#Act4 Pets Four Paws' staff posted pictures of their four-legged colleagues on social media. It turns out that animals love to work from home! 'Stay at home' challenge 20 March 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets LNDC asks Italians to send selfies with their pets and show just how important animals are in the times of crisis. A contest dedicated to 2- and 4-legged citizens 20 March 2020
#Act4 Pets A pet dog in Hong Kong has a “low-level” infection of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in people, in what may be the first known human-to-animal transmission of the novel coronavirus that has sickened more than 90,000 people worldwide. Dog has ‘low-level’ coronavirus infection in first known human-to-animal transmission 9 March 2020
#Act4 Pets Finnish study finds three-quarters of dogs exhibit highly problematic behaviour. Dog breeders urged to act over high levels of anxiety in pets 9 March 2020
#Act4 Pets The campaign hopes to suffocate the trade for puppies and kittens being advertised by disreputable sellers, and highlight the“red flags” members of the public should look out for. UK Government launches campaign against illegal pet trade 6 March 2020
#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
#Act4 Pets Moscow authorities are rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as a precaution against the new coronavirus, actions that animal rights campaigners decried as cruel and scientifically groundless. Moscow rounds up stray animals, kills rats over coronavirus fears 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets Five dogs have been imported to Switzerland from Romania with invalid documentation. The dealers pretended to work for an animal protection organization and all dogs have been seized. Five dogs imported from Romania confiscated in Switzerland 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets On Saturday afternoon, February 22nd, federal police officers checked an extremely fully loaded transporter with Romanian registration on the A3 motorway near Waidhaus in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district. 29 kittens illegally transported from Romania were confiscated in Germany 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets IMPORTANT: Due to COVID19 and health concerns, the conference has been canceled. “Animal rights: new frontiers in protection” conference in Milan 24 February 2020
#Act4 Pets The remains of more than a hundred animals were found in the pits in the outskirts of Hajdúsámson. Mass graves of dog carcasses found in Hungary 20 February 2020