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December 20, 2017
T K MAXX, Boohoo, Not On The High Street Among Online Retail Giants Caught Selling Real Fur Advertised As ‘Faux’
British consumers are being misled into buying real fur from fox, rabbit, chinchilla and mink, falsely advertised as fake fur, an investigation by Humane Society International UK and Sky News has revealed.
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December 12, 2017
Joanna Lumley, Ricky Gervais, Evanna Lynch, James McVey and the Watson sisters share their favourite vegan Christmas recipes in HSI UK’s EatKind festive guide
To inspire Brits to make more compassionate choices for their Christmas cooking, celebs Joanna Lumley, Ricky Gervais, Evanna Lynch, The Vamps’ James McVey and sisters Lucy and Tiffany Watson put together a complete menu of meat-and-dairy-free dishes for Humane Society International UK’s Christmas Stars’ EatKind Festive guide.
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December 5, 2017
TOWIE’S Pete Wicks helps charity rescue more than 170 dogs from death row on South Korean dog meat farm
Animal rescuers from HSI have saved more than 170 dogs languishing on a squalid dog meat farm in South Korea, and The Only Way Is Essex’s Pete Wicks joined the rescue team on what he described as one of the most emotional experiences of his life.
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December 1, 2017
HSI/UK calls on Defence Animal Centre to let retired military dogs live
Amidst growing public outcry at the Defence Animal Centre decision to euthanize three retired military working dogs despite professional handlers offering to adopt them, Humane Society International/UK urged the Centre to immediately reverse its decision.
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November 21, 2017
EU Parliament vote misses important opportunity to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from lethal fishing gear entanglement
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries failed to back proposals that would have significantly increased vital EU protections for European cetacean populations and helped prevent the deaths of porpoises, dolphins and whales accidentally entangled in fishing gear.
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November 15, 2017
Lucy and Tiffany Watson star in new video showing shoppers how to recognise fake faux fur
Lucy and Tiffany Watson teamed up with HSI UK to help consumers avoid being conned into buying cruel animal fur mislabelled as faux fur. Filmed in support of the charity’s #FurFreeBritian campaign, the sisters -- and Lucy’s dog Digby -- share their top tips for telling apart real and fake fur.
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November 6, 2017
LUSH Cosmetics and HSI join forces to fight fur cruelty with eye-catching lenticular window campaign
HSI UK and Lush have launched an eye-catching nationwide #WhatTheFur?! campaign across all 103 Lush stores in the United Kingdom to make shoppers aware they could be misled into buying real fur falsely labelled as fake fur.
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November 2, 2017
HSI welcomes Nestlé announcement setting dates for its complete transition to cage-free eggs in Latin America, Oceania, Middle East and Africa
Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, announced that it will complete this transition in Europe by 2020 and in Latin America, Oceania, Middle East, and Africa by 2025. The company had previously committed to completing its transition to a cage-free supply chain in the U.S. by 2020, and in Canada by 2025.
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October 11, 2017
Gucci goes fur-free
Leading global fashion house Gucci announced it would no longer use animal fur, beginning with its spring-summer 2018 collection.
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September 15, 2017
Ruud Tombrock joins HSI/Europe as executive director
HSI/Europe announced that Ruud Tombrock has joined as its new executive director. HSI/Europe is a leading lobby and advocacy force for animal protection in Europe, with active campaigns to protect wildlife, reduce and replace animal use in scientific research and product testing, to protect marine life, and to address the treatment of animals farmed for food, skins and fur.