OneKind blog
Category: campaigns
For sale: one zebra, four horses and four camels
23 August 2012
The Great British Circus has placed an advertisement in Horse and Hound to sell its trained zebra, horse and camel acts. According to an interview in...
Billions of farmed fish need welfare rules
09 August 2012
A significant new report by researchers Alison Mood and Phil Brooke Estimating the Number of Farmed Fish Killed in Global Aquaculture Each Year has...
Support needed to reduce experiments as new law published
02 August 2012
The Home Office has published new draft regulations to implement the recent European directive 2010/63 EU on the protection of animals used in...
Experiments on animals continue to rise
10 July 2012
More than 3.79m scientific procedures were carried out on animals in 2011, according to the Home Office statistical report, published today. Despite a...
Europe’s obligations towards animals highlighted
09 July 2012
The European Parliament voted last week to support an important resolution drafted by Marit Paulsen MEP on the European Union Strategy for the...
Transparency required over snare use in Scotland
28 June 2012
OneKind believes snare users in Scotland should report their captures to the Scottish Government. OneKind is calling for a reporting requirement to...
OneKind launches 100 for OneKind
25 June 2012
OneKind, together with Young Scot, is launching the 100 for OneKind fundraising competition for 18 to 26 year olds. 2012 marks OneKind’s 100th...
Snares training order approved
21 June 2012
A Scottish Parliament Committee has approved gamekeeping organisations to train people in the use of snares. The Rural Affairs, Climate Change and...
Lobbying helps retain protection for lab animals
21 May 2012
New measures governing the use of animals in scientific procedures were set out by the UK government on 17 May. The measures are being introduced to...
Commodities, clones and sentient beings
15 May 2012
European Commission must ban animal cloning for food production Following publication of a consultation on measures on animal cloning for food...
