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Adam Parascandola,HSI's Director of Animal Protection and Crisis Response, rescues Ava, a goldern retriever headed to Pennsylvania
Adam Parascandola, HSI's Director of Animal Protection and Crisis Response, rescues Ava, a golden retriever headed to Pennsylvania. Jean Chung for HSI
More than 170 dogs rescued from death row on South Korean dog meat farm just 2hrs drive from Pyeongchang Olympic stadium

MEDIA DOWNLOADS Animal rescuers from Humane Society International have saved more than 170 dogs languishing on a squalid dog meat farm in South Korea, a mere two hour drive from where the country will host the 2018 Winter Olympics in 10 weeks’

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Costa Rican wildlife rescue centers Rescate Animal ZooAve and Las Pumas receive international accreditation

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy and Humane Society International celebrated the accreditation of two Costa Rica-based wildlife rescue centers: Las Pumas and Rescate Animal ZooAve for high animal welfare standards. The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries granted the accreditation after

TOWIE’S Pete Wicks helps charity rescue more than 170 dogs from death row on South Korean dog meat farm

Animal rescuers from Humane Society International have saved more than 170 dogs languishing on a squalid dog meat farm in South Korea, and The Only Way Is Essex’s Pete Wicks joined the rescue team on what he described as one of the

HSI/UK calls on Defence Animal Centre to let retired military dogs live

Amidst growing public outcry that the Defence Animal Centre is planning to euthanize three retired military working dogs despite professional handlers offering to adopt them, Humane Society International/UK has urged the Centre to immediately reverse its decision. The following is a statement

New Code of Practice partially bans cruel veal crates

The National Farm Animal Care Council’s new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Calves represents both a first step towards improved farm animal welfare and a missed opportunity. The updated Code, released this week, phases out the use

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Brazilian food industry leaders meet to discuss animal welfare

Humane Society International hosted Brazil’s first corporate animal welfare roundtable, bringing together food industry leaders to discuss the cage-free egg movement in the country. In recent years, egg-laying hen welfare has become a priority corporate social responsibility issue for the food industry

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Chilean restaurant company Gastronomía y Negocios commits to improve hen and pig welfare in supply chain

Gastronomía y Negocios, a Chilean restaurant company that operates the popular chains Doggis, Juan Maestro, and Mamut, has committed to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs and crate-free pork in its entire supply chain in Chile by 2025. The company operates over 250 locations

Grupo Ráscal se compromete a comprar exclusivamente ovos livres de gaiolas

David Paul Morris São Paulo—O Grupo Ráscal, uma rede de restaurantes de alto padrão, que opera os restaurantes Ráscal, Cortés e Tuju, comprometeu-se a comprar exclusivamente ovos livres de gaiolas em toda a sua cadeia de abastecimento a partir de 2025. Essa

Hundreds of #BeCrueltyFree bunnies take to the streets of Santiago in support of cosmetic animal testing ban

SANTIAGO—Santiago residents on their way to work this week were greeted by several hundred stand-up paper bunnies urging them to support a proposed law to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Chile as well as the trade in cosmetics product and ingredients

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