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April 27, 2017
Advocates deliver more than 75,000 names calling for a ban on trophy hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia
Animal advocates delivered more than 75,000 names from across the globe calling on the government of British Columbia to ban the trophy hunting of grizzly bears.
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April 19, 2017
U.S. Endangered Species Act protection sought for giraffes
In response to recent scientific consensus on giraffes’ vulnerability to extinction, five wildlife protection groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect Earth’s tallest land animal under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
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April 13, 2017
INR 1,00,000 reward offered for nabbing elephant tusk thief in Thrissur
HSl/India is offering a reward of 1,00,000 INR (about $1,500 US) for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible for stealing four tusks from the Sankarankulangara devaswom, Kanattukara.
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April 11, 2017
Atlantic Canada’s baby seal slaughter begins
The Atlantic Canadian commercial slaughter of baby seals – in which tens of thousands of harp seals just a few weeks of age are shot and clubbed for their fur each year – opened today
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April 10, 2017
Illegal cat fur sold as faux fur on British high-street
An investigation by animal charity HSI/UK has discovered shoes containing real cat fur for sale on the British high-street by youth fashion chain Missguided.
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March 31, 2017
Outrage as defiant Japanese whaling fleet returns to port from the Southern Ocean with meat from 333 minke whales
As Japan’s whaling fleet docked today in Shimonoseki, Japan, on its return from its controversial ‘scientific whaling’ in the waters around Antarctica, Humane Society International and the Humane Society Legislative Fund called for an end to the cruelty of harpooning whales.
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March 28, 2017
Le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique prié d’interdire la chasse au trophée du grizzly
Humane Society International/Canada, Pacific Wild et des élèves de l’école secondaire Glenlyon Norfolk demandent au gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique d’interdire la chasse au trophée du grizzly dans la province et d’imposer immédiatement un moratoire avant la saison de chasse.
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March 28, 2017
B.C. government urged to ban trophy hunting of grizzly bears
HSI/Canada, Pacific Wild and middle school students from Glenlyon Norfolk school are calling on the B.C. government to implement a complete ban on the trophy hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia, and to implement an immediate moratorium before the hunting season.
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March 27, 2017
Le gouvernement canadien ouvre la chasse aux phoques plus tôt, alors que les bébés ne sont probablement pas encore sevrés
Pêches et Océans Canada a confirmé que le massacre commercial des phoques commencerait deux semaines plus tôt à Terre-Neuve, soit le 28 mars, bien que certaines mères phoques n’ont sûrement toujours pas fini d’allaiter leurs petits.
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March 9, 2017
HSI calls on zoos to step-up security for vulnerable species following rhino poaching in Paris
Following the brutal killing of a four-year-old male southern white rhinoceros named Vince in a zoo near Paris, HSI called on the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria to urgently review and improve security protection for vulnerable animals in light of the increased threat from the global poaching crisis.
