#Act4 LabAnimals Global outrage is mounting after Chinese scientists were revealed to be using live pigs as crash test dummies - either killing them in the process or leaving them badly maimed. Chinese scientists using live pigs as crash test dummies and slamming them into walls at high speed 1 November 2019
Oceana urges Mediterranean countries to preserve young and undersized fish in the Mediterranean in order to restore fish stocks of the world’s most overfished sea. Oceana urges protection of juvenile fish in the Mediterranean 31 October 2019
#Act4 Pets South Korea's capital city has declared it is free of dog slaughterhouses, after the final three dog meat shops ended the practice of the on-site killing of canines. Seoul declared free of dog slaughterhouses 31 October 2019
#Act4 Wildlife We express deep satisfaction with Diadora’s promptness in deciding to stop using kangaroo skins in its products. Diadora to ban the use of kangaroo leather by the end of 2020 31 October 2019 LAV
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Humane Slaughter Association seeks to recognise significant advances in the welfare of livestock through its 2020 Humane Slaughter Award Nominations for the Humane Slaughter Award 2020 are open 30 October 2019
#Act4 Pets Up to half of dogs are afraid of fireworks, but a survey of 1225 dog owners shows there is hope, both in terms of preventing such fears in the first place and helping dogs who are already afflicted. Study claims that preventive exercises and training can help dogs’ fear of fireworks 30 October 2019
#Act4 Pets We published the Scottish Government national online consultation on fireworks Public consultation on banning fireworks in Scotland - Submit your opinion by 13 May 2019 30 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, on October 30, 2019, the New York City Council passed Intro 1378, banning foie gras from force-fed birds. The Health Committee unanimously voted yesterday to push the bill before the entire Council. New York bans foie-gras 30 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals These practices will be prohibited "in the coming months" promised Wednesday the Minister of Agriculture, who nevertheless warns of the dangers of "agribashing". Castration without anesthesia and the "snapping" of piglets soon to be banned in France 30 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals More than 30 million hens in Spain live in overcrowded cages, according to 2019 figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. More than 80% of Spain’s egg-laying hens are still living in cages 29 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The meat replacement specialist Beyond Meat can continue to rely on the boom in vegan burgers - and has made its first quarterly profit. Beyond Meat makes first quarterly profit 29 October 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Do lions, tigers and elephants no longer have a place in circuses? Two out of three French citizens don’t support wild animals in circuses 29 October 2019 FBB