More than 50 animals were rescued or cared for during the pilgrimage to the Basilica
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica—Humane Society International / Latin America, as a member of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Council (CONABA) of Costa Rica, participated in one of the four control posts that the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) placed in strategic places
HSI launches anti-cruelty programs in Quintana Roo, Mexico
CHETUMAL—Humane Society International, a leading animal welfare organization, signed agreements with the Biodiversity Institute and the Environmental Attorney General of Quintana Roo State in Mexico to set up anti-cruelty training programs and enhance capacity to respond to reports of animal cruelty. Anton
Lawsuit challenges Trump Administration’s trophy hunting council
Washington, DC— Conservation and animal protection groups sued the Trump administration today for illegally establishing the “International Wildlife Conservation Council,” an advisory panel stacked with people who have personal or financial interests in killing or importing rare or endangered animals from overseas
Majority of Nainital street dogs sterilized and vaccinated
Nainital—Humane Society International/India, with the help of Nagar Palika Parishad, Nainital and the participation of Nainital city residents, has successfully sterilized and vaccinated 279 street dogs in less than two months. The purpose of the drive was to conduct Animal Birth Control
Armed thieves, rabies-infected dog meat highlight dangers of Indonesia’s dog and cat meat trade as campaigners fear tourists could be at risk
JAKARTA—Campaigners from the Dog Meat-Free Indonesia coalition warn that millions of global tourists could be at risk of exposure to the deadly rabies virus spread by the county’s illegal dog and cat meat trade. The latest evidence concerning rabies risk comes in
Hubballi Forest officers sensitized on wildlife laws and protecting snakes this Nagpanchami
Hubbali—In a two-day capacity building workshop, Humane Society International/India sensitized officers of the Forest Department at Hubbali, Karnataka on the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the legal protection conferred to snakes. The workshop also touched upon breaking the myths around snakes during
Bhutan’s second dog population survey shows canine management program’s remarkable progress
THIMPHU—Humane Society International—in a joint project with the Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Royal Government of Bhutan—has conducted its second dog population survey in Bhutan since 2009, when the country’s National Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Project was
Hyderabad High Court impleads 17 elected representatives for deliberate violation of ban on cockfighting
HYDERABAD—The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad has impleaded at least 17 elected representatives of Andhra Pradesh for the deliberate violation of the ban on cockfighting as well as encouraging gambling and the sale of illicit liquor. Despite the Court reiterating the
“Bring your elephants back home,” HSI/India urges Yogi Adityanath
LUCKNOW—Humane Society International/India has written to the Honourable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath, urging him to take back the state elephant Rangmala and other elephants who have been transported illegally to Rajasthan’s Amer Fort. The elephants, who are now
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