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Aid for animals in Lebanon
Erin Van Voorhies Street dog in India.
India
Dog vaccination camp conducted in Dopenatti village

DHARWAD—On the occasion of World Dog Day, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AH&VS) at Dharwad, Dharwad division of the Karnataka Forest Department and Humane Society International/India (HSI/India), an animal protection organisation, joined hands to conduct a vaccination camp to

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Play games, save animals
Tikki Hywood Trust Pangolin in the wild
Wildlife protection United States
U.S. agrees to decide pangolin protections

WASHINGTON—Under a new legal agreement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The agreement, approved today by a federal judge, requires the agency to decide

Making plant-based food

Lance Murphey

Tasty and healthy!
Farmed animal welfare India
Ambala Institute of Hotel Management adopts animal welfare policy

AMBALA—Ambala Institute of Hotel Management has committed to incorporate animal welfare-friendly practices in its operations by 2022, following a two-day culinary workshop organized by Humane Society International/India. The institute serves 43,000 meals annually, and will replace 30% of all meat, dairy and

Anton Van Niekerk/for HSI JJ van Altena mixes elephant immunocontraceptive vaccine and injects it into darts, as Audrey Delsink of HSI assists. South Africa, August 2020
South Africa
Immunocontraception a vital tool for the future of humane elephant management, says Humane Society International

CAPE TOWN—This World Elephant Day, Humane Society International/Africa is celebrating the treatment of its 34th population of African elephants using the immunocontraception vaccine as a humane population growth control method. This brings the total number of females under treatment in South Africa

Chris Upton/Alamy Stock Photo
South Africa
World Lion Day sees South Africa tarnished by captive lion industry

CAPE TOWN—South Africa is not a good place for lions today, on World Lion Day—and it won’t be tomorrow either, with an estimated 11,000 lions held captive in more than 300 facilities across the country. The captive lion breeding industry is marked

Mouse in a petri dish

Jacob Studio/iStock

Alternatives prevent suffering.
South Korea
New poll shows 80% of Koreans support increased funding to replace animal testing with advanced methods, with legislative proposal anticipated this year

SEOUL (July 30)—With South Korea’s National Assembly set to review a bill to promote non-animal research methods later this year, a new opinion poll reveals that the majority of the Korean public want to see their tax money spent on supporting these

Maura Flaherty, HSUS
South Africa
South Africa’s campaigners fight to stop cruel shipment of up to 85,000 sheep to Middle East

CAPE TOWN—As the National Council of SPCAs prepares for a third court hearing on 6th August to stop the proposed shipment of between 55,000 and 85,000 live sheep to the Middle East, Humane Society International/Africa is urging South African citizens to add

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