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Access to care for pets Almost 100,000 pets in Ukraine will have received lifesaving aid by end of 2024, thanks to Humane Society International and Ukrainian Red Cross war response

BRUSSELS―Animal protection charity Humane Society International and humanitarian agency the Ukrainian Red Cross will reach their goal of having helped 100,000 dogs, cats and other pets and 40,000 pet

Big cats' heads as trophies, stacked on shelves.
Banning trophy hunting Breaking: Belgium bans the import of hunting trophies

BRUSSELS—In a momentous triumph for wildlife conservation and animal welfare, Belgium’s Parliament sealed a landmark decision today by voting unanimously in favour of the Minister of Climate, the

New publication exposes Europe’s failure to uphold legal requirement of chemical testing on animals as a ‘last resort’

BRUSSELS—A new paper published this month in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology by Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Innospec and other members of the Animal-Free Safety Assessment Collaboration has

Wolves in Europe under threat as European Commission seeks to downgrade legal protections

BRUSSELS—Today the European Commission has announced that it will be taking steps to reduce legal protections for wolves in the EU. To achieve this, they will propose the downgrading of the wolf’s

European Commission fails to deliver death blow to fur farming despite huge public support for an EU-wide ban on fur farming

BRUSSELS—Animal protection group Humane Society International/Europe has called “inexcusable” the European Commission’s failure today to recommend an EU-wide fur farming ban in response to the 1.5

Campaigning to ban fur farming
EU animal groups and MEPs gather at European Parliament to expose fur farm suffering and call for an EU-wide fur farming ban

BRUSSELS―With just a week to go before the European Commission is due to deliver its formal response to the European Citizens’ Initiative petition for an EU-wide fur farming ban, animal protection

De Kuyper Royal Distillers embarks on a mission for responsible egg sourcing

BRUSSELS—De Kuyper Royal Distillers has become one of the first distillers globally to announce a commitment for the responsible sourcing of eggs. As early as 2011, the Dutch manufacturer of distilled

Banning trophy hunting France moves closer to prohibiting imports of hunting trophies from protected species

PARIS—A cross-party bill proposal to ban the import of hunting trophies of protected species into France by Ecologist MP Sandra Regol with the support of Renaissance MP Corinne Vignon, Chair of the

Farm animal welfare Fast-food giants make first steps towards chicken welfare in Romania and Poland

BRUSSELS— The first-ever evaluation of chicken welfare among 16 fast-food brands in Poland and Romania reveals that the fast-food industry in Eastern Europe is taking its first steps towards

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