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June 17, 2013
Investments in Suffering
With financial backing of Member States in the European Union, international banks and credit agencies are investing in agricultural companies that fail to meet the EU’s standards for the humane treatment of farm animals.
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June 1, 2013
Canada Set to Ban Lifelong Confinement of Pigs in Inhumane Cages as Retailers and Consumers Oppose Practice
The draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs would improve animal welfare in pork production Canada-wide by eliminating the perpetual confinement of pigs during pregnancy in gestation crates.
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May 31, 2013
Stopping the Spread of Intensive Confinement
HSI is working with international finance institutions, governments and international agricultural development organizations to stop the financing of massive agribusiness companies employing extreme confinement systems in developing and emerging economies.
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May 30, 2013
Overwhelming Majority of Canadians Support a Complete Phase Out of Inhumane Confinement of Breeding Pigs
Following a new Environics poll, HSI/Canada is renewing calls for the federal and provincial governments, pork producers, and other industry stakeholders to support a nation-wide ban on the use of these intensive farm animal confinement systems.
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May 23, 2013
Cage-Free in Calcutta
HSI and local celebrity food writer Salmoli Mukerji co-organized an event to raise awareness about cage-free farming.
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May 13, 2013
Hope for Hens: India Agrees That Battery Cages Are Illegal
HSI/India successfully persuaded the majority of Indian states--including the top egg producing states--to declare that confining hens to battery cages violates the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960.
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March 25, 2013
Humane Society International Praises The Park Kolkata for Leadership in Animal Welfare in Bengal
HSI praised The Park Kolkata for ending its procurement of eggs from caged hens, and adopting a cage-free policy.
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March 15, 2013
Farm Animal Welfare in Vietnam
HSI is working with local universities and NGOs to safeguard and enhance the welfare of farm animals in Vietnam.
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February 5, 2013
Intensive Confinement of Farm Animals in Latin America
HSI works closely with food retailers, corporations, and governments throughout Latin America to end the intensive confinement of farm animals in gestation crates and battery cages in the region.
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December 13, 2012
HSI/Canada Calls on Canadian Retailers to End the Use of Gestation Crates in the Wake of Shocking Undercover Video
HSI/Canada is calling on Canadian retailers to join dozens of leading North American companies in pledging to end the use of gestation crates in their supply chains.
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November 21, 2012
HSI Praises Gero for Promoting Animal Welfare
Humane Society International praises restaurant Gero, Grupo Fasano’s Brasilia-based restaurant, for adopting a cage-free egg procurement policy.
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November 6, 2012
Carnival se torna primeira empresa de cruzeiros a se comprometer com a eliminação das polêmicas celas de gestação
Humane Society International aplaude a Carnival Corporation, baseada em Miami e a maior empresa de cruzeiros do mundo, por beneficiar o bem estar animal ao trabalhar para eliminar as polêmicas celas de gestação para porcas reprodutoras de sua cadeia de fornecimento.
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October 9, 2012
On World Egg Day, Costa Rican Consumers Should Know about Welfare of Laying Hens
HSI encourages Costa Rica consumers to take steps to improve the treatment of egg-laying hens in conventional egg production.
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October 5, 2012
HSI Praises Hyatt Regency Kolkata for Leadership in Animal Welfare in Bengal
HSI praised Hyatt Regency Kolkata for being the first in the Bengal hospitality industry to initiate procurement of cage-free eggs.
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October 3, 2012
Big Progress for Pigs in 2012
Major companies are standing up for pigs by announcing that they will be eliminating the use of gestation crates from their supply chains.
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October 2, 2012
Chili’s Exigirá que sus Proveedores Den Mejor Trato a Cerdas
La Humane Society of the United States y su rama internacional, Humane Society International (HSI), aplaudieron el anuncio de Brinker International, empresa propietaria de la cadena restaurantera Chili’s, de que eliminará de su cadena de suministro de carne de cerdo las polémicas jaulas de gestación.
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October 1, 2012
Compassion Without Borders
HSI travelled to the Perote Valley in Mexico to assess the impact of an intensive confinement facility on Fausto Limón, his family and his community.
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October 1, 2012
Compasión Sin Fronteras
HSI viajó al Valle de Perote en México para conocer el impacto nocivo de una granja de confinamiento intensivo sobre Fausto Limón, su familia y su comunidad.
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September 27, 2012
ConAgra Foods Elimina Controversiales Jaulas para Cerdas de su Cadena de Suministro
La Humane Society of the United States y su rama internacional, HSI, elogiaron el anuncio hecho por ConAgra Foods relativo a que eliminará de su cadena de suministro de carne de cerdo, las controversiales jaulas de gestación.
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August 2, 2012
Bhutan Bans Extreme Confinement Cages for Egg-Laying Hens
HSI praised the Royal Government of Bhutan for instituting major animal welfare reforms for the country’s egg industry.
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