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Korea’s first cross-ministerial forum to discuss new legislation supporting non-animal approaches in science to be held on May 30 in Seoul

SEOUL—Korea’s first-ever public forum to discuss replacing animal use in science will be hosted in Seoul at the National Assembly on May 30. Organized by Humane Society International and Korean lawyers’ group People for Non-Human Rights, the forum is co-hosted by members

Global
BREAKING: Prada Group goes fur-free

Milan--Italian luxury fashion house Prada Group – and all its brands, including Prada, Miu Miu, Church's, and Car Shoe – has announced it will no longer use animal fur in its designs or products starting with its Spring/Summer 2020 women’s collection. Humane

One of more than a hundred animals HSI is providing care for at a roadside zoo (Zoo St. Edouard) in Quebec during a Montreal SPCA Criminal Code seizure on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The zoo operator was arrested and charged with criminal cruelty and neglect.
Canada
Over 200 wild exotic animals at a roadside zoo in Canada are rescued by Humane Society International following seizure in Montreal SPCA Criminal Code case of neglect and cruelty

ST-ÉDOUARD-DE-MASKINONGÉ, CANADA - Humane Society International/Canada, Friends of HSI, and HSI global -- with the generous support of the Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation -- are working alongside the Montreal SPCA in the seizure of animals from a roadside zoo in St-Édouard-de-Maskinongé

United Kingdom
Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation takes protest to Chinese Embassy to stop inhumane export of wild baby elephants for captivity

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

Wildlife protection United States
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asks Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to support a ban on Japan’s ivory trade

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

Brazil
Premier Pet becomes the first pet food company to announce a cage-free egg policy in Brazil and Latin America

SÃO PAULO—Premier Pet, one of the largest pet food companies in Brazil, has announced it will switch to exclusively cage-free eggs in its entire supply chain by 2025, becoming the first pet food company to adopt this policy in Brazil and Latin

VIDEO: Seal pups stolen from the wild by Chinese aquarium traffickers are released back to the sea

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

Humane Society International responds to the landslide in La Paz, Bolivia. Alejandra Tellez/HSI
Brazil
Humane Society International provides veterinary care and reunites pets with their owners after massive landslide in Bolivia

LA PAZ—In the aftermath of a landslide that swept away dozens of homes last week, leaving hundreds of people without a place to live, a team from Humane Society International is in La Paz to provide veterinary care and to help reunite

Africa
Horrific neglect of captive bred lions owned by South African Predator Association council member renew calls for the industry to end

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

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