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Statement on bill to kill street dogs and cats in Türkiye

Update, 9 August: The amendments to Animal Protection Law No.

Reward offered in Brattleboro, Vermont, for information on puppy thrown in dumpster and left for dead

This press release was updated at 11:53 a.m. EST on July 24, 2024.

Farm animal welfare
Court upholds Massachusetts farm animal protection law
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India
Landmark decision spares animals in India from obsolete testing for veterinary vaccines

INDIA—In a significant move, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has made a progressive amendment and waived off the Target Animal Batch Safety Test (TABST)

Legs that might have carried an African elephant from one watering hole to another sit on a dolly in the National Wildlife Property Repository as step stool trophies. Roughly 100 years ago, an estimated 10 million elephants roamed Africa. Now it’s a little over 415,000.

Britta Jaschinski

Legs that might have carried an African elephant from one watering hole to another sit on a dolly in the National Wildlife Property Repository as step stool trophies. Roughly 100 years ago, an estimated 10 million elephants roamed Africa. Now it’s a little over 415,000.
Banning trophy hunting Poland Europe
Exhibition urges Poland to ban hunting trophy imports from endangered species

WARSAW, Poland

South Korea
With South Korea’s first Bok Nal since the dog meat ban, dog farmers should capitalize on the plant-based boom and switch to crop growing instead, says HSI/Korea

SEOUL—More than 20 Korean animal protection groups and hundreds of citizens are expected to gather in Seoul on July 13 to

Dog and cat welfare United States
Reward offered in Macon, Georgia, for puppy found dumped and tortured

MACON, Georgia—The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for throwing a puppy off of a bridge in Macon, Georgia.

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A Humane World is the official blog of Humane World for Animals—a first-hand account of our ongoing efforts to protect animals, as told by our president and CEO, Kitty Block.

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