In the wake of new footage showing laying hens confined in battery cages, Humane Society International/Canada is calling on the Canadian egg industry to establish a timeline to end the use of these cage housing systems. The footage, filmed by Mercy for Animals Canada and aired on CTV's W5 program on Oct. 19, 2013, shows birds … Read more
The Court of Justice of the European Union has preserved the European Union's ban on commercial seal product trade by dismissing an appeal by commercial sealing and fur trade interests and some Inuit representatives. The appeal sought to overturn the European General Court's 2011 decision that the applicants' action against the EU ban was inadmissible. … Read more
A total of 21,251 Canadians have signed a statement calling on the National Farm Animal Care Council to introduce better conditions for pigs in its draft Code of Practice and Handling of Pigs. Humane Society Canada submitted the signatures along with its official comments urging the council to phase out gestation crates as the public … Read more
Canadian actor and director Ryan Gosling has teamed up with Farm Sanctuary and Humane Society International/Canada to improve the lives of more than one million breeding pigs on Canadian farms. Gosling has penned a piece in the Globe and Mail calling on the National Farm Animal Care Council to completely eliminate the use of gestation … Read more
The Humane Society of Canada commends Taiwan for passing a landmark ban on trade in marine mammal products, including seal skins, but exempting products of traditional indigenous hunts. The Taiwanese Legislative Yuan passed the legislation with unanimous support following a multi-year campaign by Taiwanese animal protection group EAST in collaboration with Humane Society International. More … Read more
