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MEDIA DOWNLOADS Frimesa, Brazil’s fourth largest pig processor, has announced their commitment to end the confinement of pregnant pigs in gestation crates by 2026. The company will be transitioning all of their sows to group housing systems that offer higher animal welfare. The company raises 80,000

Amor aos Pedaços, a bakery chain in Brazil with more than 50 locations, has committed to sourcing exclusively cage-free eggs throughout its supply chain by 2025. This policy follows discussions with Humane Society International and other animal protection organizations. Fernanda Vieira, corporate

The Quebec coroner’s office released its report on the death of Christine Vadnais, who in 2016 was attacked by a dog misidentified by the media as a pit bull.Following this tragic event, the City of Montreal and other municipalities moved to ban pit bull-type dogs while the Province of Quebec

The National Farm Animal Care Council’s new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Calves represents both a first step towards improved farm animal welfare and a missed opportunity. The updated Code, released this week, phases out the use of cruel veal crates by December 31, 2020, but

Humane Society International/Canada and Chiots Nordiques are heading to Manawan, Quebec to hold a mass spay-neuter clinic for stray and roaming dogs. The organizations expect to sterilize more than 100 dogs and help counter canine overpopulation in the area. This is the second time the team visits

MONTREAL— Humane Society International/Canada is joining the family of the late Rob Stewart, writer and director of the renowned documentary Sharkwater, in welcoming the introduction of Green Party MLA Sonia Furstenau’s landmark bill that would end the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins

MEDIA DOWNLOADS Following its 10th closure of a South Korean dog meat farm, Humane Society International is transporting more than 170 severely neglected dogs to North America and the United Kingdom. Forty six of the dogs have arrived at Pearson Airport in Toronto and HSI/Canada is now moving them

MONTREAL—More than 80 dogs rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm by Humane Society International, with the generous support of the Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation, have arrived in Canada to find forever homes. One of those lucky pups is Beemo, with whom U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus

Canadian Olympian Meagan Duhamel with her rescued dog, Moo-Tae. Graham Hughes MEDIA DOWNLOADS MONTREAL—Olympic gold medalist Meagan Duhamel, joined by representatives from Humane Society International, greeted dozens of dogs rescued this week from a dog meat farm in Siheung-si, South Korea, at an

MEDIA DOWNLOADS MONTREAL—More than 50 dogs on a South Korean dog meat farm have escaped the cooking pot barely a month before the start of the Bok Nal summer season, during which more than one million dogs are eaten as ‘bosintang’ soup. Humane Society International has worked in South Korea for

MONTREAL—HSI/Canada and Chiots Nordiques (“Northern Puppies”) will travel to the remote Quebec First Nations community of Unamen Shipu (La Romaine) to conduct a sterilization clinic for stray and wandering dogs. Because of a lack of access to veterinary services (the area is only accessible by plane

MONTREAL—As federal consultations on the use of strychnine come to a close – and following the recent highly publicized tragic deaths of two family dogs, Rue and Ruby from strychnine poisoning – animal protection and conservation groups have aligned with scientists to call on Health Canada to ban

OTTAWA – Canada has reached the halfway mark in prohibiting the captivity of whales and dolphins in Canada with the majority of Senators voting in support of Bill S-203, Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. The proposed legislation would ban the captivity of whales and dolphins for

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a report on the responsible ownership and care of equine animals, initiated by the Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development. Animal protection group Humane Society International/Europe welcomes the adoption of this report, which

Following the brutal killing of a four-year-old male southern white rhinoceros named Vince in a zoo near Paris, Humane Society International is calling on the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria to urgently review and improve security protection for vulnerable animals in light of the increased

The European Commission today announced that it would end the export of old raw ivory by 1st July 2017 following the adoption of a new EU guidance on ivory trade. From this date onwards, EU Member States will no longer be able to issue export documents for raw ivory, unless it is for scientific or

EU Member States have approved the inclusion of 12 additional animal and plant species on the European Union’s list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern. This list includes the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a species that is exploited by the fur industry and inappropriately marketed

The European Union must make encouraging a shift away from meat-heavy diets towards more plant-based foods an urgent policy priority, in order to tackle climate change, improve consumer health and protect animal welfare, say MEPs and experts from industry, research and innovation. EU citizens

The Czech Republic has today become the 14th country globally to completely ban fur farming, sparing around 20,000 foxes and minks every year who would otherwise spend their lives in cramped, barren cages and suffer painful deaths by gassing or electrocution. Humane Society International, which