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Companies like Prada, Michael Kors, and Gucci have all joined the international Fur Free Retailer scheme to date, now numbering over 1,500. Since 2012, ACTAsia, a non-profit working for sustainable social change in China, has been promoting fur-free fashion on the Mainland. The Jing Take: Although fur is popular in China (primarily as trims or […]

ACTAsia’s Pei Su talks to Matthew Rickard of task about her work in Asia promoting compassion towards humans and other animals, along with respect for the environment.

CEO Pei Su speaks to Amanda Hearst of WellBeings Charity about why and how she established ACTAsia, and how the world of human, animal and environmental concerns is interconnected.

Pei Su talks to Radio Free Asia about the protection of pangolins in China, since pangolin scales were removed from the list of approved ingredients for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Pei Su talks to Radio Free Asia about the ambiguity surrounding China’s revised National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Catalogue published in May, which permits many uses of wild animals, amphibians, reptiles and companion animals.

How are endangered species farmed and used in China? Is there legislation to protect them? What does law enforcement around protecting these species look like, and what should it look like?

Should we ban eating reptiles and amphibians in China, and which protection law do they fall under? Are they sentient? Why are amphibians listed as aquatic animals? And what are the issues with large-scale farming?

Can wild animals be domesticated – deer in particular? What are the issues around farming wild animals? Why are deer listed on China’s proposed list of livestock?

Professor Lu, Director of One Health China, and Dr Sara Platto, Secretary General of CBCGDF, bring their unique insights to the second in a series of five webinars: A future without pandemics.

A future without pandemics is a series of five think-tank webinars bringing a truly unique Chinese perspective to a global challenge. Hosted by One Health and ACTAsia’s Institute of Caring for Life Academic Research & Education (iCARE) host. The commercial use of animals and pandemics is the first webinar.