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Forte video di Humane Society International per dire basta al lockdown degli animali ingabbiati e confinati a vita

ROMA—Per milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, il lockdown durante la pandemia globale di coronavirus ha significato diversi mesi di isolamento, a tutela della salute pubblica. Ma per miliardi di

European Chemicals Agency ruling undercuts historic cosmetic animal testing ban

The European Union’s precedent-setting ban on cosmetic animal testing and trade has been undermined from within by two recent decisions to require cosmetic ingredients to undergo new animal testing

BREAKING: Dutch mink fur farms to be permanently closed by March 2021 following 41 COVID-19 farm infections

AMSTERDAM—The Dutch government has agreed that all mink fur farms must permanently close by March 2021, according to Dutch national news service, NOS. Mink fur farming was banned in the Netherlands in

BREAKING: 1 million mink culled on Dutch mink fur farms as COVID-19 infections spread

AMSTERDAM—COVID-19 infections on Dutch mink fur farms have now led to an estimated 1 million mink being culled by government order. Today, yet another mink fur farm in the Netherlands with 4,500

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

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

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

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

Sostegno ai giornalisti attaccati dall’industria della carne

Animal Equality Italia, CIWF Italia, ENPA, Essere Animali, Greenpeace Italia, Humane Society International Italia, LAV, Legambiente esprimono massima solidarietà a Sabrina Giannini, conduttrice di

Working toward a Humane World

A Humane World is the official blog of Humane World for Animals—a first-hand account of our ongoing efforts to protect animals, as told by our president and CEO, Kitty Block. Subscribe for regular updates.

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