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Stop the Cruelty Behind Pork: Groups urge the end of live pig auctions
Taiwan's live pig auction system subjects the animals to extreme cruelty and abuse. The brutal mistreatment endured by approximately 6 million pigs annually in Taiwan before slaughter, including violent electric shocks, whippings, metal branding, and hooking of the snout or dragging by the anus while the animals are still alive.
EAST stages stand-in on presidential boulevard in campaign for battery cage ban
Hundreds of activists stood in the space of an A4 sheet of paper in front of Taiwan's presidential office.
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Taiwan health authority officially scraps contentious animal experiments
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced it will abolish the 'forced swim' and 'treadmill fatigue' tests from its health food certification scheme.
Taiwanese authorities establish dairy cattle welfare guidelines
Taiwan has published official guidelines for dairy cattle welfare, joining existing guidelines for laying hens and pigs.
EAST calls for regulation of chaotic non-native species removal
EAST teamed up with Legislator Lin Shu-fen to call on the government to regulate the removal of non-native invasive species.
EAST awarded Lush Prize for securing toxicology testing reforms
EAST is honored to receive the LUSH Prize in recognition of our work to eliminate unnecessary animal testing from chemical registration.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration makes landmark decision to strike out animal tests
The TFDA has committed to reduce animal testing for health food safety testing, in response to calls from EAST.
Animal groups smell a rat on government health food claims
Breakthrough: Taiwan to ban catching of three rare shark species
Taiwanese authorities have announced an historic ban on the catching of megamouth, great white, and basking sharks in Taiwanese waters.
Mega-threat: new report issues stark warning for rare shark species
EAST releases comprehensive report and urges the Taiwanese government to protect the megamouth shark.
Bound for the history books: EAST calls for end to cruel fish binding practice
EAST urges consumers to stop purchasing 'bound fish.'
Bad eggs: curbing the spread of cruel cage systems for egg-laying ducks
EAST unveiled the results of an investigation which documented ducks languishing in battery cages.
Taiwan health authority officially scraps contentious animal experiments
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced it will abolish the 'forced swim' and 'treadmill fatigue' tests from its health food certification scheme.
Taiwanese authorities establish dairy cattle welfare guidelines
Taiwan has published official guidelines for dairy cattle welfare, joining existing guidelines for laying hens and pigs.
EAST calls for regulation of chaotic non-native species removal
EAST teamed up with Legislator Lin Shu-fen to call on the government to regulate the removal of non-native invasive species.
EAST awarded Lush Prize for securing toxicology testing reforms
EAST is honored to receive the LUSH Prize in recognition of our work to eliminate unnecessary animal testing from chemical registration.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration makes landmark decision to strike out animal tests
The TFDA has committed to reduce animal testing for health food safety testing, in response to calls from EAST.
Animal groups smell a rat on government health food claims
Breakthrough: Taiwan to ban catching of three rare shark species
Taiwanese authorities have announced an historic ban on the catching of megamouth, great white, and basking sharks in Taiwanese waters.
Mega-threat: new report issues stark warning for rare shark species
EAST releases comprehensive report and urges the Taiwanese government to protect the megamouth shark.
Bound for the history books: EAST calls for end to cruel fish binding practice
EAST urges consumers to stop purchasing 'bound fish.'
Bad eggs: curbing the spread of cruel cage systems for egg-laying ducks
EAST unveiled the results of an investigation which documented ducks languishing in battery cages.
