Search

PATNA -- Humane Society International/India has joined with Bihar’s Department of Animal Husbandry, People for Animals and local organization Jag Jagran Sansthan to urge devotees of the Gadhimai festival in Nepal not to transport or sacrifice animals during the event this year in November

LONDON—Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP), today announces its support for a worldwide ban on animal testing for cosmetics by backing Humane Society International on its #BeCrueltyFree initiative. The campaign is leading legislative reform to prohibit cosmetics testing on animals in all major global

LONDRES — Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP), anuncia el día de hoy su respaldo a la prohibición mundial de las pruebas de productos cosméticos realizadas en animales, dando su apoyo a Humane Society International en su iniciativa #BeCrueltyFree. La campaña están a la vanguardia de la reforma

WASHINGTON—After a prod from a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that giraffes may qualify for protection under America’s Endangered Species Act. The 2018 lawsuit — brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society International

WASHINGTON – As Shanghai prepares to host the 2019 World Dog Show despite global condemnation of China’s brutal dog meat trade, Chinese campaigners have exposed the sale of dog meat at restaurants in the same city as the major canine event. In addition to identifying the restaurants, Humane Society

CAPE TOWN—Shocking photos from an anonymous source have revealed severely neglected lions covered in mange at a captive breeding facility in the North West Province of South Africa, providing a shocking insight into an industry that breeds an estimated 12,000 lions on approximately 200 farms across

LONDON – Thirty-seven spotted seal pups have been released back to wild in China three months after Dalian police found the stolen animals starving and dying in a shed at a remote coastal farm in the village of Hutou, Wafangdian. The pups were snatched from the wild by traffickers for the aquarium

WASHINGTON—As athletes and organizers prepare for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to support efforts to end the ivory trade in Japan, the largest ivory market in the world. Mayor de Blasio is among a growing group of world

仮訳 プレスリリース ワシントン（2019年5月17日）－ビル・デブラシオ ニューヨーク市長が、小池百合子 東京都知事に対し、世界最大の象牙市場を擁する日本で象牙取引を終焉させる取組みを支持するよう要請した。影響力を高めつつある世界のリーダー・市民選出の公職者の一人に数えられるデブラシオ市長が、とりわけ2020年夏の競技大会の開催が迫るこの時期に、全ての象牙販売を禁止し、違法な象牙取引を撲滅することを求めているのである。 デブラシオ市長は、 小池知事に送った手紙の中で、次のように述べている。 「翌年の五輪の主要テーマは、『持続可能性』とされ、これが『より良い未来へ、ともに進もう。

Oscar Nkala LONDON—The Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation will be joined on Friday 24th May by international NGOs, as well as actor and conservationist Dan Richardson, in a silent protest outside the Chinese Embassy against the exploitative export of wild-caught baby elephants from Zimbabwe to foreign

BEIJING—Chinese animal activists have released distressing images from inside a filthy, backstreet dog slaughterhouse in Yulin, China just days ahead of the city holding its annual dog meat festival at which thousands of dogs and cats will be killed and eaten. Download photos and video of the rescue

OTTAWA – Humane Society International/Canada applaudit une victoire législative historique pour les animaux avec l’adoption du projet de loi C-68 présenté par le gouvernement. Ce projet de loi vise à modifier la Loi sur les pêches en incluant des dispositions interdisant la pêche aux ailerons de

LONDON – Dame Judi Dench and violinist Vanessa-Mae have sent heart-felt messages of support and solidarity for a 1.5 million-signature petition by Care2 and Humane Society International, delivered today to the Chinese Embassy by dogs rescued from China’s annual Yulin dog meat festival. The festival

DALIAN, China – Law enforcement in Dalian, China and local animal protection group VShine have shut down an illegal dog slaughterhouse in the city after a tip-off from an outraged citizen. Dalian law enforcement and Vshine have worked together for years to promote animal welfare, and the city

SEOUL – South Korean authorities have shut down Gupo dog meat market in Busan, notorious for being one of the country’s largest markets selling chilled dog meat as well as live dogs killed to order. More than 80 live but terrified dogs were rescued as part of a negotiated closure with the dog meat