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Wildlife protection Celebrities call on the European Union to protect giraffes from wildlife trade

BRUSSELS—Alesha Dixon, Martin Clunes OBE, Deborah Meaden, Anneka Rice, Susan George, Virginia McKenna OBE, Brian Blessed OBE, Fiona Shaw CBE, Steve Backshall and Lucy Watson have written to EU

Wildlife protection Animal conservation groups unite to urge the European Union to protect giraffes from wildlife trade

BRUSSELS—International animal conservation and protection organisations -- the Born Free Foundation, Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Pro Wildlife, Animal Defenders

EU must help animal farmers transition to plant-crop farming to benefit from plant-based boom, experts tell MEPs

Brussels – European Union policy makers are being urged to help farmers transition away from animal agriculture and towards plant-crop farming in order to capitalise on the growing trend in plant

Humane Society International praises European vaccine authority for scrapping obsolete animal test for whooping cough prevention

BRUSSELS—Last week the European Pharmacopoeia Commission announced its decision to modernize Europe’s accepted process for safety assessment of vaccines for pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough

At COP24, Humane Society International provides policy recommendations for moving towards plant-based diets

KATOWICE, Poland–At the United Nations’ global climate change conference, COP24, animal welfare charity Humane Society International and Israeli environmental organization Green Course held an

Farmed animal welfare On World Egg Day, HSI welcomes global progress towards cage-free production

Friday, Oct. 12 is World Egg Day and while the majority of egg-laying hens in the world are confined to barren cages for nearly their entire lives, Humane Society International, a global animal

Spanish Balearic Islands votes to eliminate bullfighting

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands has voted in favour of legislative measures to make it impossible to hold bullfights or bull fiestas in this autonomous community.

World Oceans Day event honours conservationist Rob Stewart’s memory, calls on federal government to ban products of shark finning

At an event held ahead of World Oceans Day (June 8), along with Lush Cosmetics and the family of the late Canadian filmmaker and conservationist, Rob Stewart, Humane Society International/Canada is

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