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Humane Society International/India completes animal birth control program in Malappuram

MALAPPURAM—Humane Society International/India, on the completion of two years of its animal birth control (ABC) program at Malappuram in Kerala, has decided to hand over operations to the District Animal Husbandry Department and Jilla Panchayat. Over the past two years, HSI/India’s dog

Cage-free hens
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Mexico
La Parroquia de Veracruz will offer exclusively 100% cage-free eggs in all its restaurants

VERACRUZ—The Mexican diner chain La Parroquia de Veracruz announced its new commitment to animal welfare, pledging to source only cage-free eggs in its egg supply chain by 2025. With 32 restaurants in Mexico, the company worked with Humane Society International on the

Europe
HSI hails European Union for a decade of saving baby seals

BRUSSELS—Humane Society International celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the historic European Union ban on trade in commercial seal products. The EU ban, a watershed event in the global campaign to stop commercial sealing, was adopted by an overwhelming majority in the European

Lola y Lulú con su mamá adoptiva Ivannia Brenes. Lola y Lulú fueron rescatadas de un criadero de perros en Limón, Costa Rica, 2017. Foto por Arnoldo Moirin.
Latin America
Dogs rescued from puppy mill in Limón receive justice

SAN JOSÉ—The Sanctioning Administrative Proceeding Court of the National Animal Health Department (SENASA) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock announced a sentence in favor of animal welfare in Costa Rica, convicting a person who was breeding dogs in a puppy mill

Mexico
Yucatan celebrates four consecutive years of a cruelty-free fiesta

IZAMAL—For the fourth consecutive year, the cruelty-free Fiesta de San Bartolo replaced Kots Kaal Pato, the brutal Yucatan ritual of stringing up animals inside piñatas and beating them to death or cutting off their heads. Humane Society International/Mexico has been working on

Canada
Friends of HSI, HSI/Canada & Chiots Nordiques complete 17th free spay-neuter clinic, treating 162 stray and wandering animals in Matimekush, Qc

MONTREAL – Humane Society International/Canada recently completed its 17 th free veterinary clinic in partnership with Friends of HSI and Chiots Nordiques (northern puppies). The veterinary response team examined, treated, sterilized and/or vaccinated 162 animals during its deployment (162 animals examined, 133

VIDEO: Dog meat found on sale at Shanghai restaurant as the city prepares to host World Dog Show 2019; 22 dogs rescued from its slaughterhouse supplier

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

Wildlife protection United States
Lawsuit Prompts U.S. Officials to Consider Protecting Giraffes

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

Africa
Western Cape Communities are eating green: HSI/Africa and the Western Cape Government launch the first South African plant-based cooking course for communities

CAPE TOWN -- Humane Society International/Africa (HSI/Africa), in collaboration with the Western Cape Government: Health, Western Cape on Wellness (WoW!) Healthy Lifestyles Programme has developed and launched a novel Healthy Plant-Based Cooking course for community members on practical plant-based nutrition. The course

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