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MEXICO CITY—Café Toscano, a cafeteria restaurant with four locations in Mexico (Roma, Condesa, Lomas and Polanco) has committed to exclusively obtaining eggs from cage-free hens throughout its supply chain during the year 2021. With this announcement, Café Toscano will make a positive impact on the

SEOUL—The annual statistics on laboratory animal use for 2020 revealed disappointing trends with regards to animal testing in South Korea. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 4,141,433 animals were used for testing in 2020, up 11.5% compared to the previous year (3,712,380 in 2019)

국제 동물보호단체 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, 이하 HSI)이 늘어나는 동물실험 조사 결과에 대해 대안 마련을 위한 공공과 민감의 동참 필요성을 제기했다. 농림축산검역본부가 발표한 2020년 실험동물 사용 실태에 따르면 2020년 실험된 동물의 수는 414만 1,433마리로 전년 대비 11.5% 증가했다. 5년전 287만 여 마리가 실험 된 2016년 수치와 비교했을 때에 비하면 43.8%가 늘어난 수치다. 한편 지난 19일 법무부는 ‘동물은 물건이 아니다’라는 동물의 법적 지위

SEOUL—Animal protection organization Humane Society International/Korea (HSI/Korea), cosmetics brand Lush Korea and civic group People for Non-human Rights (PNR) have teamed up for laboratory animals by launching a petition to support the Act on the Promotion of Development, Dissemination and Use of

국제동물보호단체 ‘휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(이하 HSI)’은 ‘동물대체시험법 개발 및 보급, 이용 촉진에 관한 법률’ 제정안(이하, 동물대체시험법 촉진법안) 통과를 촉구하는 서명 캠페인을 8월 5일 목요일부터 전개한다. 본 캠페인은 프레쉬 핸드메이드 코스메틱 브랜드 러쉬코리아(Lush Korea), 동물권연구변호사단체 피엔알과 함께한다. 농림축산검역본부 실험동물 실태 조사에 따르면 실험동물 수는 2016년 약 287만 마리에서 2020년 약 414만 마리로 약 44% 증가했다. 미국이나 유럽에 제약회사는 사람의 신체 기능을

KULON PROGO, Indonesia—Indonesia’s first ever prosecution of dog meat traders under animal health laws is set to go ahead, officials have confirmed, in what the country’s animal campaigners hope will be a major turning point in the demise of the brutal trade. Kulon Progo District Police intercepted

LONDON—More than 50 animal protection, environmental and food justice organisations from around the globe have written to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, president of the COP26 climate change conference organised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), calling on the UNFCCC

SANTIAGO, Chile—Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared worldwide in 2020 more than 3,900 animals and counting have been fed and assisted thanks to donations made by Humane Society International. This effort was made possible by generous aid provided by Mars, Incorporated to HSI to help communities

SANTIAGO, Chile — Desde que la pandemia por COVID-19 fue declarada a nivel mundial en el 2020 más de 3.900 animales y contando, han sido alimentados y asistidos gracias a donaciones hechas por la Humane Society International. Este esfuerzo fue posible gracias a la generosa ayuda proporcionada por

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s Senate today gave its final and unanimous support to a federal bill to ban animal testing for cosmetics, making it the first country in North America and the 41 st country globally to do so. The new law also bans the manufacture, import and marketing of cosmetics tested on

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO—La organización con liderazgo global en protección animal, Humane Society International (HSI), dio la bienvenida a la decisión del pleno del Senado de la República de prohibir las pruebas cosméticas en animales, así como la fabricación, importación o comercialización de cosméticos

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—The National Assembly and Humane Society International/Korea have organized a biomedical research multi-stakeholder forum called Alternatives to Animal Testing with Scientific Approaches. Co-hosting the event are the chair of National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee

국회 보건복지위원장 김민석 의원, 남인순 ·신현영 의원, 동물복지국회포럼 공동주최 참여 동물실험 대체 기술 발전 위한 산.학.연.병.관 의견 수렴 동물보호단체 한국 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(이하 HSI)과 남인순 국회의원 주관으로 2일 ‘과학적 접근으로 동물 희생 줄이는 대체시험법, 어떻게 가능한가?’ 현장 간담회가 개최됐다. 이번 간담회는 국회 보건복지위원장 김민석, 국회의원 남인순, 신현영, 동물복지국회포럼이 공동주최하고 식품의약품안전처와 오송첨단의료산업진흥재단이 후원했다. 간담회에서는 국제적인 OECD 표준 시험 방법으로

Brussels—MEPs have backed the revision of EU animal welfare legislation, an accelerated transition away from intensive animal agriculture, greater support for plant-based proteins and zero tax for climate-friendly foods with higher tax on climate-damaging foods like meat. The European Parliament’s

HO CHI MINH CITY—One of the largest egg suppliers and processing companies in South Viet Nam, Vinh Thanh Dat (V.Food), has joined the global cage-free movement by launching their first certified cage-free egg brand in the country. The project is freeing thousands of hens from cages in the first year

LONDON—Some of the world’s biggest celebrity advocates for plant-based diets, including Moby, Billie Eilish, Joaquin Phoenix, Alan Cumming, Alicia Silverstone, Leona Lewis, Lily Cole and Stephen Fry, have written to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, president of the COP26 climate change conference to be held

ROMA/LONDRA—Alcune delle più grandi celebrità del mondo, tra cui Martin Freeman, Moby, Billie Eilish, Joaquin Phoenix, Alan Cumming, Alicia Silverstone, Leona Lewis, Lily Cole e Stephen Fry, si sono mobilitate per il clima. In una lettera congiunta a Alok Sharma, presidente della 26a Conferenza

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—Whether under a temporary tarp, in a shack or with a looming rainstorm, teams provided emergency veterinary care for 1,250 pets after flooding occurred in the Costa Rican Caribbean and northern areas. Humane Society International, in conjunction with the National Animal Health

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica— Ya fuera bajo un toldo provisional, en un ranchito o con amenaza de lluvia, 1.250 mascotas (en su mayoría, perros y gatos) recibieron atención veterinaria de emergencia gratuita, luego de las inundaciones que afectaron el Caribe y la zona norte de Costa Rica. Humane Society