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Sinergia Animal launched cage-free tracker in Asia and Latin America
Based on the statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Asia is currently the biggest manufacturer of eggs in the world...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Report it! How to help animals by reporting social media cruelty content
Reporting animal cruelty content on social media is worth it! No matter how frustrating it may seem, we know that public reporting is...
Dec 23, 20223 min read
World Monkey Day
Monkeys are cognitively complex individuals, and they are in need of our help A guest post by Dave Neale, Animal Welfare Director,...
Dec 14, 20224 min read
BREAKING - Wild animal "pets" on social media: a vicious cycle of suffering
Wild animals such as monkeys, tigers and lizards are being “psychologically and physically tortured” for likes and comments on social...
Nov 22, 20224 min read
Bestiality and other animal cruelty content found on Twitter
Bestiality videos found on Twitter, depicting humans sexually abusing animals, have been removed by the platform after pressure from...
Sep 24, 20222 min read
Channels showing animal cruelty removed from YouTube
Two YouTube channels promoting animal cruelty have been removed by YouTube, following the release of the SMACC ‘Teasing as Torture’...
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Victory for the macaques of Mt. Takahashi!
Early this morning, AfA Network Member Organization Japan Anti-Vivisection Association (JAVA) gave us the welcome news that Oita City's...
Aug 26, 20221 min read
In memory of AfA Core Member Gil Michaels
The Asia for Animals Coalition is deeply saddened following the passing of Gil Michaels, founder of Animals Guardians and core member of...
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Great news for Taiwan's macaques!
In May 2022, The Asia for Animals Coalition and the AfA Macaque Coalition appealed to Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, asking that she...
Aug 17, 20221 min read
AfA and the Macaque Coalition ask Oita City's mayor to abandon plan to send macaques to Uruguay
Asia for Animals and the Macaque Coalition, supported by over a hundred concerned organizations from around the world, have asked the...
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Two more macaque species now Endangered
Due to the efforts of researchers associated with the Long-Tailed Macaque Project, long-tailed macaques have now been officially...
Jul 27, 20222 min read
Social media giants avoiding responsibility for animal cruelty content
Social media content depicting animal cruelty and suffering can be readily found across social media platforms. Free of borders, content...
Jul 14, 20223 min read
‘Teasing as torture’ of animals in shocking online videos
The Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) has today released a new report, the first in a series of theme-specific exposés of the...
Jul 5, 20227 min read
Kabul Zoo update - January 2022
Amidst the abundance of worrying news coming out of Afghanistan, we continue to receive many enquiries from people who are understandably...
May 3, 20221 min read
Previous updates on Kabul Zoo
update 29 September 2021 We have received reports and seen newspaper articles about zoo visitors throwing objects at Kabul Zoo’s lions....
May 3, 20223 min read
Animal cruelty content should be included in the UK’s Online Safety Bill
Animal abuse is ubiquitous and profitable on social media, and self-regulation has failed. The AfA Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition...
May 3, 20223 min read
AfA Statement on Kabul Zoo (Afghanistan)
STATEMENT ON THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS AT KABUL ZOO The Asia for Animals (AfA) Coalition is composed of 22 well-known and respected...
May 3, 20223 min read
SMACC REPORT released
The AfA Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) today unveiled their unprecedented and groundbreaking 2021 research report into...
May 3, 20222 min read
Independent covers SMACC report
YouTube, Facebook and TikTok ‘earning millions’ from horrific animal-cruelty videos. READ MORE HERE
May 3, 20221 min read
SMACC member reveals monkey hate groups on social media
SMACC members Lady Freethinker and Action for Primates unveiled the extremely violent and cruel underworld of monkey hatred available on...
May 3, 20221 min read
The IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section for Human-Primate Interactions: Images matter!
Earlier this year, the The IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section for Human-Primate Interactions (SHPI) published an important set of...
May 3, 20222 min read
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