Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 3:03 pm
Humane Society International (HSI) asks countries to act
swiftly on the recommendation
to suspend trade in live wild mammals issued overnight by
the WHO, OIE and UNEP .
The three global
organisations have cooperated to call for an emergency
suspension on trade in live wild mammals for food or
breeding purposes and the closure of sections of food
markets selling these animals to help prevent the emergence
of another pandemic disease.
HSI issued a White
Paper in April 2020 compiling the evidence for wildlife
trade as a source of zoonotic diseases passed to humans. The
White Paper was provided to governments worldwide calling
Australian Marine Conservation
Society (AMCS) and
Humane Society
International (HSI) has found.
The report
found that across several years, the amounts of fins
recorded as exported from Australia were less than that
reported by countries receiving the fins and in some cases,
the discrepancy was reversed.
The report also found no
record of the associated shark meat in the export data which
raises the question of where this meat is ending
up.
Based on the report s comprehensive investigation,
both AMCS and HSI state that the Australian Government needs
to urgently review its recording and monitoring of the shark
product trade, including conducting a long-overdue review of
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 11:32 am
Humane Society International (HSI) is today giving a
progress report on the Queensland Government s
implementation of a court order to end the culling of sharks
in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) showing too
many sharks are still dying in what is meant to be a
non-lethal program. This follows the charity s 2019 court
victory at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The
organisation reports that while some progress has been
made”, Queensland needs to do better” to comply with
the court orders.
The orders issued by the AAT
required the Shark Control Program to be carried out in a
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 6:32 am
Concerns are mounting for a minke whale entrapped in a
fishing enclosure in Taiji, Japan on Christmas Eve. Today
marks two weeks since the adolescent whale began its ordeal.
The situation is drawing global attention as the ocean giant
becomes increasingly distressed and unable to break
free.
HSI s Animal Welfare Program Manager, Ms
Georgie Dolphin, said, This minke whale has now
been trapped in the nets for two weeks, becoming
increasingly distressed and agitated, ramming the nets and
deep diving in an effort to escape. We fear time is now
running out for the whale who will be getting weaker by the