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European Commission will start supporting plant-based diets in new Farm to Fork Strategy, but “chickened out” of removing EU funding for meat promotion

BRUSSELS—The European Commission will promote a shift to planet-friendly plant-based diets, according to its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy published today. As well as tackling climate impacts of

Sostegno ai giornalisti attaccati dall’industria della carne

Animal Equality Italia, CIWF Italia, ENPA, Essere Animali, Greenpeace Italia, Humane Society International Italia, LAV, Legambiente esprimono massima solidarietà a Sabrina Giannini, conduttrice di

Wildlife protection Dr. Jane Goodall “absolutely shocked” that EU at CITES may oppose ending cruel trade in wild-caught baby elephants

GENEVA–World-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall Ph.D., DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace, has issued a heart-felt plea to the European Union not to overturn a

Stars Demand EU Action at CITES to End Cruel Trade in Wild-Caught Elephants

GENEVA–Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Leona Lewis, Dame Judi Dench, Alesha Dixon, Evanna Lynch, Bryan Adams, Virginia McKenna OBE, Thandie Newton, Pamela Anderson, Peter Egan, and Jenny Seagrove are among

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Animal charity condemns the resumption of ‘barbaric bloodsport’ bullfighting in Mallorca

Brussels - Bullfighting has returned to the Balearic Islands in Spain. The cruel spectacle, held at Mallorca's Coliseo Balear on Friday 9 th August, came in the wake of a Spanish Constitutional Court

Consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups urge MEPs to reject proposals to ban plant-based foods producers from using terms like “veggie burger” or “vegan sausage”

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Consumer, environmental and animal welfare organisations have come together to call on the new Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Wildlife protection Humane Society International welcomes EU-Vietnam trade deal as a tool to tackle illegal wildlife trade

Brussels - Humane Society International/Europe and Humane Society International/Vietnam have cautiously welcomed the signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in Hanoi on Sunday 30 June. While

HSI hails European Union for a decade of saving baby seals

BRUSSELS—Humane Society International celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the historic European Union ban on trade in commercial seal products. The EU ban, a watershed event in the global campaign

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New EU fisheries legislation falls short in preventing needless deaths of dolphins, porpoises and whales

STRASBOURG (16 April 2019)—At the European Parliament’s final plenary session before the EU elections, MEPs voted in favour of a new Regulation on the conservation of fishery resources and the

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