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BREAKING: France announces ban on mink fur farming one month after shocking cruelty investigation

LONDON—French minister Barbara Pompili has announced the end of mink fur farming in France. The country’s last four remaining fur...

Actor Daniel Henney adopts Juliette, a dog saved from a South Korean dog meat farm by Humane Society International

WASHINGTON—Korean-American actor Daniel Henney just became the proud pup parent of Juliette, a young golden retriever rescued from a dog meat...

On World Rhino Day, Chinese animal protection groups urge China’s President Xi to ban rhino hunting trophy imports

BEIJING–China’s leading animal protection organizations have sent an open letter to President Xi Jinping urging the Chinese government to make...

Dehradun Café Maya A Culture announces new plant-based policy

Dehradun—Café Maya A Culture, a Dehradun-based café, has teamed up with Humane Society International India to join the global movement...

Largest-ever study on welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms terrible suffering for billions of ‘rapid growth’ birds

LONDON—The largest study ever conducted on the welfare of chickens raised for meat confirms that fast-growing breeds, which make up...

HSI donates more than 6,000 kilos of food for pets affected by the pandemic in Costa Rica

SAN JOSÉ—More than 3,000 dogs and cats who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic received food for several weeks,...

Former British Fur Trade Association CEO says fur is cruel and its sale should be banned, backs #FurFreeBritain campaign

LONDON—Mike Moser, who resigned as CEO of the British Fur Trade Association in 2018 after a decade of defending the...

European Chemicals Agency ruling undercuts historic cosmetic animal testing ban

The European Union’s precedent-setting ban on cosmetic animal testing and trade has been undermined from within by two recent decisions...

BREAKING: Dutch mink fur farms to be permanently closed by March 2021 following 41 COVID-19 farm infections

AMSTERDAM—The Dutch government has agreed that all mink fur farms must permanently close by March 2021, according to Dutch national...

Aid for animals in Lebanon