Legislation for Animals
As alarm grows over the prospect of a massive octopus farm in Spain, a California nonprofit has a plan to stop it from ever happening. Los Angeles, May 12th, 2024 — Scientists, environmentalists and animal lovers have expressed horror and alarm over plans by a Spanish company to create a huge octopus farm in the Canary Islands that would reportedly grow and slaughter a million octopuses a year.
After a long pressure campaign from the Korean animal rights movement, South Korea’s parliament passed a new law that bans dog meat starting in 2027. Here’s how it happened. Los Angeles, January 22nd, 2024 — There were tears and cheers, hugs and speeches as a long-held dream to end the dog meat trade became reality for the dozens of animal activists gathered on the steps of South Korea’s parliament building on January 9th, 2024.
On Black Friday, UnchainedTV will host the global online launch of the award-winning documentary film Ending Real Fur, exposing the fur industry Los Angeles, November 9th, 2023 — On November 24th, the day after Thanksgiving, aka Black Friday, aka Fur-Free Friday, UnchainedTV will launch the world premiere of the award-winning documentary film Ending Real Fur. So, instead of spending money on more stuff, click on UnchainedTV to watch this movie for free, starting at 4:30pm pacific/7:30pm eastern.
Youth Steering Committee members urge government officials to promote plant-based foods and stop pushing pro meat and dairy policies that threaten their futures by worsening the climate and human health Los Angeles, September 14, 2023 — For a second year, a group of students belonging to the Youth Steering Committee (YSC) have traveled to Washington DC to talk to Senators, House Representatives, and other government officials urging them to stop subsidizing animal agriculture and start allowing more plant-based foods and dairy-free milk into America’s school systems.
The animal protection group Mercy for Animals has released an undercover investigation into the suffering of pigs in a Nebraska farm while issuing a call to action to oppose the EATS Act Los Angeles, August 18, 2023 — The California-based animal protection organization Mercy for Animals (MfA) just released a new exposé of yet another pig farm, this one in Nebraska.
NYC Council Member Shahana Hanif has introduced a bill to ban elephant captivity in New York City which could force Bronx Zoo to release the elephants Happy and Patty to a sanctuary New York, May 14th, 2023 — Council Member Shahana Hanif has introduced a bill to ban elephant captivity in New York City.
Los Angeles, California – UnchainedTV is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Earthstream to fast track crucial nature and wildlife documentaries to a global audience of people hungry for solutions to climate change, habitat destruction and wildlife extinction. From individual films, like the award-winning Lion Ark, by Animal Defenders International, to the extraordinary video series provided by Friends of Bonobos, these movies show people around the world the breathtaking beauty, intelligence and sensitivity of wild animals and why we must all work to save them.
Indianapolis, Indiana, December 28 11:30pm New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, the first vegan member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently announced a new piece of farmed animal welfare legislation, the Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act (IAA). The IAA is a bill created, in part, as a response to what critics have described as the horrific treatment of pigs, chickens, turkeys and cows during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early months of the pandemic, Covid-ridden slaughterhouses were temporarily shut down, and the USDA provided aid to livestock companies in the mass killing (referred to as “depopulation”) of millions of animals, meaning that taxpayer dollars supported these acts.
The New FDA Modernization Act, eliminating the Food and Drug Administration’s requirement that new drugs be tested on animals, has been now signed into law. Los Angeles, December 26, 2022 2:30pm — After a long-fought campaign by a coalition of animal protection organizations, The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 has now become law, passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed into law by the President of the United States as part of the omnibus spending bill. Supporters are declaring this the most crucial milestone for the anti-vivisection movement ever, as it removes its biggest obstacle: U.S.
The Veterans Affairs’ lab in Louisville, Kentucky has ended its controversial cat experiments after pressure from animal protection organizations. Los Angeles, December 14, 2022 1:15 pm — The anti-vivisection animal protection organization White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has announced that the controversial cat lab at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Louisville, Kentucky will stop animal experimentation.