Animal welfare groups

In China, wild animals are widely used for performances in zoos and circuses. Lions, tigers, bears, monkeys and elephants are held in appalling conditions, regularly mistreated and abused, just to entertain audiences and make money. But there is hope for improvements.

More than forty five members of animal protection groups from all over China gathered early October 2010 to attend ACTAsia’s fifth annual workshop to build their capacity in working for animals in their country. Two workshops were held to increase the number of animal protectionists who could benefit from interaction with international experts and each […]

With efforts being made in China by legal academics to draft the country’s first animal welfare legislation, ACTAsia felt it was important to help animal groups to get involved in the legislative process, and our 4th Annual Workshop focused on this issue.

On June 6th, key members of animal groups from all over China gathered in Shenzhen to take part in a three day workshop by ACTAsia entitled ‘Developing Effective Animals Advocates in China’. The two major themes of this workshop were Project Management and Companion Animal issues.

For the second year in a row, ACTAsia conducted a workshop in China to promote sustainable animal advocacy. The workshop was requested after we had given three successful workshops on the same theme in Chinese cities last year, which were attended by more than a hundred local animal protectionists.