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Today’s vote to ban bullfighting in Catalonia is a momentous victory for the global animal welfare movement and marks a clear shift in attitudes towards cruel "sports".
The Catalonian Parliament has voted to approve the amendment of the current animal protection legislation and therefore ban bullfighting within the region. The ban will come into effect on January 1, 2012. Bulls will no longer suffer a slow, painful and terrifying death in Catalonia’s bullrings. Read more >>
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Thanks to the generous donations from WSPA supporters, our disaster management team – as part of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) – has made great strides in providing disaster relief to the animals and people of Haiti during the past six months. |
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WSPA and the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) are working together to bring an end to the dog meat industry in South Korea. But we can’t do it without your help. |
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Ohioans for Humane Farms and WSPA are happy to report that Gov. Ted Strickland's office has agreed to implement a number of animal welfare reforms in the state, in exchange for holding off on submitting the 2010 ballot measure. |
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The International Whaling Commission buckled under pressure from Denmark when it narrowly approved a proposal for Greenland to hunt 9 humpback whales each year for the next three years, supposedly for subsistence use. WSPA strongly condemns the move. |
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