Diana Rodriguez
Where are the best and worst countries to be a street dog this World Stray Animal Day?
WASHINGTON―In advance of World Stray Animal Day on 4 April, Humane World for Animals (formerly called Humane Society International) selects the five best and worst countries to be a dog living on the streets.
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Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge Liberia celebrates 11-year anniversary of caring for former laboratory chimps
MONROVIA―Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge Liberia, based in Margibi County and with a set of estuarine sanctuary islands in the Farmington and Grand Bassa rivers, is celebrating 11 years of caring for dozens of very special chimps.
Don Getty
U.S. House passes bill allowing toxic lead ammunition and tackle, raising health risks for animals and people
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 215 to 202, largely on party lines, to support a bill that would substantially increase the risk of harmful lead exposure to both animals and humans from spent hunting ammunition or abandoned fishing tackle on federal lands and water.
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Reforms to modernize drug testing continue at Food and Drug Administration
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made further progress toward replacing animal use in testing with suitable non-animal methods.
Juho Kerola
First ever Icelandic fur farm exposé highlights urgent need for UK Government action to end involvement in brutal fur trade
LONDON―Campaigners at Humane World for Animals UK (formerly called Humane Society International UK) are calling on the UK Government to act swiftly to end the import and sale of fur as the first ever undercover investigation at fur farms in Iceland reveals shocking levels of animal suffering
Juho Kerola
Calls for Icelandic fur farm ban as first ever exposé reveals shocking suffering
The Icelandic government is under pressure to ban fur farming after the first ever fur farm undercover investigation in the country reveals shocking levels of animal suffering including animals with large wounds or infections, dead animals left in cages, mink covered in blood and confined in smal
80,000 EU citizens sign letter to Commissioner Várhelyi calling for an EU-wide fur farming ban
BRUSSELS – A letter signed by more than 80,000 EU citizens was submitted today in Brussels by Humane World for Animals Europe to Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, calling for an EU-wide ban on fur farming and the sale of fur products across the European Union.
Chloe Emond-Lane
Amazing survival of Phoenix the dog who escaped death during a fire at a South Korean dog meat farm and found a family in Canada
QUEBEC, Canada―Phoenix the dog quite literally rose from the ashes when she survived a devastating fire at a dog meat farm in South Korea, narrowly escaped being sold back into the meat trade and was luckily saved and flown overseas by Humane World for Animals where she found safety and love with
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