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Animal testing and research
Canada’s Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act clears Senate

OTTAWA—Canada has reached the half-way mark in becoming a cruelty-free cosmetics market with a final endorsement of Bill S-214, the Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act, by the Senate.

Over 50 dogs and puppies saved from a horrific South Korean dog meat farm are now safe and Montreal-bound

HSI/Canada and Chiots Nordiques head to remote community of La Romaine for second spay-neuter clinic of the season

Puppy mills
HSI/Canada celebrates placement of all remaining dogs rescued in March from a South Korean dog meat farm

Puppy mills
STATEMENT: Humane Society International/Canada calls on the Quebec government to stop animal abuse

Wildlife protection
Canadians have spoken: ban strychnine and other deadly poisons now before another animal dies in agony

MONTREAL—As federal consultations on the use of strychnine come to a close – and following the recent highly publicized tragic deaths of two family dogs, Rue and

‘Free Willy’ Bill banning captivity of whales and dolphins clears Senate

OTTAWA – Canada has reached the halfway mark in prohibiting the captivity of whales and dolphins in Canada with the majority of Senators voting in support of Bill S-203, Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act.

Unilever backs global effort to ban animal testing for cosmetics

Raccoon dog to be included on EU list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern

European Union urged to make shifting diets from meat consumption to plant-based alternatives an urgent policy priority

Going fur-free
Czech Republic bans fur farming, saving 20,000 animals a year

The Czech Republic has today become the 14th country globally to completely ban fur farming, sparing around 20,000 foxes and minks every year who would otherwise spend their lives in cramped, barren cages and suffer painful deaths by gassing or electrocution.

Animal fighting
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.

European Parliament urges action on the transit of whale meat via EU ports

Banning trophy hunting
Wildlife protection groups criticize decision to reopen trophy hunting of brown bears and wolves in Romania

EU Parliament vote misses important opportunity to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from lethal fishing gear entanglement

HSI statement on European Parliament cetacean bycatch vote

INR 1,00,000 reward offered for nabbing elephant tusk thief in Thrissur
Government notifies historic animal protection rules

Reward of 50,000 INR offered for nabbing monitor lizard abusers in Tamil Nadu
INR 50,000 reward offered for nabbing dog killer in Noida, India