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Wildlife protection Undercover shopping reveals widespread high-street sale of cruel rodent glue traps despite being illegal for unlicensed users

LONDON—On the first anniversary of the ban on public use of cruel glue traps for small rodents, an undercover shopping investigation by animal charity Humane World for Animals UK (previously called

Fox fur farm investigation in Finland, carried out by Humane World for Animals in collaboration with Finnish animal protection group Oikeutta eläimille in late October 2024.
Pressure increases for UK Government to ban cruel fur imports as leading EU science body declares systemic animal suffering on Europe’s fur farms

LONDON—Pressure is increasing on the UK Government to ban the import and sale of cruel fur as a leading EU science body, the European Food Safety Authority, concluded in its official scientific

Replica farrowing crate and animatronic pig at Humane World for Animals UK event in the House of Commons, June 2025
Farmed animal welfare New polling reveals 69% of Brits reject the practice of caging mother pigs in farrowing crates for weeks at a time

LONDON—New polling commissioned by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly Humane Society International UK) reveals that more than two thirds (69%) of the British

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Animal groups deliver 1.5 million petition signatures to 10 Downing Street for a UK fur sales ban ahead of legislative bill’s Second Reading

LONDON―Campaigners gathered today at No. 10 Downing Street to deliver a petition of more than 1.5 million signatures to the Prime Minister, calling for the UK to ban the import and sale of cruel fur

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Wildlife protection Strengthen laws to ensure better protection for Britain’s wildlife, urge cross-party MPs in open letter to the Government

LONDON—A cross-party group of 24 MPs and Peers have written to Environment Secretary Steve Reed urging the UK Government to strengthen protections for wildlife, as leading animal protection

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Footstools made from elephant feet and slippers made from bear paws: award-winning wildlife photojournalist Britta Jaschinski highlights the macabre reality of trophy hunting

LONDON—An emotive exhibition by award-winning wildlife photographer Britta Jaschinski, in support of a campaign to end UK imports of hunting trophies, has opened in London to public acclaim. The

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New polling reveals 84% of Scots support ban on caging pigs in farrowing crates

EDINBURGH—New polling commissioned by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly called Humane Society International UK) and conducted by The Diffley Partnership

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Animal charity Humane Society International UK to become "Humane World for Animals” to better encompass mission and global presence

LONDON—Animal charity Humane Society International UK today announced its rebrand to Humane World for Animals to establish clarity in its mission to create lasting change for animals in the UK and

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Over 40 Members of Parliament and peers urge UK Government action on fur

LONDON—A cross-party group of 43 MPs and Peers has written to Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, highlighting new evidence that underscores the significant public health risk posed by fur farms, and