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The agony of the Angora rabbit: sheared, plucked or skinned alive
Despite this, their pelts are being ‘harvested’ in massive amounts, causing extreme pain. Tied by the paws they are roughly sheared, plucked or skinned alive, whilst screaming out of fear and pain. Over ninety percent of the Angora wool and fur is produced in China, where there still is no law in place to protect even […]
Launch Fur Free China campaign 2013-2014
It’s that time again! In the build up to Chinese New Year (which is the peak season for the sales of fur) in January 2014, we have started and will intensify our Fur Free China campaign to tackle the growing fur business. ‘Bootcamp’ In the weekend of 2 and 3 November we held a workshop […]
Humane Education goes rural
We have collaborated in this project with the “Overseas Students Teaching Programme in rural China” and the student teachers were trained by us on our humane education course. Our staff and volunteers in China worked tirelessly to prepare for two weeks of teaching. They have been printing and sorting out 40,000 (!) copies of learning […]
Body art protest Hong Kong fur fair
While the Hong Kong Fur Federation is busy creating media buzz for the opening of the 2013 trade show, on the other side of the straits, = in the mainland city Shenzhen, volunteers from animal protection groups including ACT Asia for Animals (ACTAsia), China Loving Care for Animals Network (AAChina ), Shenzhen Cat (SZCAT) and […]
Fur Free China campaign 2012-2013
Starting with a strategy planning meeting in September, where we mobilised the most effective groups on the Fur Free campaign from previous years, more than 60 anti-fur awareness events have taken place across the country. Animal groups, college students and other volunteer groups from North to South China have staged events to raise awareness on […]
Kitten killing calls for ‘caring for life’
The student believed the seven month old cat, called Chiao Chiao, was dirty so he demanded the kitten’s owner wash the bed cover. The two students argued and ended up in a physical fight. In order to express his anger and teach the owner a lesson, the kitten was thrown repeatedly on the floor and […]
How a small girl can make a big difference
ACTAsia’s CEO Pei Su reports: ”Kiki is my niece who lives in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, and goes to primary school for the first year. She does not have a pet and she is even a bit scared of dogs, but she is a typical Chinese kid who has not been taught much about dogs […]
Launch Caring for Life programme
As our education adviser Professor Xiong Xianjun said at the launch: “We should give children back their childhood. Children need to understand why they should care about the suffering of other lives. Compassion and responsibility are important building blocks of a civilised society.” ACTAsia also presented an award to Zhuang Nai Hui (Kiki) for promoting […]
Dog butchers benefit, dogs and owners suffer
In Harbin City, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, a new dog keeping management regulation was passed on 20 November 2011 and took effect from 1 April 2012. The regulation states that every dog has to be removed from the city that: is over 50cm in height and 70cm in length, is on the list of […]
Support from Fur Free Alliance for our campaign
FFA is an international coalition of animal protection organisations working to bring an end to the exploitation and killing of animals for their fur. Groups from various countries around the world, exchanged ideas and progression of their anti-fur campaigns. We were happy to receive very positive response on our achievements in China to date, and […]