#Act4 Pets Donald Broom, emeritus professor of animal welfare at Cambridge University, and Iwona Mertin, our Cats & Dogs Programme Leader will join the webinar as special guest and panelist. Webinar: Animal cruelty and animal rights 22 October 2020 LNDC
#Act4 Pets At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China's thriving mass-breeding industry. 5,000 pets found dead in boxes at Chinese shipping depot 5 October 2020
#Act4 Pets Removing strays animals from the streets of Dubai to take them to the desert to die: this is the decision of the Government of the United Arab Emirates which sparked protests from local and global animal rights activists. Dogs and cats killed in Dubai for the Expo: LNDC writes to the Ambassador 28 September 2020 LNDC
#Act4 Pets Following the recent events showing the Food and Veterinary Service's (SFVS) incompetence and indifference to the country's long-standing animal welfare problems, Lithuanian animal welfare organizations call on the Lithuanian Government and Prime Minister for a change. Lithuanian NGOs report to the government the indifference and inefficiency of the national Food and Veterinary Service 10 September 2020 Lietuvos gyvūnų teisių apsauga
#Act4 Pets FOUR PAWS closed a second dog meat slaughterhouse in Cambodia. Rescued slaughterhouse dogs 7 September 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets Animal businesses that breed dogs for profit like to sell the public on the idea of small breeders and family-owned pet stores—but don’t be fooled. This is a multimillion-dollar industry that stays afloat by exploiting animals. The US commercial puppy industry doesn’t need a bailout 26 July 2020
#Act4 Pets Activists hope coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of tradition. China dog meat festival goes ahead but COVID-19 takes a toll 29 June 2020
#Act4 Pets Canadian officials have launched an investigation after the "horrible" discovery of more than a dozen dead puppies on board a cargo plane from Ukraine that landed at the Toronto airport last week. 38 French bulldog puppies were found dead among a 'nightmare' shipment of 500 dogs imported on a Canada-bound plane from Ukraine 22 June 2020
#Act4 Pets An animal protection association reported that several stray dogs have been poisoned in the Romanian city of Timisoara's port area. Several stray dogs poisoned in Timisoara's port area 29 May 2020
#Act4 Pets Faced with the growing number of testimonies that indicate animal cruelty acts, Fondation Brigitte Bardot calls the French Minister of Agriculture to react. The explosion of animal cruelty during confienement 20 April 2020 FBB Open letter
#Act4 Pets More and more Swiss citizens are buying their dog online. Investigation on the illegal puppy trade in Switzerland 2 March 2020
#Act4 Pets The southern Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen is moving to outlaw the consumption of dogs and cats as the country clamps down on the wildlife trade that scientists suspect led to the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus: Shenzhen prepares ban on eating cats and dogs after outbreak 28 February 2020
