#Act4 FarmAnimals Analyses of Brazil's beef exports show 22,700 hectares of Amazon deforestation in 2017 that may be connected to Chinese demand China’s demand for Brazilian beef linked to Amazon deforestation risk 23 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU This week marks the 23rd round of negotiations on the future investment agreement between the EU and China - but it is still unclear what kind of provisions will be included on sustainable development, and there has been no discussion on animal welfare yet. EU-China investment agreement must promote higher animal welfare standards 1 October 2019 RSPCA
#Act4 LabAnimals China’s first duplicate cat marks the country’s emergence in gene research and its entry in a potentially lucrative and unregulated market for cloning pets. His cat’s death left him heartbroken - so he cloned it 19 September 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Early one February morning, researchers harvest six eggs from a female rhesus macaque—one of 4000 monkeys chirping and clucking in a massive outdoor complex of metal cages here at the Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research. China is investing massively in the genetic modification of monkeys and other animals, while link to human diseases is tenuous 2 August 2019
#Act4 Pets The Yulin Dog Meat Festival returns today, which will see between 10,000 and 15,000 animals beaten, tortured and killed for their meat as part of the controversial event in China. 1.5 million people sign petition to ban China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival 11 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Experts say region is losing the battle to stop the biggest animal disease outbreak the planet has ever faced 'No way to stop it': millions of pigs culled across Asia as swine fever spreads 6 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals There is a wholesale shift toward cage-free production underway worldwide, said IQC China in a recent report. Poultry industry reports on 2019 Cage Free Egg China Summit in Shanghai 2 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals China is home to around half of the world's pig population Is China losing the battle against African Swine Fever? 25 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals China has announced that post-market cosmetic testing in the country will no longer include animal tests. China ends animal testing requirements on post-market cosmetics 14 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The one-year anniversary of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online (the Coalition) was celebrated in China this week during an event themed under “Protecting Wildlife with Technology”. Global internet giants gather in China to protect wildlife with technology 6 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals New market research finds Americans divided on meat alternatives — and consumers elsewhere hungry for them. In India and China, consumers are eager for lab-grown meat. In the US? Not as much. 5 March 2019
#Act4 Equines A water dealer helps his donkey pull the cart after filling water at a water point in Rongai, Kajiado county China’s demand for donkey products leaves East African households without livelihood 19 February 2019