#Act4 Pets Of all the shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic—the toilet paper and the hand sanitizer and the bottled water—the oddest of them all has to be dogs. Oh, and cats too. Newest shortage in New York: The city is running out of dogs to adopt 6 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Union's top trade official has canceled plans to visit the United States and Canada next week as concerns escalate about the fast-spreading coronavirus, two EU officials said on Wednesday. Hogan cancels trip to US, Canada over coronavirus concerns 16 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Tens of millions of animals are used annually in the United States to test drugs, cosmetics, and other household items. Dozens of species are used in experiments, with the majority of them having been bred for the purpose. Let's end animal testing in 2020 16 March 2020 Opinion
#Act4 FarmAnimals The industry itself, not the way it is run, is the issue. Even small dairy farms are cruel to cows 12 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals According to a recent report published by Allied Market Research, the global seafood market size was $125,445 million in 2017 and is projected to reach $155,316 million by 2023. Food innovators set out to catch nascent seafood alternative industry 10 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
In 2018, plant-based sales posted another 11% rise, for a total market value of $4.5 billion. Market value of plant-based food reaches $5 billion, report says 6 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met on 21 February to discuss the critical issues of making toxicology testing more human relevant, as well as micro- and nanoplastics in our environment, among other topics. US National Toxicology Program: more focus on human-relevant non-animal approaches for safety testing 6 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A quiet revolution is also taking place in labs, where scientists are working to cultivate meat and seafood grown from cells, with the potential to reduce demand for industrial animal agriculture even further. Will cultured meat soon be a common sight in supermarkets across the globe? 20 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals FFAR and Open Philanthropy joined forces to offer up to 6 million dollars in grants and prizes to the firm, group or individual that successfully develops technology that can accurately and rapidly determine a chick's sex as early as possible during the egg production process. In ovo sex sorting system contest enters next phase 30 January 2020
#Act4 Pets Good news! In many parts of the country, animal shelters are morphing into places that are able to do more to benefit the communities they serve. 10 Ways animal shelters are upping their game 29 January 2020
#Act4 Pets Americans' love for their pets is apparent in dog parks and grooming parlors, on cat videos and pet food price tags. But just how many pets we love is less clear. How many Americans have pets? An investigation of fuzzy statistics 21 December 2019