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Sodexo, Panera Bread announce major reforms for broiler chicken welfare

December 31, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

In our industrial food production system, broiler chickens are genetically manipulated to grow so fast, they’re barely able to walk by the end of their lives, which is usually only about 47 days.

In our industrial food production system, broiler chickens are genetically manipulated to grow so fast, they’re barely able to walk by the end of their lives, which is usually only about 47 days. Photo by iStockphoto

We’re building major momentum with our new campaign to improve the lives of broiler chickens, with Panera Bread and Sodexo this week committing to work with U.S. suppliers to implement on-the-farm reforms. These are big, powerful brand names in the food sales world, and they are two very strong companies we’ve worked with on a . . .

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Top 10 victories for all animals in 2016

December 29, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

In a pathbreaking announcement for captive marine mammals, SeaWorld, in cooperation with The HSUS, announced in March that it would end all breeding of its orcas and it won’t obtain additional orcas from other sources. Photo by iStockphoto

We’re operating in a time of punctuated change for animals. It hardly means that we’ve been on a glide path to reform. And it doesn’t mean that we haven’t had setbacks or that we don’t have immense challenges ahead. But what it does mean is that The HSUS’s strategic, focused action, brandishing, and using many . . .

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The HSUS and affiliates provided hands-on care to nearly 300,000 animals in 2016

December 28, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

At The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in San Diego County, the staff treats a wide range of native animals[…]

Mexico moves toward national ban on dogfighting

December 22, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Last Thursday[12/8], Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies (the analog to our U.S. House of Representatives) gave its approval to national anti-dogfighting[…]

Massive South Korean dog market shuttered by city government #DogMeatVictory

December 16, 2016 Wayne Pacelle Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Humane Society International has been hard at work in South Korea to close down dog meat farms, and the atmosphere we’ve created contributed to this game-changing announcement.
Pictured above, Somang, a dog HSI rescued from a meat farm earlier this year. Photo by Woohae Cho/AP Images for The HSUS

Officials in the city of Seongnam today announced that they will permanently shutter the dog meat section of Moran Market, South Korea’s largest dog meat market. It is by far the biggest single blow ever against the dog meat trade in the country, and with a local government leading the charge, it’s a new front . . .

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