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November 20, 2014
India Confiscates Hundreds of Animals at Nepal Border as Illegal Transport Ban Takes Effect Ahead of Gadhimai Festival
HSI undertook a special mission to Nepal in collaboration with People for Animals and Animal Welfare Network Nepal where they met the President and the Prime Minister of Nepal, as well as Temple officials to call for a suspension of the sacrifice of half a million buffalo, goats and hens at this year's Gadhimai festival.
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November 6, 2014
Jet Airways Bans Shark Fins as Cargo
Jet Airways instituted a policy against the shipment of shark fins, joining a growing number of major international carriers committed to protecting declining shark populations and marine ecosystems. HSI/India, which along with animal welfare and conservation groups had petitioned Jet Airways to end its role in the international trade in shark fins, applauded the policy.
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November 4, 2014
Government of India Orders Sashastra Seema Bal to Stop the Illegal Movement of Animals to Nepal
The Ministry of Home Affairs ordered all field formations of Sashastra Seema Bal to prevent cattle transport without license. The order comes a few weeks before the Gadhimai festival where more than 500,000 animals, most originating from India, could be sacrificed in Nepal.
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October 20, 2014
Supreme Court of India Intervenes to Save Thousands of Animals from Nepal’s Brutal Gadhimai Festival Sacrifice
The Supreme Court of India passed an interim order directing the Union of India to prevent the illegal movement of animals across the border from India to Nepal, to be sacrificed at the Gadhimai Festival.
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October 17, 2014
Campanha Liberte-se da Crueldade da Índia faz história ao proibir a importação de cosméticos testados em animais
A campanha Liberte-se da Crueldade da HSI, está celebrando uma vitória histórica, pois a Índia acaba de proibir a importação de cosméticos testados em animais.
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October 14, 2014
HSIのBe Cruelty-Freeインドの歴史的瞬間 ― インドで動物実験が実施された化粧品の輸入が禁止に
インドが、動物実験が実施された化粧品の輸入を禁止しました。輸入の禁止は、インドの研究施設における化粧品の動物実験の実施の禁止が施行されてからわずか数カ月後に達成され、これでインドは南アジア初のcruelty-freeな地域となり、他の国に模範を示すこととなりました。
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October 14, 2014
HSI’s Be Cruelty-Free India Makes History as India Bans Import of Animal-Tested Cosmetics
Coming just few months after implementation of a national ban on cruel cosmetics testing in India’s labs, an import ban made India the first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia and an example for other nations to follow.
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September 30, 2014
HSI/India Confident of Government’s Commitment to Cosmetics Animal Testing Ban Despite Opposition from Industry
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is sure to keep its word on making India the first country in South Asia to become a cruelty-free cosmetics zone, despite industry pressure, said HSI/India’s #BeCrueltyFree campaign.
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September 24, 2014
India Urged to Support Shark and Ray Protections
Animal protection groups urged the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests to support the shark and ray listings being proposed at the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention of Migratory Species.
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September 23, 2014
Swami Agnivesh Urged Devotees to Boycott Animal Sacrifice in Gadhimai Festival
President of World Council of Arya Samaj, Swami Agnivesh, urged Hindu devotees to stop the barbaric practice of sacrificing hundreds of thousands of animals on the occasion of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal. Agnivesh joins Humane Society International and Animal Welfare Network Nepal in calling for an end to the slaughter.
