#Act4 Wildlife Singapore will ban domestic trade in elephant ivory from September 2021, the National Parks Board (NParks) said on Monday (Aug 12). Singapore to ban domestic trade in ivory from September 2021 12 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Leading Scottish animal welfare charity OneKind has renewed its calls for an end to driven grouse shooting on the Glorious Twelfth, the first day of the grouse shooting season. Driven grouse shooting should finally come to an end 12 August 2019 OneKind
#Act4 FarmAnimals Gene-editing is seen by many as the ultimate in precision breeding. Polled cattle, whose horns have been genetically removed, have been presented as exemplars of this–a socially beneficial use of precise genome engineering. FDA finds unexpected antibiotic resistance genes in ‘gene-edited’ dehorned cattle 12 August 2019
#Act4 Equines Girth aversion or girthiness is a nonspecific clinical sign anecdotally associated with multiple conditions in the horse Girthiness: retrospective study of 37 horses 11 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The federal government is poised this month to adopt a rule that would essentially turn the largest pork processing lines in the United States into the autobahn: no speed limit. How many hogs can be slaughtered per hour? The pork industry wants more 9 August 2019
#Act4 Pets A Quebec judge has rejected an application by Montreal pet store owners for the suspension of a new city bylaw that bans the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits that don't come from shelters or veterinary clinics. Canadian pet stores lose bid to suspend rules forcing them to sell pets from shelters 8 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland. US to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe despite uproar 8 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The 183 Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will adopt decisions and resolutions to expand and further strengthen the global wildlife trade regime at CITES’ triennial World Wildlife Conference at Palexpo in Geneva from 17 to 28 August. CITES conference to strengthen wildlife trade rules for fisheries, exotic pets, elephants and more 7 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals I'm in a Burger King in Missouri ordering two Whoppers for myself. In my defence, this is research for Foreign Correspondent. It looks like meat and tastes like meat — and it's got the cattle industry worried 6 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Researchers reprogrammed human cells before injecting them in the monkey embryo Controversial research ahead of ethical debate to create human-monkey chimera 3 August 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 FarmAnimals Danish Crown, one of Europe’s largest meat processors, is to stop slaughtering pigs at one of its facilities in Germany and has plans to produce plantbased beef products and burgers. Europe’s largest pork producer to stop pig slaughter in Germany and produce vegan meat 2 August 2019