Brazilian food industry leaders meet to discuss animal welfare
Humane Society International hosted Brazil’s first corporate animal welfare roundtable, bringing together food industry leaders to discuss the cage-free egg movement in the country. In recent years, egg-laying hen welfare has become a priority corporate social responsibility issue for the food industry
Chilean restaurant company Gastronomía y Negocios commits to improve hen and pig welfare in supply chain
Gastronomía y Negocios, a Chilean restaurant company that operates the popular chains Doggis, Juan Maestro, and Mamut, has committed to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs and crate-free pork in its entire supply chain in Chile by 2025. The company operates over 250 locations
Grupo Ráscal se compromete a comprar exclusivamente ovos livres de gaiolas
David Paul Morris São Paulo—O Grupo Ráscal, uma rede de restaurantes de alto padrão, que opera os restaurantes Ráscal, Cortés e Tuju, comprometeu-se a comprar exclusivamente ovos livres de gaiolas em toda a sua cadeia de abastecimento a partir de 2025. Essa
Singaporean and Vietnamese farmers study cage-free egg production in Europe
Leading egg producers from Singapore and the Tien Giang Province of Vietnam travelled to Europe to learn about cage-free egg production at Heal Eggs Ltd, an innovative egg farm in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. Ma Chin Chew of N&N Agriculture in Singapore joined
Hundreds of #BeCrueltyFree bunnies take to the streets of Santiago in support of cosmetic animal testing ban
SANTIAGO—Santiago residents on their way to work this week were greeted by several hundred stand-up paper bunnies urging them to support a proposed law to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Chile as well as the trade in cosmetics product and ingredients
EU Parliament vote misses important opportunity to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from lethal fishing gear entanglement
BRUSSELS—MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries today failed to back proposals that would have significantly increased vital EU protections for European cetacean populations and helped prevent the horrific and needless deaths of porpoises, dolphins and whales accidentally entangled in fishing
Actor Joaquín Ferreira joins HSI #BeCrueltyFree campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Artist, actor and animal lover Joaquín Ferreira, star of the hit Netflix series “Club de Cuervos,” has joined Humane Society International in calling on the Mexican government to outlaw animal testing for cosmetics. HSI’s global campaign, #BeCrueltyFree, has already helped to
HSI/India launches tip line to report illegal threats to elephants in West Bengal
Humane Society International/India has launched a tip-line for people to report cases of illegal activities in the existing West Bengal elephant corridors as a pilot project in the districts of Bankura and Jhargram. The disturbing image of mobs hurling tar bombs at
HSI/India urges government to develop protocol for human wildlife conflict reporting
Vilifying wild animals in episodes of human-wildlife conflict in India can lead to widespread outrage against the entire species in form of retaliatory killings. Humane Society International/India has written to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asking them to develop a protocol