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78 Animal Rights And Plant Rights Victories Worldwide
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1. India with 532 million vegetarians bans cow slaughter and is subjected to attack by the BBC which has promoted the mammal slaughter businesses of UK, Canada, NA, Ausralia etc . Indians are gradually transitioning from
vegetarian to vegan diet.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/cow-slaughter-banned-across-india-4675258/
2. Switzerland bans the boiling of living lobsters
https://www.peta.org/blog/switzerland-bans-boiling-lobsters-crustaceans-alive/
3. Portugal requires all public institutions to have vegan options.
https://veganenthusiasts.com/2017/03/31/portugal-will-now-require-a-vegan-meal-option-at-all-hospitals-prisons-colleges/
4. New Zealand: bans cosmetic testing on animals
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-biggest-animal-rights-victories-of-2015-and-the-fights-that-will-continue-into-the-new-year-a6790491.html
5. South Korea has established a 3000 dollar fine for cutting down a tree.
6. China has 50 million vegans
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6392&catId=8
7. Circuses
a. Russia: Moscow Circus ended use of wild animals
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/10-animal-rights-victories-of-2014-9914881.html
b. Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Guatemala banned wild animal circuses
c. Norway bans elephants in circus acts
https://www.facebook.com/AnimalDefenders/photos/a.169945149357.155327.75101244357/10155290177814358/?type=3&theater
d. Ringling Brothers circus shuts down in US
e.
Netherlands bans wild animals in circuses
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/the-netherlands-bans-use-of-wild-animals-in-circuses/
f. Mexico City joined Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru in banning circuses that use wild animals.
8. Taiwan bans the slaughter of and consumption of dog meat.
9. Tesla puts vegan leather in all car models.
Netherlands: Dutch fur industry comes to an end
http://www.furfreealliance.com/dutch-fur-industry-comes-to-an-end/
10. India banned importation of cosmetics tested on animals
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-bans-import-of-cosmetics-tested-on-animals/articleshow/44814398.cms …
11.
Costa Rica becomes first Latin American country to ban sport hunting
http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-becomes-first-latin-american-country-to-ban-hunting-for-sport
12a Valencia Spain bans setting bull horns on fire
https://www.yahoo.com/news/spain-valencia-bans-bull-runs-featuring-flaming-horns-194116661.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb
12b
100th Spanish town bans bullfights
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/hundredth-spanish-town-ban-bullfighting/
13 Obama and several senators successfully work to reduce animal testing in the US
http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2016/06/obama-signs-tsca-bill-reducing-animal-testing.html
14 Australia starting in 2017 will ban all cosmetics tested on animals as well as ingredients in cosmetics tested on animals
https://www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe/photos/a.10150364951666512.342374.102515706511/10153793192111512/?type=3&theater
15 Costa Rica bans all zoos
http://higherperspectives.com/costa-rica-shut-down-zoos/
16 Germany becomes the first country to ban the shredding of live chickens.
http://www.ferocesmente.com/society/germany-becomes-first-country-to-ban-egg-industrys-shredding-of-live-chickens/
17 Pets are no longer property in France but the tiny ortolan bird is still hunted.
http://dogtime.com/reference/dog-laws/19694-dogs-and-cats-no-longer-considered-property-in-france
18 Norway's Military are Going Vegetarian For Reasons Of Climate Change
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11/20/norway_s_military_imposes_vegetarian_diet_to_help_fight_climate_change.html
Ireland Dublin Ireland bans use of wild animals in circuses
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0726/804944-circus-dublin/
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In sharp contrast to the Trump regime which has ended the ban on beekilling insecticides,
Canada bans bee killing insecticides
https://t.co/Sq5Vao58Oz
20 India bans live shipment of mammals
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/despite-uptick-government-bans-all-livestock-exports-from-ports-5299969/
21 Germany Turning 62 Military Bases Into Wildlife Sanctuaries
http://www.independent.co.uk/…/eu…/germany-is-turning-62-mil
22 Russia bans driftnet fishing
http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2015/07/02/russian-president-passes-new-law-banning-drift-net-fishing/
23 Canada's Vegetarian Food Bank
http://tvfb.ca/
24 London's last greyhound racing track to close
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/superracing/race-is-over-for-london-greyhounds-at-wimbledon/news-story/284099c551b064f29db365021c84356e
25 India with several hundred million vegetarians and 70% of the population not eating cow flesh has vegetarian only apartment complexes
http://www.nytimes.com/…/wo…/asia/21iht-india.1.7594173.html?
26 Brazil: Sao Paolo bans pate de foie gras
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33296884
27 Nepal's Gadhimai Temple Trust promised an end to animal sacrifices after 300 years.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-biggest-animal-rights-victories...
28 Denmark: Because of the worldwide power of the animal rights movement, Denmark has been shamed into banning zoophilia or sex with animals.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2791515/sex-animals-banned-denmark-outcry-legal-loophole-minister-acts-country-magnet-sex-tourists.html
29 After Cecil the Lion's death, and since the link below, it is now 45 airlines refusing to transport trophy hunters' kills.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/airlines-exotic-animal-trophies-cecil_us_55c0f839e4b0a50ad0aa8de9
30 Growing number of vegetarians and vegans in Islamic world
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/08/18731666.php
31 Israel: first country to ban horse drawn carts, followed by Mumbai
http://chai-online.org/en/campaigns/horses/campaigns_horses_i.ht
32 Mexico bans elephants, tigers, lions and some other animals in zoos
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31937828
33 Taco Bell will phase out factory farmed eggs within 1 year, whereas Denny's won't phase them out til 2026.
34 Netherlands: Dutch fur industry comes to an end
http://www.furfreealliance.com/dutch-fur-industry-comes-to-an-end/
35 In the Netherlands, Norway, Britain, Australia, Germany, Canada, the states of Washington and Montana etc. wildlife protection bridges are being built for mammals, turtles, salmon, crabs, bees etc.
http://matadornetwork.com/change/6-of-the-worlds-most-ingenious-wildlife-overpasses-pics/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/britains-building-a-transportation-network-just-for-bees-and-other-pollinators-32752/?no-ist
36.
New Zealand recognizes all animals as sentient (feeling) beings. May New Zealand end live shipment of sheep and cows.
http://veggiestyle.info/news/new-zealand-has-officially-recognized-all-animals-as-sentient-beings-this-is-huge/
37.
Italy: Rome has banned small fish bowls.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rome-bans-cruel-goldfish-bowls-1.556045
38.
China Southern Airlines stops shipping monkeys to labs
39.
Coast Guard stops killing mammals in training
https://forcechange.com/241593/success-coast-guard-stops-killing-animals-for-training/
40.
The World Trade Organisation upholds the ban on seal-fur which remains the shame of Canada and South Africa.
41.
Town in Italy uses silent fireworks to reduce anxiety in animals
http://dogtime.com/trending/33475-town-italy-switches-silent-fireworks-reduce-anxiety-animals#
42 France was one of the first countries to recognize sentience in animals raised for slaughter, but France continues forcefeeding of geese for pate de foie gras
and as of 2016 murdered more animals in research, 2.2 million annually, than any other EU country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_and_rights_in_France
43
Retailers around the world pull angora wool products
PETA Asia's exposé of angora farms in China –
where rabbits have the fur violently ripped out of their skin
– has caused retailers to pull angora wool products
44
The Indian government whose country has 450 million or more vegetarians and 700 million or more who eat no cow flesh announced a ban on the importation of cosmetics tested on animals elsewhere.
45 Italy: Rome has banned small fish bowls.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rome-bans-cruel-goldfish-bowls-1.556045
46 Despite conservative PMs' (Cameron and May)
Tony Blair's ban on foxhunting with more than 2 hounds holds.
A ban on hunting in Scotland had been passed in 2002, but it continues to be within the law in Northern Ireland and several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and the United States. Virginia is a major center for the bloody barbarism which Oscar Wilde called 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_hunting
47 Collecchio Italy is requiring silent fireworks to reduce animal panic. http://dogtime.com/trending/33475-town-italy-switches-silent-fireworks-reduce-anxiety-animals#
48
Vancouver man in trouble for cutting trees
http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/apr/23/illegal-tree-cutting-could-prompt-hefty-fine/
49
The US military agreed to replace the use of animals in six different areas of medical training with modern human-patient simulators that better prepare medical personnel to treat injured soldiers
50
Armani says no more fur
http://www.trueactivist.com/armani-announces-that-they-will-never-use-fur-in-their-fashion-lines-again/
51 Thailand has banned logging. is making paper from
elephant waste Nonviolent paper can be made from coconut and corn husks, banana peels, animal and human waste etc.
52 Canada moves to ban oil tankers off of BC coast
http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/northern-gateway-hopes-crushed-as-canada-moves-to-ban-oil-tankers-off-b-c-coast?utm_s
53
Australia: Building bridges for the red crabs' journey to Christmas Island
https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/657771677697676/?pnref=story
54
Canada: Ontario greasy pig contest cancelled because of animal rights workers
55
Ireland joins France Germany Bulgaria In Banning Type of Fracking
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/ireland-joins-france-germany-and-bulgaria-in-banning-fracking-1.3137095
56
EU rules Malta's barbaric finch traps are illegal
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/21/maltas-barbaric-finch-traps-ruled-illegal-by-eu-court
57 New Zealand the latest country to ban plastic bags
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176417-new-zealand-becomes-the-latest-country-to-ban-plastic-bags/
58
Vietnam agrees to close all bear bile farms
https://www.animalsasia.org/us/media/news/news-archive/breaking-news-vietnam-agrees-plan-to-close-all-bear-bile-farms.html
59 Romania, India and Brazil ban all live export Major mammal murderers Australia and New Zealand have not.
60
EU rules Malta's barbaric finch traps are illegal
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/21/maltas-barbaric-finch-traps-ruled-illegal-by-eu-court
61
Kenya ban trophy hunting
https://www.thedodo.com/trophy-hunting-ban-romania-2032897713.htm
62
The UK puts CCTV cameras into abbatoirs to prevent the punching, kicking, pitchforking etc. of animals by workers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/animal-rights-sentience-peta-abattoirs-dolphins-faux-fur-vegan-fashion-a8134536.html
63 Zapopan becomes first place in Mexico legally to protect farm animals
animalequality.org/victories
64 Bogota Colombia is on track to ban bullfighting in that city.
65 Puebla, Mexico has banned illegal slaughterhouses.
66. Jalisco, first state in Mexico to criminalize cruelty to farm animals.
US
1 A federal judge ruled that the Idaho Ag/Gag law was unconstitutional. The legislature had passed it in response to a Mercy For Animals video of horrific cruelty. http://aldf.org
https://www.facebook.com/mercyforanimals/videos/10153269790794475/?pnref=story
2 Los Angeles has banned the sale of fur
3 Illinois bans ivory
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/05/.../illinois-lawmakers-approve-ban-sale-ivor...
4 Johns Hopkins is ending student operations on living animals, but the university remain a major torturer of animals. Michael Bloomberg who gave the university 100 million dollars could reduce their bloodletting. http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/19/hopkins-medicine-live-animals-training
5 4000 cocks seized in cockfighting bust Unfortunately NPR which carried the story has 200 million dollars invested in McDonald's, world's biggest fast food cow murderer
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/17/528800885/authorities-bust-7-000-bird-cockfighting-operation-in-canyon-north-of-la
6
Ohio: The Cleveland Clinic and Northeast Ohio College of Medicine have stopped using dogs for surgical practice because of a campaign of PCRM.org, several thousand vegan physicians, nurses and other health therapists
7 SHARK shut down a cruel NJ rodeo and a brutal manta ray killing contest
https://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-shark-victories-2016.html
8 Belatedly, Burlington has stopped the use of fur
9 Wyoming bans the use of drones and airplanes to hunt animals during hunting season
http://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/game-and-fish-bans-using-aircraft-to-scout-for-game/article_24f6f621-f494-5809-8bda-d6d2237f6300.html
10 Major corporations went cage-free.
"Many major food companies like McDonald’s, Walmart, Kraft Heinz, and Burger King and dozens more pledged to phase out battery cages for hens, but they also pledged to eliminate the use of pig gestation crates."
11 States nd cities cracked down on puppy mills.
"Dozens of cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Sarasota – enacted ordinances to ban or restrict the sale of puppy mill dogs. Maryland banned the sale of puppies at flea markets and any other outdoor areas. "
12. Hawaii first state to ban the definning of sharks
13 NV will become 9th state in the U.S. to ban cages for hens, joining UT, CO, MI, WA, OR, CA, MA, RI.. Bill also requires eggs sold in the state to be from cage-free facilities, no matter where the eggs were produced.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/animals-are-important-too-look-animal-rights-victories
https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11
https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11
lorileighwilson.com
https://www.facebook.com/mercyforanimals/videos/10153269790794475/?pnref=story
How to make paper from elephant waste
Banana peels made into paper
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-make-banana-peelings-paper…rel="nofollow" title="Link added by
http://www.agnet.org/htmlare…/…/20110716223244/pt2005026.pdf
Cow manure into paper
https://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/making-paper-out-of-cow-manure/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42429122
http://matadornetwork.com/change/6-of-the-worlds-most-ingenious-wildlife-overpasses-pics/
10 animal rights victories around the world in 2014
http://www.samitrinchetto.com/…/3/7/313705…/3264053_orig.jpg
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/18_Veganism.jpg
https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11
http://www.samitrinchetto.com/…/3/7/313705…/3264053_orig.jpg
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/18_Veganism.jpg
https://veganismisnonviolence.files.wordpress.com/…/when-we…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11
http://veganstreet.com/images/seedsofveganawareness-lg.jpg
Wyoming bans the use of drones and airplanes to hunt animals during hunting season
http://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/game-and-fish-bans-using-aircraft-to-scout-for-game/article_24f6f621-f494-5809-8bda-d6d2237f6300.html
Banana peels made into paper
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-make-banana-peelings-paper…
Durian rind paper
http://www.agnet.org/htmlare…/…/20110716223244/pt2005026.pdf
Cow manure into paper
https://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/making-paper-out-of-cow-manure/
The UK puts CCTV cameras into abbatoirs to prevent the punching, kicking, pitchforking etc. of animals by workers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/animal-rights-sentience-peta-abattoirs-dolphins-faux-fur-vegan-fashion-a8134536.html
hinduexistencefiles.wordpress.com photo source
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/indian-city-becomes-first-vegetarian-city Indian city becomes 1st vegetarian city in world after Jain monks went on a hunger strike in Gujarat to end animal murder in the city Romania and Brazil’s Federal Court has halted live exports — stating the trade does not meet Brazil’s animal protection laws, societal values or international standards!
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/wins-for-animals-that-pro...
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/resources/timelines/2017_review.html
https://www.peta.org/blog/peta-victories-may/ animal rights victories in May 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/animal-rights-sentience-peta-abattoirs-dolphins-faux-fur-vegan-fashion-a8134536.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-biggest-animal-rights-victories-of-2015-and-the-fights-that-will-continue-into-the-new-year-a6790491.html
History
The Dukhobor vegetarian sect was founded in Russia by followers of Leo Tolstoy. Some emigrated to Canada. Before 1917, the majority of Russians (Russian Orthodox Christians) ate no meat on certain holy days A vegetarian organization was founded in St Petersburg in 1901. Nine others followed. There were many vegetarian restaurants in many cities. There were vegetarian hospitals, vegetarian newspapers and magazines. Mahatma Gandhi said his ahimsa (nonviolence) was rekindled by Leo Tolstoy. http:/www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/gandhi/bhana.html. When a group of Russian followers of Sathya Sai Baba came to his ashram, one asked if fish could be eaten. Baba told them that (besides the ethics of nonkilling) the fish in the world were accumulating increasing radiation from illegal nuclear waste dumping.
http://matadornetwork.com/change/6-of-the-worlds-most-ingenious-wildlife-overpasses-pics/
