Stars Demand EU Action at CITES to End Cruel Trade in Wild-Caught Elephants
GENEVA–Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Leona Lewis, Dame Judi Dench, Alesha Dixon, Evanna Lynch, Bryan Adams, Virginia McKenna OBE, Thandie Newton, Pamela Anderson, Peter Egan, and Jenny Seagrove are among a host of compassionate personalities who have joined forces with animal protection and
CITES continues to apply pressure on remaining legal ivory markets, reiterating commitment to closure of domestic ivory markets
GENEVA—The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today confirmed its commitment to closure of domestic ivory markets agreeing by consensus to focus scrutiny on remaining legal markets like Japan and the EU. The
Global wildlife conference votes to end cruel export of live wild-caught African elephants to captive facilities
This release has been corrected. GENEVA—The first vote at the 18 th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties has delivered a historic win for African elephants to end the cruel practice of removing live elephants from the wild for export
Animal charity condemns the resumption of ‘barbaric bloodsport’ bullfighting in Mallorca
Brussels - Bullfighting has returned to the Balearic Islands in Spain. The cruel spectacle, held at Mallorca's Coliseo Balear on Friday 9 th August, came in the wake of a Spanish Constitutional Court ruling that struck down legislative measures adopted by the
HSI celebrates Brazil´s elimination of cruel dog-poisoning test and other major reforms to pesticide regulation
BRASILIA—Humane Society International has welcomed sweeping animal welfare reforms to regulations governing the testing of agricultural pesticides in Brazil, including abolition of a controversial year-long poisoning test in dogs, recognition of modern animal testing alternatives, and creation of a process by which
“Eat Green!” says Kobus Wiese
CAPE TOWN - Dulcé Café and Wiesenhof have teamed up with Humane Society International/Africa to join the global movement towards more plant-based, sustainable food by launching three new delicious meat- and dairy-free dishes for their winter 2019 menus. The restaurant chains’ decision
Consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups urge MEPs to reject proposals to ban plant-based foods producers from using terms like “veggie burger” or “vegan sausage”
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Consumer, environmental and animal welfare organisations have come together to call on the new Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to reject proposals that seek to prevent the producers of plant-based foods from
One Year Out from 2020 Tokyo, NGOs Appeal to Tokyo Governor to End Ivory Trade
One year before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, international and Japanese conservation organizations are appealing to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to ban the sale of ivory in the city. Japan boasts the world’s largest legal domestic ivory market, and
The HSUS and HSI release findings of an undercover investigation into a lucrative ivory trade in the nation’s capital
WASHINGTON - Today the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International released findings of an undercover investigation revealing a lucrative ivory trade in the nation’s capital, where ivory dealers take advantage of the lack of local laws banning the
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