Berlin / Stuttgart, 16. Juli 2019 – Gewalt gegen Elefanten wird beendet: Nach PETAs wiederholter Kritik am missbräuchlichen Umgang mit Elefanten in zoologischen Einrichtungen und mehreren …
Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL VA EMS CONT. to 20000 ft (6100 m)
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 . The full report is as follows: FVXX20 at 14:30 UTC, 16/07/19 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20190716/1424Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090 PSN: N1901 W09837 AREA: MEXICO SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426…
Egypt: Amendments to repressive NGO law little more than token ‘cosmetic’ changes
Medical Product Alert N° 8/2019 (English version)
This Medical Product Alert relates to 3 different falsified rabies vaccines (Verorab, Speeda, and Rabipur) and 1 falsified anti-rabies serum (Equirab) circulating in the Philippines. It is linked to the WHO Medical Product Alert N°1/2019 issued on 30 January 2019 regarding falsified Verorab rabies vaccines circulating in the Philippines. Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease that is almost always fatal following the onset of clinical symptoms. Rabies is present worldwide, with over 95% of human deaths occurring in the Asia and Africa regions. Genuine Verorab, Speeda and Rabipur vaccines are used for pre-exposure vaccination or post-exposure prophylaxis. Genuine Equirab anti-rabies serum provides passive immunization against rabies.
WHO recently received confirmation that falsified batches of Verorab, Speeda, Rabipur and Equirab were available at patient level in the Philippines. Investigations are ongoing, and laboratory analyses are being facilitated for available samples to determine their contents and better assess the risk to public health. At this stage, no adverse reactions attributed to the below mentioned falsified products have been reported to WHO. A rabies vaccine shortage is ongoing in the Philippines.
Victory! Virgin Holidays Cuts Ties With SeaWorld and Other Dolphin ‘Abusement’ Parks
Celebratory dances are being done at PETA today after the announcement that Virgin Holidays will stop selling tickets for tourism experiences involving the exploitation of captive whales and dolphins.
The travel giant has said that it will end its partnership with notorious animal abusement parks such as SeaWorld and Discovery Cove.
PETA and our international affiliates have been calling on Sir Richard Branson’s company to stop selling trips to SeaWorld for years and have collected more than 300,000 signatures from supporters like you urging the travel provider to do the right thing. By cutting ties with facilities that hold orcas and other dolphins captive, Virgin Holidays joins an ever-growing list of companies that no longer sell tickets to SeaWorld.
It’s time that AAA followed in the footsteps of Virgin Holidays—and numerous other travel providers—and severed ties with SeaWorld.
Tell AAA to Stop Supporting SeaWorld
Multinational conglomerate Virgin Group continues to promote SeaWorld despite overwhelming evidence that captive orcas endure extreme physical, psychological, and emotional suffering.
Years ago, the company launched a cetacean pledge, which did little more than announce that it wouldn’t partner with parks that still captured whales or dolphins from the ocean. It took Virgin nearly three years to update that commitment, but it finally did—and at that point, it committed only to not partnering with any new parks that keep whales or dolphins in captivity for entertainment purposes. While the pledge and its update are positive steps, there’s no reason for Virgin to continue its affiliation with SeaWorld, especially when dozens of other corporate partners cut ties with the abusement park years ago.
Orcas at SeaWorld are still swimming in endless circles and breaking their teeth by gnawing in frustration on the concrete corners and metal bars of their cramped tanks, and other dolphins are still being impregnated—sometimes forcibly after being drugged.
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