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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
ATLANTA–– The Georgia Aquarium on September 30, 2013 appealed an August 6, 2013 ruling by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration that it had not satisfied the requirements to import 18 beluga whales from Russia. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
PRINCETON––Princeton University bioethicist Peter Singer, whose 1975 book Animal Liberation helped to ignite the animal rights movement, recalled in a 2010 guest column for The Guardian, of London, that some of his first awareness of animal suffering came during childhood walks with his father. “My father told me that he could not understand how anyone could enjoy an afternoon spent taking fish out of the water and letting them die slowly,” Singer wrote, discussing a report by Alison Mood of the British organization FishCount.org entitled Worse Things Happen at Sea: the Welfare of Wild-caught Fish. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
BOISE, Idaho––A new Boise Aquarium management team headed by former Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce president Nancy Vannorsdel has pledged to ensure that alleged mistreatment of animals at the aquarium will not be repeated. Vannorsdel told KTVB reporter Matt Standal that she wants to add “a couple of very, very strong marine biologists to sit on the board,” to ensure proper animal care. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
TEL AVIV––The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development has committed 4.5 million New Israel Shekels, equivalent to $1.27 million U.S., to an effort to sterilize 45,000 feral cats before the end of May 2014––the anticipated peak of the next “kitten season.” Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
BEIJING––Effective on June 1, 2014 China will no longer require that cosmetics, shampoos, and perfumes be tested on animals, the China Food & Drug Administration announced on November 5, 2013. Instead of having to submit products to CFDA laboratories for testing, Chinese manufacturers will be allowed to submit the product safety data compiled to demonstrate the safety of raw ingredients, which may include data from past animal testing. Alternatively, the manufacturers may submit the data from non-animal safety testing methods accepted by the 27-nation European Union. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
JAKARTA––It’s curtains for street corner monkey acts in northwestern Java, hopes Jakarta Animal Aid Network founder Femke Den Haas. Locally called topang monyet, meaning “masked monkeys,” the acts have proliferated over the past decade, becoming a JAAN campaign target in 2009. Read more