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January 18, 2017
Banned substance found in Brazilian horsemeat
The recent discovery of naproxen in Brazilian horsemeat has led HSI/Europe to sound the alarm bell about the safety of horsemeat imports from outside the European Union. This substance, which is prohibited for use in food animals, was identified in horse meat shipped from Brazil to Belgium.
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January 4, 2017
Join our call for a Fur-Free Britain
The UK imports fur from countries whose fur farm conditions are as bad, or worse, than those we outlawed domestically. Where is all this imported fur going?
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December 21, 2016
AccorHotels raises the bar for welfare of egg-laying hens
AccorHotels announced that it is partnering with Humane Society International to implement its global free-range egg policy. AccorHotels will eliminate caged eggs from its liquid and shell egg supply chain in Europe by 2020, and in remaining markets within 8 years.
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December 16, 2016
Badger cull death toll hits 14,829, slammed as ‘badgercide’ by outraged HSI/UK
Figures released by DEFRA in December 2016 revealed that 10,886 badgers were killed that year in 10 zones across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Somerset as part of the government’s badger cull policy, bringing the total number of badgers killed since the culls started in 2013 to 14,829.
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December 6, 2016
Comedian John Bishop loves turkey at Christmas, but not on his plate
HSI/UK joined comedian John Bishop and his rescued turkeys to urge people to celebrate animals this Christmas by leaving meat off the menu this holiday season.
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November 24, 2016
European Parliament supports EU crackdown on wildlife trafficking
The European Parliament has adopted a robust report on the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, a move warmly welcomed by Humane Society International.
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October 20, 2016
Catalonia’s bullfighting ban overturned by Spain’s Constitutional Court
HSI expressed disappointment that the Constitutional Court of Spain has overturned Catalonia’s ban on bullfighting that was introduced in 2010 following huge public and Parliament approval.
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October 20, 2016
El Tribunal Constitucional Español anula la prohibición a las corridas de toros en Cataluña
HSI se mostró decepcionada de que la Corte Constitucional de España haya anulado la prohibición a las corridas de toros en Cataluña que fue instaurada en el 2010 como resultado de un apoyo público y parlamentario mayoritario.
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October 13, 2016
HSI celebrates 30th anniversary of international whaling moratorium and calls on Japan, Iceland and Norway to join the rest of the world in abiding by it
Ahead of the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, HSI celebrated the whales spared in the three decades since the international moratorium on commercial whaling, but called for IWC member nations to condemn the willful disregard of the ban by Japan, Iceland and Norway.
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October 11, 2016
EU agriculture ministers discuss harmonisation between animal welfare standards and international investment policy
HSI/Europe applauded the European Union’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council, composed of agriculture ministers from all 28 EU Member States, for debating the issue of international finance institutions and animal welfare.
