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SEOUL, South Korea—Humane Society International/Korea welcomes the introduction of the Act on the Vitalization of Development, Dissemination, and Use of Alternatives to Animal Testing Methods (VAAM Act). Assembly member Jeoung Ae Han and 12 other National Assembly members introduced the measure on

LONDON—The UK risks falling behind on animal welfare as California’s ban on fur sales has now officially taken effect, warns animal charity Humane Society International/UK. While fur farming has been banned on ethical grounds across the UK since the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Acts came into force in

LONDON—Shocking footage showing fur-farmed foxes in Finland with weeping and swollen infected eyes and ears; injured and bloodied tails; and deformed, splayed feet has been released by animal protection groups Oikeutta eläimille and Humane Society International/UK. The footage also shows obese

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, México— Humane Society International México (HSI/México), organización líder mundial en protección animal, felicita al Congreso de la Ciudad de México por aprobar reformas al Código Penal para el Distrito Federal, la Ley de Protección Animal y la Ley de Cultura Cívica de la Ciudad

MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Humane Society International/ Mexico, a world-leading animal protection organization, congratulates the Congress of Mexico City for approving reforms to the Penal Code for the Federal District, the Animal Protection Law and the Civic Culture Law of Mexico City to deter and end

ROMA—È stata pubblicata oggi da Humane Society International/Europe e Fondazione CAVE CANEM ONLUS, promotrici del progetto IO NON COMBATTO, fornire gli strumenti necessari al contrasto del fenomeno dei combattimenti tra cani alle Forze di Polizia e a figure professionali chiave, quali medici

BRUSSELS—Marking the sixth anniversary of the killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter, animal and nature protection NGOs, members of the European Parliament, and conservation experts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya are calling on the EU to ban the import of hunting trophies. In

Dalian, CHINA—Chinese animal activists worked through the night with local police in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui to intercept a truck packed with 260 puppies and 22 adult dogs in such appalling conditions that one activist called it a “truck from hell.” The driver of the truck had taken

WASHINGTON, DC—Humane Society International announced today that Save Ralph has been nominated for best Public Service & Activism video in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital

SEOUL—On this World Day for Animals in Laboratories, Humane Society International/Korea is releasing a Korean version of its stop-motion animated short film #SaveRalph to rally citizen and political support for the passage of a groundbreaking new law to advance animal-free approaches in science and

CAPE TOWN—The High Court of the Western Cape has handed down judgment in the application for an interim interdict against the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE) 2022 hunting and export quotas for leopard, black rhino and elephant. The application for relief was brought by

LONDON—The public’s use of glue traps to catch mice and rats will be banned across England after a government-backed Private Members Bill received unanimous support during its third and final reading today in the House of Lords. The ban has been welcomed by animal charity Humane Society

BERLIN—Die Weltnaturschutzunion (IUCN) Ethics Specialist Group hat die Bundesregierung in einem Brief aufgefordert, aus ethischen, ökologischen und rechtlichen Gründen die Praxis der Trophäenjagdimporte zu beenden. Unterstützung erhält sie dabei nicht nur von 14 Tier- und Artenschutzverbänden, die

WASHINGTON, DC—Save Ralph, the star-studded anti-animal testing film by Humane Society International that became a viral sensation last year, has been named best Public Service & Activism (Branded) video in the 26th Annual Webby Awards in both juried and people’s voice categories. The stop-motion

BERLIN—Die weltweit aktive Tierschutzorganisation Humane Society International (HSI) unterstützt die Ankündigung von Umweltministerin Steffi Lemke, den Import von Jagdtrophäen geschützter Tierarten nach Deutschland einzuschränken. Die Weltnaturschutzunion (IUCN) Ethics Specialist Group hatte

SEOUL—The South Korean government taskforce deliberating a ban on the country’s dog meat industry has announced a delay of two months in publishing its recommendations. Humane Society International/Korea, which has rescued more than 2,500 dogs from South Korea’s dog meat industry, says opinion polls

SAN JOSÉ EL RODEO, Guatemala—Los habitantes de la aldea San José El Rodeo y sus animales, tanto de compañía como de granja, fueron los protagonistas del primer simulacro de evacuación enfocado en el tema de protección animal que se realiza en Guatemala, ante una eventual erupción del volcán Pacaya

LONDON—New U.K. national polling from the #DontBetrayAnimals campaign, backed by a group of 14 of the country’s leading animal protection charities including Humane Society International/UK, shows British voters want to see the government deliver on its promise to protect animals. Polling comes

WASHINGTON—Trophy hunters have killed two of Botswana’s biggest elephants. They belonged to the few remaining “hundred-pounder” elephants—elephants with at least one tusk weighing 100 pounds—of which there are said to be fewer than 40 left in the whole of Africa. They were critically important for