#Act4 LabAnimals The Australian government has passed a bill that effectively bans animal testing for cosmetics in the country. Australia sets concrete measures to guarantee cosmetic ingredients are no longer tested on animals 15 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife For this reason, today we have written to the Minister so that indignation turns into concrete changes. Urging concrete actions on pig breeding regulations 15 February 2019 LAV
#Act4 AnimalsEU Last week we launched our new high-profile campaign "Insta vs Reality" on Instagram. "Insta vs. Reality" Campaign 14 February 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The European Parliament and EU member states clinched an agreement late last night (13 February) over new technical conservation measures for fishing, which includes an EU-wide ban on the controversial pulse trawling starting from mid-2021. EU approves ban on electric pulse fishing from 2021 14 February 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals In his State of the Union address this year, President Trump pledged $500 million over the next 10 years to fund research into cures for childhood cancers. How reliance on animal disease models is halting progress in the biomedical sciences 14 February 2019
Research suggests density of hairdressers in an area – and resulting human hair – affects rate of lost toes Human hair behind pigeons' lost toes, Paris study finds 14 February 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Fish play various roles in Dutch society. Dutch Council on Animal Affairs releases fish welfare report (in English) 13 February 2019
#Act4 Pets Although the Republic of Azerbaijan signed the European Convention for the Protection of Pets in 2003 and has been in force since 2008 (1), homeless dog killings in the capital Baku and other regions are reported time and again. Help stop the killing of stray dogs in Azerbaijan 13 February 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Animal rights activists have launched an unprecedented legal challenge to the slaughter of dolphins in Japan, claiming that fishermen are routinely violating animal welfare laws and exceeding government-set quotas. Taiji dolphin hunt: activists to launch unprecedented legal challenge that dolphins are wrongly classified as fish 13 February 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Europe’s nature remains in dramatic decline - facing a barrage of illegal threats even to protected sites and wildlife - meaning the EU is on track to miss its own 2020 target to stop nature loss. “It’s the ‘final countdown’ for nature”, NGOs tell EU environment chief 13 February 2019
#Act4 Pets "We wanted a puppy. On the website of dog breeder X we saw a cute dwarf geese. We fell in love right away." Campaign against intensive pet trade 13 February 2019 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals "Don't be afraid of change for the better!" - conversation with Frisco.pl Polish supermarket withdraws caged eggs from shelves 13 February 2019