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Grupo Takami to source exclusively cage-free eggs

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA—Under its new animal welfare and sustainability initiative, Colombian restaurant group Grupo Takami announced that by 2022, its supply chain will use 100 percent cage-free eggs. This includes shell eggs, processed eggs and products that contain eggs. Grupo Takami—which operates Central

Wildlife protection
A second chance for Ivory the pangolin

In early December last year, Biodiversity Enforcement Officers in South Africa received a tip that a ground pangolin was being offered for sale on the market for illegal wildlife trade. These scaly mammals—harmless to humans but critical to ecosystems—are threatened by poachers

Three Indian owls rescued from wildlife trafficking racket

BANGALORE, India—Karnataka Forest Department’s Chikkaballapur Division Officers, under the direction of DCF Dr. Manjunath I.F.S, rescued three Indian eagle-owls (Bubo bengalensis) from traffickers of the Hakki-pikki tribe about six kilometres from Chintamani town. It is suspected the animals were to be sold

Chihuahua State passes strong dogfighting legislation

CHIHUAHUA—Humane Society International welcomes the passage of a bill to penalize a host of activities related to dogfighting in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Congresswoman Nadia Xóchitl Siqueiros Loera introduced the bill during a ceremony attended by HSI in August. Dogfighting became

Humane Society International and Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare hold a citizen forum to mobilize the public for the revision of the Japanese Animal Welfare Act

We're working to impact the revision of the Animal Welfare Act. istock Tokyo—Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare and Humane Society International held a Citizen Forum on Monday, February 12th, to build momentum toward the forthcoming revision of the Act on Welfare and

Wildlife protection
Animal protection groups welcome denouncement of captive-bred or “canned" lion hunts from one of the largest U.S. trophy hunting clubs

Johannesburg—Humane Society International and Blood Lions® welcome the announcement by U.S pro-trophy hunting group Safari Club International that it will no longer allow the promotion or auctioning of hunts involving African lions bred and shot in captivity. SCI says that canned hunting

More than 130,000 signatures to ban cruel horse evisceration fiesta in Yucatan

Mexico City—More than 130,000 people are joining with Humane Society International Mexico in calling for a ban of Torneo del Lazo, a horse evisceration spectacle in Yucatan, Mexico. Torneo del Lazo is a bloody and archaic spectacle that takes place throughout the

SCI will no longer promote canned lion hunting at events

Insert a short caption here. Photographer/NOAA HSI and Blood Lions welcome the announcement by Safari Club International that it will no longer allow the promotion of canned lion hunting at its events. This move by the largest US-based trophy hunting organisation to

Three-Day Animal Law Training Program to be held in Coimbatore

Humane Society International/India in collaboration with Coimbatore-based animal welfare organization Humane Animal Society is conducting a three-day animal law training program to more than 30 animal welfare activists in the city. The program is tailor-made for practicing animal welfare activists, and will

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