horrific South Korean dog meat farm

MONTREAL – Humane Society International/Canada is shining a global spotlight on the connection between South Korea’s cruel puppy mill trade and the dog meat industry by helping to rescue 200 dogs a

Ending the dog and cat meat trade worldwide Puppy mills South Korea
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.

Tiger found caged in an abandoned Houston home yesterday has a better life ahead at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch

MURCHISON, TexasYesterday officials from BARC (the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoptions Center) found an abandoned tiger in a

Viet Nam
Coalition of global animal welfare groups urges international companies to help end bloody “pig chopping” ritual in Vietnam

NEM THUONG, BAC NINH, Vietnam — Animal welfare campaigners are urging global companies such as Samsung and Canon to take a strong stand against a gruesome Lunar New Year festival i

Global
VIDEO: Remarkable rescue of Indian street puppies stuck in tar for more than eight hours

KERALA, India – Eight puppies who were found covered in thick tar on the streets of Tirur, India had a lucky escape when the local community rallied for hours in a desperate bid to save them.

Europe
Humane Society International praises European vaccine authority for scrapping obsolete animal test for whooping cough prevention

BRUSSELS—Last week the European Pharmacopoeia Commission announced its decision to modernize Europe’s accepted process for safety assessment of vaccines for pertussis, commonly known as whooping co

Canada
Humane Society International/Canada commends new science-backed Canada Food Guide

MONTREAL – Humane Society International/Canada commends Health Canada for staying true to its promise of letting evidence, not industry, inform the latest

Global
India’s first government centre on alternatives to animal use in biomedical research to be established by Indian Council of Medical Research

NEW DELHI -- In a historic move to advance both human medical progress and move away from reliance on monkeys, dogs and other animals as models of human disease, the Indian Council of Medical Resea

Banning trophy hunting
Undercover investigation exposes illegal wildlife items at Safari Club International’s 2019 convention

WASHINGTON – An undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the

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