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How we’re tackling the root causes of animal cruelty in India

Humane World for Animals is one of the few groups in India striving to protect all animals. We want to give farmed animals freedom to move, and we advocate for a more plant-based food system. We want to transition testing and research to animal-free methods and manage street dog populations with compassion. We aid animals in crisis situations, and we teach people how to peacefully coexist with animals, be it on the streets with dogs or wild animals in nature.

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Lucknow, India, shows how to humanely manage street dogs

Our team in India is proving that humane management approaches really work to improve the lives of animals and decrease human-animal conflicts in communities.

How our India team fed 18,000 street dogs during the pandemic

In India right now, the latest Covid-19 surge is having an overwhelming impact on the country’s people and infrastructure. Our supporters from around the world have reached out to express their concern for our team at Humane Society International/India. Alokparna Sengupta, India managing director

Six Senses Ninh Van Bay is Vietnam’s first resort with a free-range chicken farm

Humane Society International/Vietnam praised Six Senses Ninh Van Bay for becoming the first resort in Vietnam to have its own free-range egg farm. The resort’s farm will help its customers learn about a more humane alternative to intensive confinement egg production. The new egg farm provides the

휴메인 소사이어티와 한국동물실험대체법학회, 동물실험 대체 기술개발 예산지원 촉구하는 정책 제안서 제출

국제동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, HSI)과 한국동물실험대체법학회는 6일 ‘더 나은 국민보건과 환경보호를 위한 과학연구 지원 정책 제안’을 광화문1번가 국민인수위원회 측에 전달했다. 이번 제안서는 새 정부를 맞아 동물모델에 의존하는 것이 아닌 인간의 생체 현상 이해를 바탕으로 하는 장기칩(organs-on-a-chip), 컴퓨터 시스템 생물학 등 21세기 과학기술 발전에 기반을 둔 정책 채택과 예산지원을 촉구한다. 이는 유럽연합, 미국 등 주요 선진국들과 함께 보건

휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널, 개를 이용한 장기독성 농약시험 폐지 환영

재단법인 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, HSI)은 농촌진흥청이 18일 발표한 개를 이용한 장기 농약시험 중단을 명시하는 ‘농약 및 원제의 등록기준 고시’ 일부 개정안을 환영한다. 이는 농촌진흥청의 2018년 규제혁신 추진 과제 중 ‘농약 및 원제 등록 기준 국제적 조화’의 일부로 발표되었으며, HSI는 그동안 추가적인 과학적 효용성이 없다고 알려진 개를 이용한 장기 농약시험 폐지를 위해 농촌진흥청에 규제 개선을 지속적으로 요청해왔다. 이 시험규정은 미국, 유럽연합, 인도, 캐나다

Top food companies discuss animal welfare policies at event organised by food writer Antoine Lewis and Humane Society International/India

BANGALORE—In collaboration with Antoine Lewis, a renowned food and wine critic, Humane Society International/India organized a corporate roundtable focused on animal welfare trends in the food and hospitality industries. The roundtable, which took place at Sheraton Grand, Bengaluru on March 8, saw

Coalition of global animal welfare groups urges international companies to help end bloody “pig chopping” ritual in Vietnam

NEM THUONG, BAC NINH, Vietnam — Animal welfare campaigners are urging global companies such as Samsung and Canon to take a strong stand against a gruesome Lunar New Year festival in Vietnam in which live pigs are tied up and paraded around the streets before being chopped in half with machetes

South Korea biocidal products law amendment introduced to promote replacement of animal testing

Seoul—Global animal welfare leader Humane Society International has once again collaborated with South Korean National Assembly member Jeong Ae Han to reverse the country’s increasing use of animals in laboratories through legislative reform, this time by amending the Korean Chemical Consumer

1950년대 만들어진 마우스, 기니피그 실험, 한국에서도 중단 환영

한국 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, 이하 한국 HSI)은 이번 8월 12일에 발표 된 생물학적제제 시험 고시 개정에 대해 그동안 과학적으로 필요가 없다고 알려진 동물실험법을 중지하는데 대한 환영 의사를 밝혔다. 식품의약품안전처는 생물학적 제제에 대한 고시 개정을 통해 이상독성부정시험을 중지한다. 이상독성부정시험은 의약품과 생물학 제제 품목의 품질 확인을 위해 쥐 또는 기니피그를 이용하는 실험이다. 이상독성부정시험은 1950년대에 처음 생겨나 쥐와 기니피그를 이용해 외래 물질로 인한

Vadodara and HSI/India celebrate record-breaking 86% street dog sterilization rate: Highest number recorded in an Indian city

VADODARA, India—Humane Society International/India and Vadodara Municipal Corporation are celebrating the success of sterilizing 86% of the city’s street dog population, the highest sterilization rate ever achieved in any Indian city. The success comes as HSI/India officially hands over its street

HSI/India and People for Animals launch a multi-state billboard campaign #NoMore50

NEW DELHI—On World Animal Day, Humane Society International/India and People for Animals have jointly launched a multi-state billboard campaign as they continue to demand an amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Started in 2016, the #NoMore50 campaign seeks an amendment of

HSI/Korea celebrates new bill to promote non-animal testing in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea—Humane Society International/Korea welcomes the introduction of the Act on the Vitalization of Development, Dissemination, and Use of Alternatives to Animal Testing Methods (VAAM Act). Assembly member Jeoung Ae Han and 12 other National Assembly members introduced the measure on

동물대체시험법 활성화, 물꼬 트나

더불어민주당 한정애 국회의원(보건복지위원회)이 23일 범정부 차원에서 동물대체시험법에 대한 정보를 공유하도록 하고 동물대체시험법의 활성화를 위해 관련 연구 및 지원을 도모하는 내용을 주요 골자로 하는 『동물대체시험법의 개발, 보급 및 이용 활성화에 관한 법률안』(이하 동물대체시험법 활성화 법률안)을 대표 발의했다. 한정애 의원은 이번 법률안을 통해 동물대체시험법에 대한 법적 근거가 미비하고 범정부 가이드라인이 부재해 관련 산업 지원에 한계가 있음을 지적하고, ▲동물대체시험법이란 첨단 기술 등을 이용하여 동물을 사용하지 않는 방법이나

Are you a startup working for a kinder future? This humane program can help

INDIA—Humane Society International/India launched the third edition of its annual Humane Entrepreneurship program. This platform was designed for social entrepreneurs with early-stage startups that focus on animal welfare and environmental issues. First launched in September 2020, the six-month

Organ chips, better for humans and animals

In 2021, the number of animals used for research testing in South Korea reached a record high of 4.8 million. This trend of increased animal testing in South Korea cuts against the global trend of development and adoption of innovative, non-animal approaches—the New Approach Methodologies. Despite

Joint public-private discussion forum to promote animal-free testing to be held at South Korea’s National Assembly

KOREA—A joint public-private discussion forum will take place on Feb. 8 at the National Assembly to request the swift enactment of a bill proposed to advance animal-free approaches in science. The forum discussion entitled “An era that runs tests with novel technologies instead of animals” is hosted