#Act4 Pets Every Friday evening, a 2km stretch of road in Caidang, Jiangsu province throngs with merchants haggling over puppies and kittens. The dark side of China’s pet boom 13 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife On a hot, muggy day in October, an exotic pet trapper in an Indonesian forest snatched a young Javan gibbon from its mother, stuffed the animal in a sack, and took to his heels. Holding social media companies accountable for facilitating the illegal wildlife trade 25 October 2019
#Act4 Pets After three years since FAADA filed a complaint against the company Schibsted Classified Media Spain S.L. Barcelona is the first city in Spainto charge a retailer for trading pets illegally 4 October 2019 FAADA
#Act4 Wildlife A new European Union (EU)-funded project aims to disrupt criminals trafficking wildlife in or via the EU using the internet, postal or fast parcel services. The project is implemented by a strong coalition gathering WWF, IFAW, INTERPOL and the Belgian Customs. EU initiative to counter surging wildlife cybercrime 14 June 2019
#Act4 Pets “Puppy farms” represent a major target of the animal welfare activists. The Czech Government moves against puppy farms 29 May 2019
#Act4 Pets A new law aimed at cracking down on so-called puppy farms in England is being presented to Parliament on Monday. Lucy's Law: UK puppy farm ban set to be confirmed 13 May 2019
#Act4 Pets The city council has assured in a statement that it will "continuously monitor the ads to sanction in case of persistence in the breach of the withdrawal of the ads" Online pet trade: Barcelona demands the withdrawal of online adverts 10 May 2019
#Act4 Pets More than £5 million has been raised by a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce tackling dishonest dog breeders selling pups on the black market. Millions raised in UK from tax-evading dog breeders 5 May 2019
#Act4 Pets The EU needs around eight million puppies annually to meet consumer demand – far beyond legitimate breeders’ capacity. Animal health law: A power tool against the illegal puppy trade? 4 April 2019
#Act4 Pets Minister Carola Schouten of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is introducing new animal welfare criteria for dog breeding, primarily focused on external characteristics such as the shape of the skull, nose and eyes. Dutch government targets puppy mills with stricter rules for breeding for appearance 19 March 2019
#Act4 Pets Over half a million dogs change hands in the EU in the course of any given year, and the pet trade has a turnover of more than one billion euros per annum. EC Vice-President Katainen confirms that ‘delegated acts’ are being prepared regarding registration and traceability of pets in the fight against illegal puppy farms 26 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife After years of campaigning against circuses with animals, on 25 May 2018 the Slovak Parliament adopted a landmark amendment to the Veterinary Act introducing an ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. SLOBODA ZVIERAT: Slovakia bans wild animals in circuses and introduces mandatory microchipping for dogs 4 June 2018 Sloboda Zvierat