Subway Announces End of Cage-Produced Eggs in Asia by 2025
While progress is being made on the huge task of reducing demand and promoting veganism, we can also try to give currently living hens better living conditions.
Browsing: Asia
South Africa’s Legal Lion Bone Trade Exploited by Criminals
South Africa is facilitating illegal trade in lion bones, enabling the activities of notorious international crime syndicates, and threatening the survival of tigers and lions in the wild.
South Korea Dog Meat Trade Sourcing Dogs to University for Experiments
The case highlights the fact that South Korea’s notorious dog meat trade not only drives dog to brutal slaughter but also operates as a cheap, unlawful channel for universities to source dogs for painful animal experiments.
Illegal Trade Pushes Three Pangolin Species Further Up the Risk Register
Three species of pangolins have moved into a higher category of threat due to the growing impacts of habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade.
Wild to Captivity: The Inherent Rights of Elephants
A prominent Indian activist writes about the complexities of elephant captivity in India.
After the Races: An Interview with a Greyhound Rescue Veteran
As long as the racing goes on, the industry churns out a surplus of unwanted dogs. Greyhound rescuers are there to pick up the pieces.
Looking Back on India’s Dancing Bears
In an interview with International Animal Rescue’s CEO, we discuss why and how the cruel dancing bear trade was ended, and how this project convinced him that animal welfare and human welfare go together.
Paying Tourists Participate in Harmful Orangutan “Rehabilitation” Program
Allowing unskilled volunteers to have contact with orangutans is dangerous for both animals and humans and can have serious negative impacts for orangutans under rehabilitation.
Tihar: A Nepali Festival That Celebrates Animals
During the festival of Tihar in Nepal, people honor animals and their sacred and unique bond with humans.
Making Sense of Sacrifice: An Interview with the High Priest of Gadhimai
The Gadhimai Festival is again underway in Nepal. An interview with the High Priest of Gadhimai offers unsettling insights into the world’s largest animal sacrifice event.
Live Pigs Used as Crash Test Dummies in China
The research, carried out by the Institute for Traffic Medicine, unsurprisingly killed almost half of the pigs used, leaving the others brutally injured and suffering for six hours before dying in pain.
Can Listening Save Rainforests?
In an interview with the Founder of Health in Harmony, we discuss what happens when rainforest conservation starts out with radically listening to local communities, and when assistance is framed as a thank you from the world for protecting these precious ecosystems.