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4월 24일 세계 실험동물의 날을 맞아 휴메인 소사이어티 인터내셔널(Humane Society International, HSI)과 한국동물실험대체법학회는 동물실험의 대안을 개발하고 연구하는 과학계 관계자들에게 응원의 메시지를 보내며 동물을 사용하지 않는 혁신적인 과학연구에 더 적극적인 지원이 있어야 한다고 전한다. 국내에는 더 나은 치료법, 더 빠른 신약 개발을 위해 동물실험이 아닌 대체 기술을 이용하고자 하는 연구자들이 있다. 서울에 위치한 기업인 넥셀은 최근 국제학술지 ‘Cells’에 희기유전질환으로 알려진 윌슨병 모델 제작에

Humane Society International engages with international agreements that either directly or indirectly affect animals on a large, global scale. The adoption or rejection of one international measure can affect thousands or even millions of animals. We actively lobby for stronger protections and

WASHINGTON (May 8, 2020)—The Associated Press is reporting that a scientist from the World Health Organization does not support closing live animal markets, such as the one in Wuhan, China, linked to COVID-19. The remarks were reportedly made by WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben

ROMA/WASHINGTON—Secondo quanto diffuso dall’Associated Press, uno scienziato dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità non sosterrebbe la chiusura dei mercati di animali vivi, come quello di Wuhan, in Cina, collegato alla diffusione del COVID-19. Stando a quanto riferito, i commenti in questione

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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