The Latest Breaking News from Humane Society International

Climate breakdown could become next Me Too-style movement, Chris Packham says

The Springwatch star said that ‘patience will at a certain point run out’ among climate and biodiversity campaigners.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Activists release images of foxes at Finnish fur farms to push EU to ban the trade

Finnish advocacy group Oikeutta Elaimille, or Justice for Animals, and Humane Society International have released images taken from an “undercover investigation” at three fur farms in western Finland in late October to highlight the behind-the-scenes realities of the trade

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2024

ACT landowners kill too many kangaroos, report warns

Humane Society International calls for ACT farmers to show more restraint with the gun

The Canberra Times · Oct 31, 2024

Queensland urged to end its ‘failing’ shark nets and drum lines program

Scientists call on government to replace lethal control measures amid criticism of its use of federal money at the Great Barrier Reef

The Guardian - AU · Jan 13, 2023

Countries push to undermine ban on commercial whaling

Charities say calls at international meeting to lift restrictions are distraction from climate crisis and plastic pollution

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

Tangled politics: why shark nets are still being used on NSW beaches

Experts say ‘nets don’t work’ and the meshing program is in its death throes – so when will there be sufficient political will to scrap them?

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2022

Use of sharks nets in NSW could be left to discretion of councils

Coastal councils in New South Wales may soon be able to decide whether they want to use nets to mitigate the risk of shark attacks at local beaches.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

126 dogs rescued from slaughterhouse where stolen pets are blowtorched for meat

As the infamous Yulin dog meat festival ends, some 1,000 miles away in China, 126 dogs have escaped a brutal death after an illegal slaughterhouse was raided by animal activists and police

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Pregnant dog saved from meat slaughterhouse gives birth to puppies in rescue

Charity volunteers welcomed three tiny newborn puppies following their rescue mission to save 386 dogs from a slaughterhouse truck travelling to Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China - taking the total to 389

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

23 dogs living in faeces saved from 'worst case' ever witnessed by rescuers

Twenty-three emaciated dogs have been seized from a squalid house in Aguascalientes, Mexico, following reports of animal abuse and neglect, with rescuers describing it as some of the worst conditions they have ever witnessed

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022