The HSUS and affiliates provided hands-on care to nearly 300,000 animals in 2016
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Mexico moves toward national ban on dogfighting
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[…]
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Massive South Korean dog market shuttered by city government #DogMeatVictory
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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