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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.
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September 12, 2017
European Parliament urges action on the transit of whale meat via EU ports
HSI/Europe applauded the European Parliament for adopting a strongly worded Resolution on whale hunting in Norway. MEPs raised concerns about the shipment of whale products to Japan via a number of EU ports during a debate with the European Commission in July.
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September 5, 2017
Wildlife protection groups criticize decision to reopen trophy hunting of brown bears and wolves in Romania
HSI/Europe and Agent Green expressed disappointment at the decision in Romania to reopen trophy hunting of brown bears and wolves.
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August 2, 2017
Czech Republic bans fur farming, saving 20,000 animals a year
HSI welcomed the news of the Czech Republic becoming the 14th country globally to completely ban fur farming, sparing around 20,000 foxes and minks every year who would otherwise spend their lives in cramped, barren cages and suffer painful deaths by gassing or electrocution.
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July 24, 2017
Spanish Balearic Islands votes to eliminate bullfighting
HSI/Europe applauded the Parliament of the Balearic Islands for approving legislative measures to make it impossible to hold bullfights or bull fiestas in this autonomous community. The legislation came in lieu of an explicit ban because the Spanish Constitutional Court had previously ruled that regions do not have the autonomous power to ban bullfighting.
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July 24, 2017
Las Islas Baleares votan para eliminar la tauromaquia
HSI aplaudió al Parlamento de las Islas Baleares por votar a favor de medidas legislativas que imposibilitan la realización de la tauromaquia en esta comunidad autónoma. Esta legislación sustituye una abolición directa debido a que el Tribunal Constitucional español ha dictaminado previamente que las regiones no tienen el poder autónomo para abolir las corridas de toros.
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July 13, 2017
Home Office blasted for failing to curb “out of control” breeding of genetically modified animals which accounts for nearly 50 per cent of all procedures
HSI/UK blasted Home Office statistics on the UK’s use of animals in scientific procedures in 2016 as exposing the government’s failure to use its regulatory and research funding powers to curb uncontrolled breeding activities.
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July 12, 2017
On the eve of South Korea’s ‘Bok Nal’ dog meat eating season, celebs including TOWIE’s Pete Wicks, Gogglebox's Sandi Bogle & Downton Abbey's Peter Egan attend Parliament event to end the cruelty
HSI and British MP Henry Smith hosted a reception in the Palace of Westminster to shine a spotlight on the cruelty of the dog meat trade. Celebrities joined MPs and campaigners for an exhibition of powerful images and inspiring stories of some of the 850 dogs that HSI has rescued from ‘death row’ on South Korea’s dog meat farms.
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June 27, 2017
Stand Up For Animals Comedy Night 2017
A night of live comedy to support HSI’s vital work to protect animals from cruelty and suffering.
