Browse our latest news and work on animal protection across Oceania.
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April 17, 2012
Lush Cosmetics and HSI/Australia Launch Global Campaign to End Cosmetics Testing on Animals
HSI/Australia, Choose Cruelty-Free, Humane Research Australia and Lush Cosmetics launched the Australian arm of the largest-ever global campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics.
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April 17, 2012
New Zealand Joins Lush Cosmetics, Humane Society International in Global Campaign To End Cosmetics Testing on Animals
HSI, SAFE, and Lush Cosmetics collaborated to for the New Zealander launch of the largest-ever global campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics.
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April 17, 2012
Q&A: Cosmetic Testing in Australia
Raw ingredients in cosmetic and consumer products may be subject to the same sorts of tests as any other chemicals, including skin and eye irritation tests, studies in chemically-poisoned animals and their offspring, and even the widely condemned “lethal dose” tests, in which animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive amounts of a test substance to determine the dose that causes death.
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September 8, 2011
An Uncertain Future for Whaling
Japanese whaling activity in the Southern Ocean faced an uncertain future as new problems weighed on the government.
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December 8, 2010
HSI Promotes Wildlife Protection at Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations
In December 2010, HSI attended the fourth round of negotiations towards a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement being held in Auckland. The TPP aims to integrate the economies of the Asia-Pacific region. Participating countries include Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
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August 18, 2010
Solomons Dolphin Saga Continues
Capture of live dolphins for trade continues in the Solomon Islands while under review by the Animals Committee of CITES.
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June 2, 2010
Australia Takes the Lead on Protecting Whales
Japan has defied the international moratorium on commercial whaling for decades and Australia has had enough. They plan to move forward with an international court case against Japan in the hopes of seeking justice for whales.
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March 23, 2010
Commercially Valuable Shark Species Gains Protection From International Trade
In March 2010, CITES parties accepted a proposal submitted by Palau and member states of the European Community to increase protection for porbeagle sharks.
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February 1, 2010
Hector's Dolphin: Still Declining
Though better protected than in the past, New Zealand's Hector's dolphin is still declining.
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January 8, 2009
Kangaroo Slaughter in Australia
Many people don't know that kangaroos are currently being slaughtered by the millions every year to supply the international trade in their leather and meat in the largest human massacre of terrestrial wildlife on the planet.
