84 Animal and Plant Rights Victories Worldwide

Update: 11 Of The Most Recent Animal Rights Victories

Kenya Airlines will no longer transport kidnapped monleys or any

others to animal torture labs around the world.

Italy banned fur farms.

Taiwan health food store will no longer research on animals.

A new law in Spain classifies all animals as sentient beings and mistreatment of them
as a criminal offense.

The brutal practice of murdering baby male chicks has been banned in Germany. Some news sources use the euphemism 'culling' as if murder can only be applied to human beings.

Sinaloa has become the 5th state in Mexico to outlaw bullfighting

Iceland, not soon enough, will end whaling in 2024, reported the fisheries minister

Thailand finally shut down Phuket Zoo, a cruel place. Animals were transferred to
sanctuaries.

Belgium has shut down its final 17 mink farms ahead of the 2023 deadline.

Brutal dog meat trade ban nears end in Seoul S Korea

100,000 signatures to outlaw animal testing will be this week delivered to 10 Downing in UK
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The world is changing faster than the speed of light. Though Trump, Bannon, Zinke, Pruitt, CIA and the Pentagon are removing protections for marine animals,

for Yellowstone bears, for endangered species in general, US states and countries around the world are bypassing these political dinosaurs.

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1. India bans cow slaughter and is subjected to attack by the BBC which has promoted the mammal slaughter businesses of UK, Canada, NA, Ausralia etc
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/

19
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/

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

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

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

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. "
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