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Banning trophy hunting United Kingdom
Last chance to save Bill to ban UK imports of hunting trophies following hijack by a small group of pro-hunting policymakers

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Wildlife protection Banning trophy hunting Africa
BREAKING: Elephant is shot eight times during unlawful hunt in Limpopo Province, South Africa

CAPE TOWN—Humane Society International has learned about a male elephant who was killed in a deeply distressing and tragic trophy hunt at a local game reserve on September 3, 2023, in the Limpopo P

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Mexico
Mexican authorities attend trainings to combat extreme cases of animal cruelty

The Humane Society of the United States helps hundreds of animals and their families recover from Hurricane Idalia

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Humane Society of the United States is on the ground in Florida helping animals and communities impacted by the deadly Hurricane Idalia.

Going fur-free
Columbus fashion council announces fur-free policy ahead of Fashion Week Columbus 2023

Columbus, OH – The Columbus Fashion Council is taking a stand against the use of animal fur in fashion and will no longer allow the use of fur products in the council’s events, in

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Europe
Iceland will allow commercial whaling to resume in 'devastating rejection of once-in-a-generation opportunity to end slaughter at sea'

HSI Wild Asian elephants in Viet Nam. Images captured by camera traps as part of HSI Viet Nam's project to monitor the wild population and humanely mitigate human-elephant conflict.
Viet Nam
New camera trap IDs for Viet Nam’s endangered elephants could help turn human-elephant conflict into human-elephant coexistence

A man in scrubs holding a camera gestures while speaking to another person in scrubs in front of a vibrant, jungle-themed mural

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Latin America
Hundreds of animal welfare professionals attend workshop to better investigate and prosecute crimes against animals

Statement on horse deaths at Saratoga Race Course

WASHINGTON—Following the recent spate of horse deaths at the Saratoga Race Course this summer, Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States released the following

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