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Europe: Prioritise human-predictive, non-animal approaches to cancer research
The European Commission is inviting public input on its strategy for beating cancer. Currently, more than 1 million animals are used each year in European cancer research, funded by taxpayers to the tune of millions of euros. Yet despite the high welfare cost to animals, industry reports reveal that
China’s wildlife farmers offered buy-out to grow plants instead of porcupines in COVID-19 crackdown
WASHINGTON—Wildlife farmers in two provinces in mainland China are being offered a government buy-out to facilitate a move away from breeding wild species for consumption, as part of the country’s crackdown on the wildlife trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plans, published on May 15 th
BREAKING: Wuhan, China, bans eating of wildlife in response to COVID-19
WASHINGTON—The Chinese city of Wuhan, which was the first to record human cases of COVID-19, has banned the consumption of all wildlife. This follows similar bans in the cities of Beijing, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, and an as-yet temporary nationwide ban on wildlife consumption. Unlike the other cities
European Commission will start supporting plant-based diets in new Farm to Fork Strategy, but “chickened out” of removing EU funding for meat promotion
BRUSSELS—The European Commission will promote a shift to planet-friendly plant-based diets, according to its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy published today. As well as tackling climate impacts of food, reducing obesity rates and cancer prevention are cited as key health reasons why meat
Trade deal marks new era in intergovernmental cooperation between the EU and Vietnam on animal welfare and wildlife protection
BRUSSELS/HANOI—Today’s ratification of the free trade agreement with the European Union by the Vietnamese National Assembly heralds a new era of intergovernmental cooperation on animal welfare and wildlife protection between the two. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union
Statement on racial injustice
We have watched the events of the past week with great sadness and anguish. We must grapple with the poisonous legacy of racism that continues to cause the disempowerment and deaths of our family, friends and loved ones. While our mission is changing the systems and industries that harm nonhuman
BREAKING: Calls for global closure of mink fur farms as Dutch government orders mink fur farm cull and confirms mink fur farms could act as reservoir for COVID-19
LONDON—The Dutch government has ordered the culling of thousands of mink on nine fur farms from Friday this week, following advice from a team of veterinary and infectious disease experts that mink fur farms could act as a reservoir for SARS-COV-2, allowing it to remain in circulation for a long
Humane Society International chiede la chiusura globale degli allevamenti di visoni a seguito dei contagi confermati di due lavoratori in Olanda e degli abbattimenti ordinati dal Governo olandese
ROMA (4 giugno 2020)—Da domani migliaia di visoni verranno abbattuti in nove allevamenti olandesi. Così ha ordinato il Governo olandese, seguendo i consigli di un team di veterinari e virologhi secondo i quali gli allevamenti di visoni potrebbero fungere da serbatoio per il SARS-CoV-2
Scotland bans seal killing in major victory to end fish farm shootings
LONDON—Scotland has banned the shooting of seals by the fisheries industry in a move welcomed by Humane Society International/UK as critically important for seal welfare in British waters. Large numbers of seals are shot in Scotland every year in the name of protecting commercial fish farms and
New statistics reveal need for legal reform to tackle Korea’s lack of progress in reducing animal testing
SEOUL—Humane Society International/Korea is calling on legislators to back a series of tough new legal measures to address the lack of progress by Korea’s relevant regulatory and research funding ministries toward reduction and replacement of animal testing. Statistics on laboratory animal use in
실험동물 실태 조사 결과 발표, 동물실험 대체 및 감소 속도 내기 위한 입법 필요성 나타내
지난 16일 농림축산식품부는 2019년 실험동물 실태 조사 결과를 발표했다. 이에 대해 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널 한국(Humane Society International/Korea, 이하 HSI)은 동물실험을 대체하고 줄일 수 있도록 나아가기 위해서는 동물실험과 관련 된 법률과 연구예산을 담당하는 관련 부처들이 함께 힘을 모아 입법 틀 마련에 힘써야 한다고 전했다. 조사 결과에 따르면 2019년 동물실험에 사용된 실험동물 수는 371만 2,380마리로 전년도 수치인 372만 7,163마리에 비해 0.4 % 소폭 감소했다. 하지만
ULTIMA ORA: la città cinese di Wuhan vieta il consumo di animali selvatici a seguito del COVID-19
ROMA/WASHINGTON (20 maggio 2020)—Wuhan, la città che ha registrato i primi contagi di COVID-19, ha appena vietato il consumo di tutta la fauna selvatica. Questa misura segue quelle già prese dalle città di Pechino, Shenzhen e Zhuhai e un divieto a livello nazionale, ancora temporaneo, al consumo di
BREAKING: Dutch Parliament votes for closure of Dutch mink farms to prevent further COVID-19 infections
AMSTERDAM—Dutch MPs voted overwhelmingly today in favour of shutting down the estimated 128 remaining mink fur farms in the Netherlands, following outbreaks of COVID-19 on 17 fur farms since 26 April. Two farm workers are also believed to have contracted the virus from mink, after which hundreds of
Tokyo urged to resurrect ivory trade assessment
WASHINGTON/TOKYO— Elephant advocates worldwide are urging the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, under Governor Yuriko Koike’s leadership, to complete Tokyo’s elephant ivory trade assessment, which is examining the trade in ivory in Tokyo prefecture, and propose measures to address it. As Tokyo embraces
「東京都、象牙取引見直し作業の再開を求められる」
ワシントンDC／東京（2020年6月26日） – ゾウの保護を求める国内外の諸団体は、本日、東京都に対し、小池百合子知事のリーダーシップのもと、着手済みの東京都内の象牙取引の評価をやり遂げることにより、都内における象牙取引の問題点を検証し、その対策を示すことを求める。これは、東京が「ニューノーマル」を覚悟し新型コロナウイルスに順応的に対応する中、ゾウを保護するために既に行っていた要望を再度行うものである。東京都は、4か月にわたって中断している「象牙取引規制に関する有識者会議」を速やかに再開されたい。 アフリカゾウが象牙目的で密猟され続けている一方
South Korea considering new law to modernize safety testing and human health research and to promote alternatives to animal testing
SEOUL—Proposed new legislation that would require Korean regulatory and research funding ministries to promote the development and implementation of non-animal alternatives in safety and biomedical sciences will be examined at a National Assembly expert forum on June 30. Assembly member In-soon Nam
동물대체시험법의 개발・보급 및 이용 촉진에 관한 법률 제정을 위한 전문가 간담회 개최
오는 30일 더불어민주당 남인순 의원(보건복지위원)은 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International)과 공동주최로 ‘「동물대체시험법의 개발・보급 및 이용 촉진에 관한 법률」 제정을 위한 전문가 간담회’를 개최한다. 간담회 발제는 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널 서보라미 국장이 ‘동물대체시험 활성화 위한 제도의 필요성’, 식품의약품안전평가원 한국동물대체시험법검증센터(KoCVAM) 안준익 연구관이 ‘동물대체시험법 개발・이용 현황과 개선 방향’, 한국법제연구원 장민선 연구위원이 ‘동물대체시험법의 개발・보급
Italy ranks 17th in the EU for percentage of caged farm animals; End the Cage Age Coalition urges Ministers Speranza and Bellanova to phase out cages.
ROME—The Italian coalition, End the Cage Age, published today a ranking of European countries, which shows the percentage of farm animals still kept in cages. Of the over 300 million animals who each year are caged in the EU, over 45 million are in Italy. The coalition is calling on citizens to
Italia al 17° posto in UE per percentuale di animali in gabbia. Coalizione End the Cage Age twitta richiesta di dismissione delle gabbie a Ministri Speranza e Bellanova
La Coalizione italiana End the Cage Age ha pubblicato oggi la classifica dei Paesi europei secondo la percentuale di animali ancora allevati in gabbia. L’Italia si piazza in basso nella classifica: degli oltre 300 milioni di animali allevati in gabbia ogni anno in UE, oltre 45 milioni sono in Italia
BREAKING: Dutch Government agrees to consider early closure of mink fur farms
AMSTERDAM—The Dutch Government has today said it will consider a one-stop voluntary closing scheme and breeding ban for mink fur farms in the Netherlands. It aims to make a decision in August 2020 and must notify Parliament before the new mating season starts in February 2021. Any decision on the