Campaigners renew calls to halt China’s Yulin dog meat festival after rescue of puppies from a meat market days before festival begins BEIJING—Chinese animal activists in Yulin have urged local authorities to embrace the national government’s recent declaration that dogs are companions... China Dog Meat Trade Read More Latest Updates
Just weeks ahead of Yulin dog meat festival, China’s Agriculture Ministry officially confirms dogs are companions, not for eating WASHINGTON—Just three weeks ahead of China’s infamous Yulin dog meat festival at which thousands of dogs are killed for consumption,... China Dog Meat Trade Read More Latest Updates
Andreea Roseti Andreea Roseti COUNTRY DIRECTOR, ROMANIA Andreea Roseti is the Romania country director for Humane Society International. She is responsible for... Read More Latest Updates
Iga Glazewska Iga Glazewska COUNTRY DIRECTOR, POLAND Iga Glazewska leads efforts to strengthen Poland’s anti-cruelty laws, raise welfare standards for farm animals, end fur farming, increase... Read More Latest Updates
European Commission will start supporting plant-based diets in new Farm to Fork Strategy, but “chickened out” of removing EU funding for meat promotion BRUSSELS—The European Commission will promote a shift to planet-friendly plant-based diets, according to its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy published... Europe Plant-Based Eating Read More Latest Updates
China’s wildlife farmers offered buy-out to grow plants instead of porcupines in COVID-19 crackdown WASHINGTON—Wildlife farmers in two provinces in mainland China are being offered a government buy-out to facilitate a move away from... China Wildlife Trade Read More Latest Updates
VIDEO: Campaigners unite to urge governments across Asia to shut down dog & cat meat trades as ‘perfect breeding ground’ for next public health disaster WASHINGTON—Animal protection groups from around the world have joined forces to urge governments across Asia to act urgently to permanently... Global Dog Meat Trade Read More Latest Updates
Humane Society International calls for increased government support for researchers and institutions working to advance science without animal suffering SEOUL—On this World Day for Animals in Laboratories, following chilling evidence of the suffering of cats in Korean laboratories, Humane... Animals in Laboratories Read More Latest Updates
China’s Ministry of Agriculture states that dogs are pets and not livestock, in what campaigners hope could inspire cities to end brutal dog meat trade BEIJING—China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has for the first time ever explicitly stated that dogs are companion animals... China Dog Meat Trade Read More Latest Updates
On World Health Day, governments around the world are urged to heed the coronavirus ‘tipping point’ and ban wildlife trade to reduce risk of future pandemics WASHINGTON — Governments across the globe have today received an urgent plea and science-based white paper from Humane Society International... Global Wildlife Trade Read More Latest Updates