News – Daniël's Database

January 2022

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– Fashion magazine Elle bans fur from its publications

– Canada’s House of Commons unanimously votes to ban LGBT conversion therapy

– Fallow deer in the province of Friesland will not be shot

– The Dutch TV channel SBS will broadcast a fireplace for four hours during Christmas

– The Netherlands bans the boiling alive of lobsters and crabs

– Chile legalizes same-sex marriage

– There are already 70 vegan farmers in German-speaking Switzerland

– The French senate backs the ban on LGBT conversion therapy

– UK announces ban on trophy hunting imports

– Malta becomes the first EU nation to legalize cannabis

– Chile elects a progressive president

– Oxford city council mandates plant-based options at official meetings

– Italy bans fur farming

– Fallow deer in the Dutch area Hoeksche Waard will not be shot

– Primetime news in New Zealand presented for the first time by someone with Maori face markings

– Study finds that vegetable fat may reduce stroke risk

– New Jersey bans cosmetics products tested on animals

– Tree DNA has been used to prosecute timber poacher

– In Portugal it’s now illegal to contact employees after work

– The Dutch advertising standards authority receives a record number of complaints due to an anti-abortion ad

– Britney Spears’ conservatorship has ended after 13 years

– First artificial heart transplant in The Netherlands

– French senate votes in favour of fur farming ban and an end to dolphin shows and circuses with wild animals

– Controversial farm laws in India are repealed after protests

– No fireworks at New Year’s Eve in The Netherlands; to alleviate health care, also applauded by animal lovers and environmentalists

– Czech court rules that the restriction of a protest against the visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping was unlawful

– UK officially recognizes cephalopods (e.g. octopuses) and decapods (e.g. lobsters) as sentient

– Portugal becomes the fourth EU country to stop using coal

– Appraisal for Norwegian Christmas ad with a gay Santa

– Impossible Foods is currently the fastest growing plant-based meat company

– A plant-based chicken factory in Switzerland is built with glass walls for transparency

– Honduras elects a left-leaning opposition leader over a dictatorship