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Ambala Institute of Hotel Management adopts animal welfare policy
AMBALA—Ambala Institute of Hotel Management has committed to incorporate animal welfare-friendly practices in its operations by 2022, following a two-day culinary workshop organized by Humane Society International/India. The institute serves 43,000 meals annually, and will replace 30% of all meat
BREAKING: Dutch mink fur farms to be permanently closed by March 2021 following 41 COVID-19 farm infections
AMSTERDAM—The Dutch government has agreed that all mink fur farms must permanently close by March 2021, according to Dutch national news service, NOS. Mink fur farming was banned in the Netherlands in 2013 with a deadline for complete phase out by 2024, so this decision sees that closure fast
Dog vaccination camp conducted in Dopenatti village
DHARWAD—On the occasion of World Dog Day, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AH&VS) at Dharwad, Dharwad division of the Karnataka Forest Department and Humane Society International/India (HSI/India), an animal protection organisation, joined hands to conduct a vaccination
Largest-ever study on welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms terrible suffering for billions of ‘rapid growth’ birds
LONDON—The largest study ever conducted on the welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms that fast-growing breeds, which make up the majority of chickens raised for commercial meat production, suffer immensely. Around the world, a staggering 60 billion chickens are bred for meat, 1.1 billion a
Largest-ever study on welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms terrible suffering for billions of ‘rapid growth’ birds
OTTAWA—The largest study ever conducted on the welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms that fast-growing breeds, which make up the majority of chickens raised for commercial meat production, suffer immensely. Around the world, a staggering 60 billion broiler chickens are bred for meat each year
European Chemicals Agency ruling undercuts historic cosmetic animal testing ban
The European Union’s precedent-setting ban on cosmetic animal testing and trade has been undermined from within by two recent decisions to require cosmetic ingredients to undergo new animal testing. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Board of Appeals recently upheld a decision by ECHA staff to
Dehradun Café Maya A Culture announces new plant-based policy
Dehradun—Café Maya A Culture, a Dehradun-based café, has teamed up with Humane Society International India to join the global movement towards serving more plant-based, sustainable food, and has committed to replace 30% of all their meat, dairy and egg-based menu items with delicious plant-based
BREAKING: France announces ban on mink fur farming one month after shocking cruelty investigation
LONDON—French minister Barbara Pompili has announced the end of mink fur farming in France. The country’s last four remaining fur farms will have to close no later than 2025, although campaigners at Humane Society International predict that their closure may come sooner. The announcement comes a
Fur Production in the European Union
Each year, around 37 million animals in the European Union are still raised and killed solely for their fur. In 2018 alone, 34.7m mink, 2.7m foxes, 166,000 raccoon dogs and 227,000 chinchillas were bred in the EU. Denmark, Finland, Poland and the Netherlands (which is currently phasing out the
A Humane Society International defende o uso do termo livres de gaiolas no Brasil
SÃO PAULO— A Humane Society International (HSI), organização global líder em proteção animal, pede que o Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) reverta sua decisão administrativa que limita o uso do termo “livres de gaiolas” no rótulo da embalagem de ovos. O rótulo permite que os
Scientists: giraffes in Kenya, Tanzania "endangered"
WASHINGTON—Highlighting the need for global action to fight giraffes’ silent extinction, a body of scientific experts today declared giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania — called Masai giraffes — endangered. Masai giraffes, one of nine giraffe subspecies, had long been considered a key population for the
UK animal experiment statistics indicate reluctance to embrace modern tools to advance British labs into the 21st century
LONDON—Home Office statistics published today[1] reveal a shockingly high number of dogs, mice, cats, rabbits and other animals are still suffering in invasive, painful and sometimes lethal experiments in British laboratories despite unprecedented availability of high-tech and often more human
Humane Society International names Jeffrey Flocken as president
WASHINGTON—The Board of Directors of Humane Society International announced today that it has selected Jeffrey Flocken as its new president. Flocken, who has been the organization’s senior vice president for programs and policy since February 2018, succeeds Kitty Block, who became president and CEO
One Year Out from 2020 Tokyo, NGOs Appeal to Tokyo Governor to End Ivory Trade
One year before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, international and Japanese conservation organizations are appealing to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to ban the sale of ivory in the city. Japan boasts the world’s largest legal domestic ivory market, and its ongoing support for an industry
Consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups urge MEPs to reject proposals to ban plant-based foods producers from using terms like “veggie burger” or “vegan sausage”
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Consumer, environmental and animal welfare organisations have come together to call on the new Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to reject proposals that seek to prevent the producers of plant-based foods from using terms
HSI celebrates Brazil´s elimination of cruel dog-poisoning test and other major reforms to pesticide regulation
BRASILIA—Humane Society International has welcomed sweeping animal welfare reforms to regulations governing the testing of agricultural pesticides in Brazil, including abolition of a controversial year-long poisoning test in dogs, recognition of modern animal testing alternatives, and creation of a
HSI celebrates Brazil´s elimination of cruel dog-poisoning test and other major reforms to pesticide regulation
BRASILIA—Humane Society International has welcomed sweeping animal welfare reforms to regulations governing the testing of agricultural pesticides in Brazil, including abolition of a controversial year-long poisoning test in dogs, recognition of modern animal testing alternatives, and creation of a
A HSI comemora a decisão brasileira de eliminar o teste de envenenamento em cães e as reformas na regulamentação de agrotóxicos
BRASILIA–A Humane Society International aplaudiu esta semana importantes mudanças no regulamento que rege os testes toxicológicos para agrotóxicos no Brasil, incluindo o fim do controverso teste de envenenamento de cães pelo período de um ano, o reconhecimento de metodologias alternativas modernas