Animal groups in Beijing submit letter signed by 235,000 people to end China’s Yulin dog meat festival BEIJING—Chinese and international animal campaigners in Beijing have submitted a letter with 235,000 signatures to call for an end to... Read More Latest Updates
HSI welcomes inclusion of animal protection provisions in renewed EU-Mexico free trade agreement Hopeful news for animals. Shaiith/istock Mexico City/Brussels—Humane Society International has cautiously welcomed the conclusion of negotiations for the modernisation of... Read More Latest Updates
South Korean animal groups unite in supporting the inclusion of animal protection in a revised constitution HSI Seoul—Animal protection groups in South Korea have come together to support an historic bill by President Moon Jae-in to... Read More Latest Updates
A second chance for Ivory the pangolin In early December last year, Biodiversity Enforcement Officers in South Africa received a tip that a ground pangolin was being... Read More Latest Updates
Three Indian owls rescued from wildlife trafficking racket The capture and trade of owls is illegal. HSI Rescued just in time. HSI BANGALORE, India—Karnataka Forest Department’s Chikkaballapur Division... Read More Latest Updates
Humane Society International and Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare hold a citizen forum to mobilize the public for the revision of the Japanese Animal Welfare Act We’re working to impact the revision of the Animal Welfare Act. istock Tokyo—Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare and Humane Society... Read More Latest Updates
VIDEO: Sickening animal cruelty at Indonesia’s “extreme” markets where dogs and cats are bludgeoned and blow-torched alive LONDON—The Indonesian government is being urged to shut down the country’s brutally cruel live animal markets, where thousands of dogs... Read More Latest Updates
Animal charities unite to call on government to get the best deal for animals in Brexit negotiations Humane Society International UK has worked closely with Wildlife and Countryside Link and the UK Centre for Animal Law to... Read More Latest Updates
HSI statement on European Parliament cetacean bycatch vote William Rossiter/Cetacean Society International The European Parliament has voted to only marginally improve protections for cetaceans in EU waters in... Read More Latest Updates
Grizzly bears finally find peace in British Columbia MONTREAL—Effective immediately, the Government of British Columbia has ended hunting of grizzly bears throughout the province. The move follows a... Canada Trophy Hunting Read More Latest Updates