Press Releases

The European Commission published its EU Strategy on Livestock with the goal of helping the animal agriculture sector become more crisis-resilient, globally competitive and sustainable. Humane World for Animals cautiously welcomes this Strategy, with its express commitments to advancing farmed animal welfare, but emphasises that it is crucial that intensive animal production does not carry on with business as usual.

BERLIN—Humane World for Animals Germany (formerly called Humane Society International) today launched the “mandate for animals” campaign and petition. Through this effort, the animal protection organization is calling on the CDU-led Bundesregierung (Germany’s federal government) to  take citizens’ will on animal welfare seriously and translate their preferences and demands into concrete political action.

BRUSSELS―Walk into a supermarket in much of Europe today and you can see what many people want for farmed animals: more eggs from cage-free hens, more plant-based options and more higher-welfare choices.

GLOBAL—Major tournaments in global sport bring people together, but at the same time they can also increase noise levels, consumerism and pressure on animals.

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI), the exclusive owner of the “Milano Fashion Week®” trademark, announced today that it will no longer promote fur at any official Milan Fashion Week event, including on social media.

Germany is a nation of animal welfare. This is a central finding of the Humane World for Animals Animal Welfare Barometer, published for the first time today.

To demonstrate global solidarity to end Indonesia’s brutal dog and cat meat trade, animal campaigners in 11 cities and across five continents, submitted today a 700,000-signature petition to the Indonesian Embassy / Consulate.

Ahead of the global release of “Michael”, the biographical film on the life of Michael Jackson, Humane World for Animals (formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International) says the film’s benign portrayal of wild animals kept as pets — particularly a chimpanzee called Bubbles — could lead to a worrying increase in demand.

BRUSSELS/ROME—Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Animal Welfare, has responded to the 53 Members of the European Parliament who in February sent him a letter urging him to respect the will of more than 1.5 million supporters of the European Citizens’ Initiative “Fur Free Europe.”