China to Implement “Total Ban” on Sale of Ivory
This Sunday, the buying and selling of ivory in China will officially be illegal. The ban comes a year after the State Council, China’s cabinet, announced that the shutdown of...
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SCMP: “China’s vegan market is expected to rise by more than 17 per cent”
South China Morning Post recently profiled the growing vegan movement taking place in China and in particular, Hong Kong. Home to the V Girls, who are on a mission to...
Sale of Dog Meat Reportedly Banned at Yulin Festival
Just weeks ahead of the notorious Yulin festival’s June 21 start date, Humane Society International (HSI) has released a press release stating that the “Yulin government is set to ban...
China to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade by End of 2017
There was good news that came out just before the new year regarding the ivory trade and according to Carter Roberts, the president of the World Wildlife Fund, it’s a...
China May Adopt Animal-Free Cosmetics Testing Method
Just yesterday we wrote about Taiwan’s parliament passing legislation to end cosmetics testing on animals by 2019. Now, the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) has reported that they have...
James Cameron & Arnold Schwarzenegger Urge People to Consume Less Meat
Wildlife conservation organization WildAid, in collaboration with the Chinese Nutrition Society, has launched a new campaign that aims to reduce meat consumption in both the United States and China. Just...
Hong Kong's 'V Girls' Introduce Veganism to the Masses
Vice‘s channel Munchies recently profiled the V Girls, a group of five women living in Hong Kong who are spreading the word on all things vegan via videos and social...
Vietnam Set to Completely Eliminate Bear Bile Farming by 2020
If you’ve never heard of bear bile farming before, here’s a crash course: bear bile has been used in traditional Asian medicine for thousands of years. The high concentration of...
