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an ashtray and stool crafted from elephant feet

Britta Jaschinski

Latin America
Elephant feet footstools and bear paw slippers: International photo exhibition exposing macabre wildlife trade arrives at Argentina’s National Congress

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Politicians, wi

Dos mujeres sosteniendo un perro

Sofía Herra/Humane World for Animals

Costa Rica
Nearly 100 pets receive free veterinary care in Tortuguero, Costa Rica

TORTUGUERO—Despite being diagnosed with

A newborn puppy, barely able to stand, is seen in a blue cage, looking towards with its mother who is curled up and resting.

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Dogs saved from Yulin 2021 receive care from HSI partner group
Asia
Ahead of China’s Yulin dog meat ‘festival’, a new survey reveals most Yulin residents don’t eat dog or cat meat and say a ban would have no impact on their lives

BEIJING—Ahead of the Yulin dog meat ‘fe

a person holding a dog

Kirsten Peek/Humane World for Animals

United States
Seven Tosa dogs who survived a devastating wildfire at a dog meat farm in South Korea, start a new life in the United States

SEOUL―Seven Tosa dogs―the sole survivor

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Maura Flaherty

Italy
44 organizations from the animal welfare, environmental, scientific, and economic sectors write to Pichetto and Lollobrigida: “Ready to meet with Ministers to clarify leaked hunting bill”

ROME, Italy—44 organizations*, represen

The image features a herd of donkeys standing on a sandy terrain under a clear blue sky.

Ruthanne Johnson/Humane World for Animals

United States
Trump budget puts wild horses and burros on the chopping block, paves way for mass slaughter

WASHINGTON—Humane World for Animals and

Replica farrowing crate and animatronic pig at Humane World for Animals UK event in the House of Commons, June 2025

Clive Tagg

United Kingdom
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 lead

The image shows a person holding a string of ivory beads in their hands.

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United States
Shocking undercover investigation reveals illicit sale of ivory across Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—Today Humane W

Red fox on fur farm

Jo-Anne McArthur/SPCA

United Kingdom
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

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