Center for a Humane Economy

The biggest stars at the World Cup are proving something powerful:

You don't need kangaroo skin to play the beautiful game at the highest level.

From Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé to Erling Haaland and Harry Kane, elite players are wearing boots made with modern materials—not wildlife.

Since the launch of the Kangaroos Are Not Shoes campaign, every major athletic shoe brand has committed to moving away from kangaroo leather, helping dismantle a trade that fueled the commercial killing of millions of wild kangaroos.

The future of soccer is faster, lighter, better—and kinder.

Just months after Korean Air agreed to stop transporting fighting birds from the U.S. to the Philippines, investigators uncovered a new loophole.

Instead of flying directly to Manila, traffickers are now shipping fighting birds on Korean Air flights to Vietnam, where they're transferred to another airline for the final leg to the Philippines.

Changing the route doesn't change the crime.

The Center for a Humane Economy is calling on Korean Air to permanently prohibit shipments of mature gamefowl from the United States to any destination in Asia.

Cockfighters adapted. Now Korean Air must finish the job.

The most important animal welfare provision in the Senate Farm Bill draft may be the one that isn't there.

Senate leaders left out the "Save Our Bacon Act"—a sweeping proposal that would have wiped out state farm animal welfare laws, including California's Proposition 12 and Massachusetts' Question 3.

That's good news for consumers, family farmers, and the millions of Americans who voted for stronger protections for farm animals.

The factory farm lobby pushed hard for Congress to overturn these laws. This time, it didn't get its way.

A teenager is dead. A carriage horse is dead. And New York City is once again confronting a reality it has ignored for far too long.

Just days after carriage horse Deniz collapsed and died, an 18-year-old suffered fatal injuries after a horse reportedly became frightened and bolted during a carriage ride in Central Park.

These incidents are not isolated. They are the predictable consequences of forcing horses to navigate crowded streets, traffic, noise, and chaos in the largest city in America.

The question is no longer whether this industry is outdated.

The question is how many more tragedies it will take before city leaders finally end it.

New York should immediately halt horse-drawn carriage operations and move forward with a permanent transition away from this dangerous and inhumane practice.