Grupo Takami to source exclusively cage-free eggs
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA—Under its new animal welfare and sustainability initiative, Colombian restaurant group Grupo Takami announced that by 2022, its supply chain will use 100 percent cage-free eggs. This includes shell eggs, processed eggs and products that contain eggs. Grupo Takami—which operates Central
Three Indian owls rescued from wildlife trafficking racket
BANGALORE, India—Karnataka Forest Department’s Chikkaballapur Division Officers, under the direction of DCF Dr. Manjunath I.F.S, rescued three Indian eagle-owls (Bubo bengalensis) from traffickers of the Hakki-pikki tribe about six kilometres from Chintamani town. It is suspected the animals were to be sold
Chihuahua State passes strong dogfighting legislation
CHIHUAHUA—Humane Society International welcomes the passage of a bill to penalize a host of activities related to dogfighting in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Congresswoman Nadia Xóchitl Siqueiros Loera introduced the bill during a ceremony attended by HSI in August. Dogfighting became
Humane Society International and Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare hold a citizen forum to mobilize the public for the revision of the Japanese Animal Welfare Act
We're working to impact the revision of the Animal Welfare Act. istock Tokyo—Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare and Humane Society International held a Citizen Forum on Monday, February 12th, to build momentum toward the forthcoming revision of the Act on Welfare and
Animal protection groups welcome denouncement of captive-bred or “canned" lion hunts from one of the largest U.S. trophy hunting clubs
Johannesburg—Humane Society International and Blood Lions® welcome the announcement by U.S pro-trophy hunting group Safari Club International that it will no longer allow the promotion or auctioning of hunts involving African lions bred and shot in captivity. SCI says that canned hunting
More than 130,000 signatures to ban cruel horse evisceration fiesta in Yucatan
Mexico City—More than 130,000 people are joining with Humane Society International Mexico in calling for a ban of Torneo del Lazo, a horse evisceration spectacle in Yucatan, Mexico. Torneo del Lazo is a bloody and archaic spectacle that takes place throughout the
Three-Day Animal Law Training Program to be held in Coimbatore
Humane Society International/India in collaboration with Coimbatore-based animal welfare organization Humane Animal Society is conducting a three-day animal law training program to more than 30 animal welfare activists in the city. The program is tailor-made for practicing animal welfare activists, and will
Crepes & Waffles joins global cage-free egg movement
BOGOTA, Colombia—Crepes & Waffles, Colombia’s leading restaurant company, with approximately 165 locations, announced its commitment to source exclusively cage-free eggs (shell and processed) by 2025. This policy follows discussions with Humane Society International and other animal protection organizations. In Colombia, approximately 75
VIDEO: Sickening animal cruelty at Indonesia’s “extreme” markets where dogs and cats are bludgeoned and blow-torched alive
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byE8jVOeGQ[/embed] LONDON—The Indonesian government is being urged to shut down the country’s brutally cruel live animal markets, where thousands of dogs and cats a week are bludgeoned in public, blow-torched whilst still alive, and butchered for eating. Local authorities and tour operators
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