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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
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
BANGKOK––All charges pending against the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand, founder Edwin Wiek, and his wife Jansaeng “Noi” Sangnanork were dropped on August 27, 2013. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
NANJING, China––Ending trained animal acts in 2011 led to two consecutive years of record attendance at Nanjing Zoo, show attendance figures obtained by the Animals Asia Foundation. The Nanjing Zoo attracted 867,513 visitors in 2010, the last year that the zoo featured animal acts, but drew more than a million visitors each in 2011 and 2012. “Too often zoos fail to realize that they are losing customers because appetites for animal performances and exploitation are diminishing fast,” commented Animals Asia Foundation welfare director Dave Neale.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
PORTSMOUTH––The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services has fined the Portsmouth Humane Society $1,250 for releasing sterilized feral cats, who were recorded in the PHS shelter tracking records as having been adopted by executive director Jenn Austin and four other staff members. “I felt that these cats were not legitimately adopted and remained in the custody of the facility,” VDACS veterinarian Dan Kovich told Tim Eberly of the Virginian-Pilot. “State investigators, tipped off by a former employee, issued three violations last month to the Portsmouth shelter, which has the contract to serve as the city’s animal pound,” Eberly wrote. “Austin acknowledged that she and her staff have been personally adopting feral cats and releasing them for about a year and a half.” Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
LONDON––Four weeks into a six-week government cull of up to 5,000 badgers in Gloucestershire and Somerset counties, Guardian environment correspondent Damian Carrington on October 1, 2013 recommended that the apparent fiasco should be stopped. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
I have been involved in animal rights since 1985, and am grateful for the way that our movement has grown and evolved. When I first began practicing animal law, the idea that animals had rights to which we must pay heed was revolutionary. Courageous activists went to jail to put it on the agenda. Read more