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Caring for Life: evaluation outcome
Caring for Life Education (CLE) is ACTAsia’s premier humane education program for schools in Asia. The research-based curriculum helped ACTAsia be recognized as one of the 10 most influential organisations in China at the 8th China Urbanisation International Summit. First implemented in 2012, CLE helps elementary-school children develop compassion and a sense of responsibility towards […]
ACTAsia among Top 10 Most Influential Organizations in China!
ACTAsia’s contribution to progressive and sustainable urban development was recently praised by the Chinese Government at the 8th International Summit on Chinese Urbanization, where we received an award. Receiving such outstanding recognition from Government Officials in China adds credibility and results in substantial promotion of ACTAsia’s educational program. The Government representative, Mrs Youyun Zhang, stated […]
New approach to Yulin Dog Meat Festival
Please watch and share this film to help us make this festival a thing of the past. [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DeYSH1dp_o”] Like you, ACTAsia has campaigned and protested against the Yulin Dog Meat Festival year after year. While we’ve helped save some dogs, we know they were simply replaced on the menu with other less fortunate […]
Fur Free Fashion Show 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Sunday the 18th of January, we held our second annual Fur Free Fashion show. Designers from three continents joined the runway, along with nineteen fur-free brands, to promote fashion with compassion for people, animals and the environment. After a successful launch of the first-ever Fur Free Fashion Show in China in 2014 as part […]
Caring for Life course breaks all records
In the third year of delivering our Caring for life, Humane Education programme, we are so proud to share some of the achievements with you that no one would have thought possible in the world’s fastest growing economic power. To date, we have: – trained more than 800 Humane Educators – taught more than 35,000 children aged five to […]
Fur Free China campaign highlights dog and cat fur
It is estimated that around two million dogs and cats are being slaughtered in China for their fur, every year. This is a ‘cheap source’ of fur because the animals are usually strays, stolen pets or used for food. Subsequently, the fur is exported under false labelling to Western countries (where there is a ban […]
Fur Free China full speed ahead
Last weekend, our 2014-2015 ‘Fur Free China’ campaign officially kicked off in Wuhan, the most populous city in Central China. 44 student leaders from nineteen provinces across China, came to Wuhan to take part in our campaign strategy workshop. The next day, they were joined by two hundred local students and volunteers for the opening […]
Stop Yulin dog meat festival
On the 21st of June, many residents of YuLin will ‘celebrate’ their annual summer stolstice by eating dog meat. We have held a first ever press conference in Yulin to highlight the animal cruelty involved in this practice. Tens of thousands of dogs are suffering from the cruel capture, long distance transport and gruesome slaughtering […]
Homeless man’s only friend brutally killed
The man and his animal companion were living together for quite some time in the streets of the city centre, without causing any problems. When the man couldn’t answer the questions of the two officers, they attacked and beat the dog for ten minutes, eventually killing it. This all happened while the homeless man was […]
First ever cruelty-free fashion show in China
Today we held the first ever cruelty-free fashion show in Beijing. With the latest looks from American and Chinese designers, we are showing the Chinese public that a fur-free lifestyle is beautiful, feasible and compassionate. With live performances of singers from the highly popular singing contest ’The Voice of China’, we reached out to the […]