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Engage in sustainable tourism – We can all engage in sustainable tourism close to home and abroad. Visiting national parks in our home country and viewing animals at a safe distance helps conserve them in their national habitat. If long-distance travel is more appealing, you can join a safari, visit an eco-lodge, or find other […]

Many myths surround trophy hunting. Read on to learn the reality. Myth #1 – Trophy hunting supports healthy populations Reality – Trophy hunters target animals with the best physical traits. They usually target males with big manes, horns, tusks or antlers. This means animal groups lose leaders. This can lead to more deaths. For example, […]

Trophy hunting is legal in many countries. Between 2005 and 2014, more than 1.26 million wildlife trophies were imported to the U.S, according to a report by Humane Society International. Many of the trophies imported from the continent of Africa are ranked as Vulnerable or Threatened endangered species lists. SPCA International is firmly against trophy […]

The Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China is one of the most well-known and publicized events centered around dog meat consumption. Because it is called a festival, it is easy to misinterpret this event as historical and culturally important, but it is not. In fact, the “festival” began in 2009 and is promoted by local […]

Combating the dog meat trade is complicated, but there are plenty of ways you can get involved If you live in a country where dog meat is consumed: There are many things you can do to help change the situation. First, don’t eat dog meat and don’t eat at restaurants that have it on the […]

Sadly, dogs are tortured, slaughtered, and eaten by humans in several countries in South East Asia. Despite public outrage in most of these countries, dog meat continues to be sold in markets and served in restaurants. Some dogs are born and raised on dog “farms” with horrendous conditions – they live their lives in tiny […]

What is a Puppy Mill? Puppy mills are large dog breeding facilities that house up to several hundred dogs at a time in deplorable conditions.  Most facilities force female breeding dogs to live in small cages and reproduce until they can no longer carry a pregnancy due to age or health.  Many dogs can be […]

Who can resist a cute puppy sitting in a storefront window, playing with a toy or sleeping peacefully?  What you cannot see in the window is how many of those cute, purebred puppies come from puppy mills all over the United States, where dogs are forced to live in small cages and rarely come in […]