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SEOUL—One month after the South Korean government announced a bill to ban the dog meat industry, 27 dogs rescued from a dog meat farm in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do have flown to the United States in search of loving homes. At the time of rescue in March this year by animal charity Humane Society

SEOUL—South Korea’s National Assembly has today voted through a ban on the dog meat industry in what animal campaigners at Humane Society International/Korea have called “history in the making.” Up to 1 million dogs a year are factory farmed and killed for human consumption in the country. The ban

SEOUL—As Boknal - the three hottest days of the year according to the lunar calendar—begins in South Korea, Humane Society International/Korea and vegan chef Ahn Baek-Rin have joined forces to encourage consumers to swap dog meat soup, or “bosintang”, for delicious plant-based recipes instead. The

국제 동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, 이하 HSI)이 늘어나는 동물실험 조사 결과에 대해 대안 마련을 위한 공공과 민감의 동참 필요성을 제기했다. 농림축산검역본부가 발표한 2020년 실험동물 사용 실태에 따르면 2020년 실험된 동물의 수는 414만 1,433마리로 전년 대비 11.5% 증가했다. 5년전 287만 여 마리가 실험 된 2016년 수치와 비교했을 때에 비하면 43.8%가 늘어난 수치다. 한편 지난 19일 법무부는 ‘동물은 물건이 아니다’라는 동물의 법적 지위

국제동물보호단체 ‘휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(이하 HSI)’은 ‘동물대체시험법 개발 및 보급, 이용 촉진에 관한 법률’ 제정안(이하, 동물대체시험법 촉진법안) 통과를 촉구하는 서명 캠페인을 8월 5일 목요일부터 전개한다. 본 캠페인은 프레쉬 핸드메이드 코스메틱 브랜드 러쉬코리아(Lush Korea), 동물권연구변호사단체 피엔알과 함께한다. 농림축산검역본부 실험동물 실태 조사에 따르면 실험동물 수는 2016년 약 287만 마리에서 2020년 약 414만 마리로 약 44% 증가했다. 미국이나 유럽에 제약회사는 사람의 신체 기능을

SEOUL—Animal protection organization Humane Society International/Korea (HSI/Korea), cosmetics brand Lush Korea and civic group People for Non-human Rights (PNR) have teamed up for laboratory animals by launching a petition to support the Act on the Promotion of Development, Dissemination and Use of

SEOUL—A dog meat farm on South Korea’s famous Jindo Island, which for more than 20 years bred and slaughtered Jindo dogs for human consumption despite them being the country’s national dog breed, has closed its doors for good after coming to an agreement with Humane Society International/Korea and

SEOUL—Un allevamento di cani da carne sulla famosa isola di Jindo, in Corea del Sud, ha chiuso definitivamente i battenti dopo aver allevato e macellato cani dell’omonima razza, destinati al consumo umano, per più di 20 anni, nonostante si trattasse della razza canina nazionale del paese. La

SEOUL—In response to South Korean President Moon’s reported suggestion that it could be time for South Korea to ban dog meat, Humane Society International/Korea’s dog meat campaigner Nara Kim issues this response from Seoul: “As a Korean who has visited many dog meat farms and seen the appalling

- 사람과 동물 모두를 위한 과학계 발전에 큰 도약 기대 동물보호단체 한국 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, 이하 HSI)은 환경부가 소개한 ‘2030 화학안전과 함께하는 동물복지 실현 비전’ 발표에 대해 환영의 입장을 28일 밝혔다. 앞서 지난 9월 환경부는 온라인 토론회를 개최하여 동물대체시험법 활용을 크게 확대하기 위한 계획을 담은 화학안전과 동물복지 실현 정책을 소개했다. 이는 HSI를 포함해 국내시험기관, 독성 전문가, 화학물질 컨설팅 기업 등으로 꾸린 TF팀이 모여 각

SEOUL—South Korea’s Ministry of Environment introduced its “2030 Chemical Safety and Animal Welfare vision” last month with the aim of vastly increasing the use of non-animal test methods in what animal protection NGO Humane Society International/Korea welcomes as a leap forward for both animals and

SEOUL, South Korea—More than half of South Koreans in their 20s who have consumed dog meat in the past year, felt social pressure to do so from influential seniors such as their father or senior colleagues at work, a new survey finds. While the majority of respondents in this age group did not

국제동물보호단체 '한국 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널'(이하 한국HSI)가 동물대체시험법 제정을 촉구하는 국민 6만 6천여 명의 의지를 담은 서명지를 국회에 전달했다. 한국HSI는 31일 국회 의원회관 2층 로비에서 '동물대체시험법 제정안 통과를 위한 6만 서명 전달식‘을 열고 “토끼해를 맞아 실험토끼 랄프와 시민들의 동물대체시험법 제정안 통과를 촉구하는 목소리를 전달했다”고 밝혔다. 이번에 전달된 서명지는 지난 2021년 8월에 ’동물대체시험법 제정안 통과‘를 위한 서명 캠페인으로 시작되었으며, 이번달 기준 6만 6천여 명의 서명이

SEOUL, South Korea—A petition to rally support for passage of a bill proposed to advance animal-free approaches in science and product testing has been delivered to the National Assembly by Humane Society International/Korea. In a ceremony held on Jan. 31, HSI/Korea officially delivered the petition

On March 7th and 8th, 2023, Humane Society International/Korea will close down a legally registered dog meat farm in Chungcheong province and rescue almost 200 dogs and puppies, after the farmer Mr Yang joined our Models for Change program to leave this dying industry for good and start vegetable

SEOUL—South Korean lawmakers gathered at the country’s National Assembly today for the opening of an exhibition in support of a legislative ban on the dog meat industry, co-hosted by the Animal Welfare Forum, Humane Society International/Korea and National Assembly members Young-ho Tae and Jeong

SEOUL―The vast majority of South Koreans (86%) have little to no intention of consuming dog meat in the future, regardless of their past consumption, according to a new survey by Nielsen Korea commissioned by animal group Humane Society International/Korea. A majority (57%) support a ban on the dog

SEOUL—In an historic announcement, the South Korean government has stated that before the end of this year it will introduce a bill to ban the dog meat industry, which sees up to 1 million dogs a year farmed and killed for human consumption. At a meeting in Seoul today between the Ministry of

SEOUL—Twenty-one dogs left behind when authorities closed an illegal dog meat farm in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have been saved by animal groups just days before the start of Bok Nal—the three hottest days of summer during which most dogs on farms are sold and killed for dog meat soup, known as

SEOUL—South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has introduced an amendment to its Biologicals standard and test method guidelines, and will no longer require the Abnormal Toxicity test. The outdated method was carried out for batch quality control of pharmaceutical and biological products