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Brutal training and fake “rescues” fuel the dogfighting business in Italy
ROME, Italy—Dogfighting remains widespread across Italy—not only in the South—in part due to fake “rescues,” which criminals exploit as a means to transport fighting dogs from one region to another.
A middle school educational program in Rome, Italy targets dogfighting
ROME—Fourteen students from a private school in Rome, Zaveria Cassia Institute, recently took part in a training session on dogfighting. This educational event was organized by Humane World for Animals Italy (formerly called Humane Society International) and Fondazione Cave Canem as part of the “Io non combatto” project.
Mass killing of animals and lack of transparency: new parliamentary questions seek clarity on the future of mink still confined on Italian fur farms
ROME—Humane World for Animals Italy (formerly called Humane Society International) welcomes the submission of new parliamentary questions, in both the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, regarding the fate of mink still confined in cages that were once used as fur farms in the country.
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Animals still being tested for nothing in the EU, new findings show
Animals are still being forced to endure chemical safety tests that do nothing to better protect people or the environment, according to new peer-reviewed findings from the Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration, founded by animal
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“It should be illegal”: Scottish public “shocked” by cruelty of caging mother pigs
EDINBURGH―Demonstrating local support for a ban on farrowing crates, public reactions filmed in Scotland by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly Humane Society International) found people “sad” and “shocked” to learn how mother pigs can be tightly confined
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UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India host Telangana’s first-ever conference on animal-inclusive disaster risk reduction
HYDERABAD, Telangana—In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the state, UNICEF and Humane World for Animals India (formerly called Humane Society International India), in collaboration with the Telangana State Disaster Management Authority, jointly hosted a one-day conference on animal-inclusive dis
Humane Travel: New Orleans
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Farm Animal Welfare: Science & Research
Michael Jackson movie raises concerns with its portrayal of wild animals as pets, says Humane World for Animals
Campaigners react in horror as the first fin whales are killed in Iceland’s whale hunt this year despite global ban
Campaigners at Humane World for Animals have today reacted in horror at the killing of the first two fin whales in Iceland’s 2026 hunt. Iceland’s whaling ships are allowed to kill up to 318 fin and minke whales in defiance of the global moratorium on commercial whaling.
Update on our involvement with G.A.P.
Humane World for Animals has stepped down from its position on the board of directors for Global Animal Partnership, a seat that we have held since the group was formed in 2008.
Elephant feet footstools and bear paw slippers: International photo exhibition exposing macabre wildlife trade arrives at Argentina’s National Congress
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Politicians, wildlife experts and the public gathered today at the National Congress Chamber of Deputies for the opening ceremony of the photography exhibition “Still Life.
STATEMENT: Momentum builds to retire Oregon Primate Research Center animals
WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, offered the following statements on news reports