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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 calling on the federal government to ban the import of products of shark finning. Gabriel Wildgen

Humane Society International and other wildlife conservation and animal welfare groups are fighting to prevent five young elephants ( ages of four to eight) from being sent to a zoo in the United Arab Emirates from a privately owned game farms in Namibia. This action comes amid fears that forcibly

One week ahead of the controversial dog meat festival in Yulin, China on 21st June, a new survey conducted by Chinese state-registered charities and assisted by a team of six research staff from the Yulin Municipal Government, reveals that most people living in Yulin don’t regularly eat dog meat

Erika Fernández, presentadora de televisión, modelo y defensora apasionada de los animales, se ha convertido en la primera celebridad en México en apoyar la campaña #SéLibreDeCrueldad con el fin de prohibir a nivel federal las pruebas con animales para fines cosméticos. Humane Society International

Humane Society International/Vietnam praised Six Senses Ninh Van Bay for becoming the first resort in Vietnam to have its own free-range egg farm. The resort’s farm will help its customers learn about a more humane alternative to intensive confinement egg production. The new egg farm provides the

Update, June 16, 2017: Chinese activists have asked Humane Society International to help circulate video filmed yesterday (June 15) at Nanqiao market in Yulin, China showing Yulin law enforcement officers closing down dog meat stalls and enforcing the compromise sales ban. As HSI reported earlier, a

EU Member States have approved the inclusion of 12 additional animal and plant species on the European Union’s list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern. This list includes the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a species that is exploited by the fur industry and inappropriately marketed

MEDIA DOWNLOADS 영국 프레쉬 핸드메이드 코스메틱 브랜드 러쉬(LUSH)가 글로벌 베스트셀러 제품인 샴푸바 ‘뉴’를 리뉴얼 출시한다. 이는 잔인한 실험으로 희생되는 동물을 줄이기 위한 국제동물보호단체 ‘휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, 이하 HSI)’의 글로벌 캠페인과 온라인 서명의 참여를 독려하기 위함이다. (온라인 서명 www.endanimaltesting.org) 이를 위해 샴푸바 ‘뉴’에 캠페인의 공식 메시지인 #BeCrueltyFree를 소셜 미디어상에서 많이

Esta semana el Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México (CDMX), Miguel Ángel Mancera, firmó el decreto que reforma la Ley de Protección a los Animales, creando así la nueva Agencia de Atención Animal que servirá como eje rector de las políticas de bienestar animal. La nueva Agencia coordinará

Humane Society International is hailing an announcement by a major Japanese online retailer that it will ban all sales of elephant ivory. The move by Rakuten follows calls by animal protection and conservation groups including the Environmental Investigation Agency and HSI to take action to protect

International animal protection organisation Humane Society International and the Korean Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments are encouraging the country’s new administration to prioritise investment in more predictive, human-specific approaches to testing and medical research instead of

국제동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, HSI)과 한국동물실험대체법학회는 6일 ‘더 나은 국민보건과 환경보호를 위한 과학연구 지원 정책 제안’을 광화문1번가 국민인수위원회 측에 전달했다. 이번 제안서는 새 정부를 맞아 동물모델에 의존하는 것이 아닌 인간의 생체 현상 이해를 바탕으로 하는 장기칩(organs-on-a-chip), 컴퓨터 시스템 생물학 등 21세기 과학기술 발전에 기반을 둔 정책 채택과 예산지원을 촉구한다. 이는 유럽연합, 미국 등 주요 선진국들과 함께 보건

ヒューメイン・ソサイエティー・インターナショナル(Humane Society International, HSI) は、ここ最近のK-REACH( 化学物質登録及び評価等に関する法律) の改正や生活化学製品及び殺生物剤安全管理法の制定において、動物実験の代替法の更なる拡大を促進するという政府の意気込みに行動が伴わなかったことを指摘するために、韓国環境部に対して文書を提出した。HSI が提出したこのテクニカルな文書は、K-REACH における代替法採用の不合理な遅れや、無駄な動物実験の重複を防ぐために企業が既存のデータを購入することに対する障壁を浮き彫りにし、動物実験が「最終手段

국제동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널 (Humane Society International, HSI)은 환경부의 화학물질의 등록 및 평가 등에 관한 법률(이하, 화평법) 개정법률안과 생활화학제품 및 살생물제 안전관리법(이하, 살생물제법) 제정 입법예고안에 대하여 동물대체시험 확산과 지원을 위한 핵심적인 노력이 전혀 반영되지 않았음을 지적한 의견을 6일 제출했다. 정부는 입법예고에 대한 의견을 2월 6일까지 받고 있다. HSI가 제출한 의견의 주요내용은 유럽과 미국의 관련 법에서는 규정되어 있지만 국내 법안에서는 언급 정도에만

MEDIA DOWNLOADS Una redada a un local sospechoso de organizar peleas de perros en la comunidad de Purral en Costa Rica llevó al rescate de 15 perros severamente maltratados, muchos de los cuales mostraban claras marcas de peleas. El Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal de Costa Rica (SENASA) realizó el

Em um esforço para poupar a vida de milhares de animais do sofrimento desnecessário em testes de segurança para agroquímicos, considerados cruéis e obsoletos, a Top Model Fernanda Tavares se uniu a Humane Society International (HSI) e ao Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal para lançar uma

Humane Society International/Latinoamérica está ofreciendo una recompensa de hasta US$ 2,500 por información que lleve a la identificación, arresto y condena de los responsables del ataque que llevó a la muerte a Gustavito, el hipopótamo del Parque Zoológico Nacional de El Salvador. El caso: el

グアテマラの議会で、国中の動物の境遇を改善できる法令が投票により承認されるという歴史的な決定がなされた。立法機関がこのような法案を提出したのは初めてで、法案は2016 年にヒューメイン・ソサイエティー・インターナショナル(Humane Society International, HSI) と地元のパートナー団体が提案したものである。 法案作成時に地元の関係者との協議に参加したHSI ラテンアメリカのグローバル・フィールド・マネージャーのシンシア・デントは次のように述べている。「グアテマラの議会のこの投票は、動物にとって疑いようのない勝利であるだけではなく

MEDIA DOWNLOADS To mark World Spay Day, teams of volunteer veterinarians spayed and neutered 426 cats throughout Mexico City in a campaign supported by Humane Society International Mexico and executed by local organizations Cemegatos and Koncientizando. The campaign spanned from February 25 to March

Just a month ahead of the 2017 Canadian seal hunt, Switzerland has concluded a multi-year process of prohibiting its trade in products of commercial seal hunts with a decision adopted by the Swiss Federal Council on March 3, 2017. As of April 2017, trade in products of commercial, non-indigenous