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January 9, 2015
Tarun Gogoi Urged to Stop Illegal Buffalo Fights and Bulbul Fights Scheduled during Bihu
In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi, HSI/India urged the Government of Assam to bring a stop to the illegal practices of buffalo fighting and bulbul fighting.
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January 6, 2015
HSI India Launches National Animal Fighting Tip Line
Humane Society International/India launched the national tip line this week in an effort to crack down on the criminal and inhumane activity. Anyone who has information about persons involved in illegal animal fighting—such as dogfighting, cockfighting and bullfighting—is urged to report their suspicions by calling +91 7674-922044.
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December 11, 2014
Government of Maharashtra Urged to Stop Illegal Cockfighting in Thane District
HSI sent a letter to Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Collector of Thane urging the government to end cockfighting in that state. The request was in response to an illegal cockfighting event scheduled to be held in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra on Jan. 2, 2015.
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November 20, 2014
India Confiscates Hundreds of Animals at Nepal Border as Illegal Transport Ban Takes Effect Ahead of Gadhimai Festival
HSI undertook a special mission to Nepal in collaboration with People for Animals and Animal Welfare Network Nepal where they met the President and the Prime Minister of Nepal, as well as Temple officials to call for a suspension of the sacrifice of half a million buffalo, goats and hens at this year's Gadhimai festival.
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November 6, 2014
Jet Airways Bans Shark Fins as Cargo
Jet Airways instituted a policy against the shipment of shark fins, joining a growing number of major international carriers committed to protecting declining shark populations and marine ecosystems. HSI/India, which along with animal welfare and conservation groups had petitioned Jet Airways to end its role in the international trade in shark fins, applauded the policy.
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November 4, 2014
Government of India Orders Sashastra Seema Bal to Stop the Illegal Movement of Animals to Nepal
The Ministry of Home Affairs ordered all field formations of Sashastra Seema Bal to prevent cattle transport without license. The order comes a few weeks before the Gadhimai festival where more than 500,000 animals, most originating from India, could be sacrificed in Nepal.
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October 20, 2014
Supreme Court of India Intervenes to Save Thousands of Animals from Nepal’s Brutal Gadhimai Festival Sacrifice
The Supreme Court of India passed an interim order directing the Union of India to prevent the illegal movement of animals across the border from India to Nepal, to be sacrificed at the Gadhimai Festival.
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October 17, 2014
Campanha Liberte-se da Crueldade da Índia faz história ao proibir a importação de cosméticos testados em animais
A campanha Liberte-se da Crueldade da HSI, está celebrando uma vitória histórica, pois a Índia acaba de proibir a importação de cosméticos testados em animais.
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October 14, 2014
HSIのBe Cruelty-Freeインドの歴史的瞬間 ― インドで動物実験が実施された化粧品の輸入が禁止に
インドが、動物実験が実施された化粧品の輸入を禁止しました。輸入の禁止は、インドの研究施設における化粧品の動物実験の実施の禁止が施行されてからわずか数カ月後に達成され、これでインドは南アジア初のcruelty-freeな地域となり、他の国に模範を示すこととなりました。
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October 14, 2014
HSI’s Be Cruelty-Free India Makes History as India Bans Import of Animal-Tested Cosmetics
Coming just few months after implementation of a national ban on cruel cosmetics testing in India’s labs, an import ban made India the first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia and an example for other nations to follow.
