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Mink fur farm in Dandong China November 2025

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United Kingdom
MPs urge UK Government to ban fur imports as horror exposé shows animals beaten to death on Chinese farms

Humane World for Animals UK (formerly called Humane Society International), the Fur Free Britain coalition, 50 Members of Parliament, veterinary experts and celebrities are strengthening calls on the UK Government to ban imports of fur, as new investigative footage shows mink on Chinese fur farms trembling in tiny wire cages before being brutally killed for fur that could end up sold in the UK. 

Pigs and cows on Helen Browning's organic (soil association accredited) farm

Claire Bass

United Kingdom
Sarah Dyke MP leads cross-party call for mandatory animal welfare labelling on meat products

Liberal Democrat MP and Environment spokesperson Sarah Dyke has led a cross‑party letter to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) calling on the Government to bring forward mandatory, clear and consistent animal welfare labelling on meat products, and to strengthen enforcement against misleading claims in food marketing.

Images from the Edinburgh stop of the Crate Britain Tour as part of Humane World for Animals UK campaign to ban farrowing crates.

Marcus Emmerson

United Kingdom
Animatronic pig to tour Scotland exposing ‘pregnancy cage cruelty’ ahead of arrival in Holyrood

Humane World for Animals UK (formerly known as Humane Society International UK) will take its campaign against farrowing crates across Scotland from 11-14 April, bringing a life-size animatronic pig named Penny to towns and cities to highlight the harsh reality faced by tens of thousands of mother pigs on farms.

Humane World for Animals (formerly Humane Society International) called for an end to fur farming and the trade in fur products in Europe during the event “The economic unsustainability of the European fur industry,” held on February 19 in Rome.

Fabio Di Marcantonio

Italy
Italian MEPs appeal to the European commissioner for animal welfare: end fur farming

ROME—“It is time to put an end to fur farming and to the trade in fur products in Europe,” urged animal protection organization Humane World for Animals (formerly called Humane Society International) at today’s event “The economic unsustainability of the European fur industry,” held in Rome.

Dog behind metal fence

Meredith Lee/Humane World For Animals

Humane World for Animals rescues dogs from a suspected dogfighting situation at a large property in Union County, Florida as part of a multi-property seizure in Clay and Union counties on Dec. 10, 2025.
Animal welfare leaders welcome multi-agency government strategy to combat animal cruelty

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, are encouraged to see the 

Dog behind metal gate.

Meredith Lee/Humane World For Animals

Humane World for Animals provides dogs rescued from a suspected neglect situation in Havre de Grace, MD with care and medical exams at the Care Center on August 28, 2025.
United States
As USDA moves to address puppy mill cruelties, humane advocates push for stronger standards of care at commercial dog breeding facilities

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, are encouraged to see the U.S.

The image depicts an indoor poultry farm filled with numerous white chickens.

Lukas Vincour / ZvÌrata NejÌme/We Animals Media

Thousands of young chickens sit on a densely packed rearing barn floor at an industrial broiler chicken farm. Czechia, 2020.
United States
USDA prioritizes cruelty ahead of animal welfare and worker safety at slaughterhouses

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, strongly condemn a new proposal by the U.S.

The image depicts a grizzly bear mother walking alongside her two cubs in a natural setting.

Don Getty

Wild grizzly bears at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
United States
Kids invited to speak up for wild animals for World Wildlife Day on March 3

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, launched a nationwide conservation education and advocacy project empo

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