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Developments

This section documents significant legal, political, and industry developments related to animal exploitation systems around the world.
Entries record court cases, policy changes, investigations, and industry expansions that influence how these systems operate.

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110 developments
Closure of greyhound racing industry
Law & Regulation • New Zealand
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Live export ban will not be repealed this term
Government Policy • New Zealand
Open
Wildlife trade licensing & zoo/aquarium permit system
Law & Regulation • South Korea
Open
Investigation into meatpacking antitrust conduct
Government Policy • United States
Open
Ban on bullfighting & cockfighting extension
Court Decision • Colombia
Open
Game Meats v Farm Transparency International
Court Decision • Australia
Open
Hanoi pilot project – dog & cat meat trade
Government Policy • Vietnam
Open
Activist/Animanaturalis megafarm investigation
Investigation & Exposure • Spain
Open
Third comprehensive animal welfare plan
Government Policy • South Korea
Open
SPRFMO exploratory toothfish fishery & Jack Mackerel quota increase
Law & Regulation • South Korea
Open
Collapse in live sheep export volumes
Trade & Market Change • Australia
Open
Western Australia battery cage ban
Law & Regulation • Australia
Open
Closure of commercial greyhound racing industry
Government Policy • New Zealand
Open
FOUR PAWS big cat industry & trade investigation
Investigation & Exposure • South Africa
Open
Law 2385 progressive bullfighting ban
Law & Regulation • Colombia
Open
Phase-out of live sheep exports by sea
Law & Regulation • Australia
Open
Hanoi dog & cat meat directive
Government Policy • Vietnam
Open
Ban on livestock exports for slaughter
Law & Regulation • United Kingdom
Open
Bill C-355 banning live horse air export for slaughter
Government Policy • Canada
Open
Ontario ag-gag provisions struck down
Court Decision • Canada
Open
Captive lion phase-out
Government Policy • South Africa
Open
Investigation into livestock auction market conditions
Investigation & Exposure • Chile
Open
Dog meat ban
Law & Regulation • South Korea
Open
Wave of state-level cosmetic animal testing bans
Law & Regulation • Brazil
Open
Battery cage phase-out
Law & Regulation • Australia
Open
FDA/USDA cultivated meat regulatory framework
Law & Regulation • United States
Open
Jallikattu Constitution Bench
Court Decision • India
Open
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
Court Decision • United States
Open
Ban on live animal maritime exports
Court Decision • Brazil
Open
HPAI mass poultry culls
Enforcement Action • South Africa
Open
Criminal animal abuse offences extention
Law & Regulation • Spain
Open
National companion animal protection framework
Law & Regulation • Spain
Open
Animal Husbandry Practices & Procedures Rules
Law & Regulation • India
Open
HPAI H5N1 commercial poultry detection & export suspension
Enforcement Action • Argentina
Open
Egg-Laying Hens Rules
Law & Regulation • India
Open
Pig megafarm expansion
Industry Expansion • Spain
Open
HPAI season with 17.7 million birds culled
Enforcement Action • Japan
Open
Restriction on live animal exports to non-EU countries
Government Policy • Germany
Open
H5N1 HPAI outbreak & full mink farm cull, Galicia
Enforcement Action • Spain
Open
Ban on livestock sea exports
Law & Regulation • New Zealand
Open
HPAI record season – 32 million birds culled
Enforcement Action • France
Open
Hidalgo farmed-animal & slaughterhouse law
Law & Regulation • Mexico
Open
Multi-year epizootic & poultry & dairy depopulations
Enforcement Action • United States
Open
FOUR PAWS Ha Tinh investigation
Investigation & Exposure • Vietnam
Open
Hoi An Memorandum of Understanding with FOUR PAWS
Government Policy • Vietnam
Open
Mink fur farming ban
Law & Regulation • France
Open
Wild animals in circuses ban
Law & Regulation • France
Open
Cosmetic animal testing ban
Law & Regulation • Mexico
Open
Robertson Review into greyhound racing
Investigation & Exposure • New Zealand
Open
Abnormal toxicity test removal
Law & Regulation • South Korea
Open
Rio de Janeiro cosmetic testing ban
Court Decision • Brazil
Open
Commitment to end captive lion breeding
Government Policy • South Africa
Open
Ban on livestock sea exports
Government Policy • New Zealand
Open
Decree 14 on farming conditions
Law & Regulation • Vietnam
Open
African swine fever second wave
Enforcement Action • China
Open
Ban on subcontracting in meat industry
Law & Regulation • Germany
Open
Mink farming ban & retroactive cull authorisation
Law & Regulation • Denmark
Open
Nationwide COVID-19 mink cull
Government Policy • Denmark
Open
African swine fever first detection
Enforcement Action • Germany
Open
Gulf Livestock 1 sinking
Trade & Market Change • New Zealand
Open
Law 2047 cosmetics animal testing ban
Law & Regulation • Colombia
Open
Prime Minister wildlife directive
Government Policy • Vietnam
Open
Covid-19 mink farm cull, Teruel
Enforcement Action • Spain
Open
Ontario ag-gag law enacted
Law & Regulation • Canada
Open
Ban on dog & cat meat consumption
Law & Regulation • China
Open
Amazonas state cosmetic animal testing ban
Court Decision • Brazil
Open
COVID-19 emergency farm depopulation
Trade & Market Change • United States
Open
Male chick killing & piglet castration bans
Law & Regulation • France
Open
Ban on terrestrial wild animal consumption
Law & Regulation • China
Open
Health of Animals Regulations transport amendments
Law & Regulation • Canada
Open
National emergency ban on wildlife trade
Government Policy • China
Open
Animal welfare comprehensive plan
Government Policy • South Korea
Open
Alberta ag-gag law
Law & Regulation • Canada
Open
Dogfighting-linked illegal breeding
Court Decision • Chile
Open
Federal shark fin import and export ban
Law & Regulation • Canada
Open
Criminal Code amendments prohibiting animal fighting
Law & Regulation • Canada
Open
Ruling on male chick killing
Court Decision • Germany
Open
Microchipping mandate & abuse penalties increase
Law & Regulation • Japan
Open
Summer live sheep export prohibition
Law & Regulation • Australia
Open
Closure of last mink farm
Trade & Market Change • Germany
Open
Jalisco farmed animal cruelty law
Law & Regulation • Mexico
Open
African Swine Fever outbreak & mass pig kill
Enforcement Action • Vietnam
Open
Withdraw from IWC & resume commercial whaling
Government Policy • Japan
Open
Farm Animal Confinement Initiative
Law & Regulation • United States
Open
Mauleon-Licharre slaughterhouse trial & conviction
Court Decision • France
Open
African swine fever outbreak
Enforcement Action • China
Open
Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme
Government Policy • New Zealand
Open
Mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses
Law & Regulation • United Kingdom
Open
Acquittal of ARIWA investigators
Court Decision • Germany
Open
Law 21.020 on companion animal ownership
Law & Regulation • Chile
Open
Fur farming standards & phase-out framework
Law & Regulation • Germany
Open
Criminalisation of dogfighting
Law & Regulation • Mexico
Open
Operation Carne Fraca meatpacking corruption
Investigation & Exposure • Brazil
Open
Ban on distribution & sale of animal-tested cosmetics
Law & Regulation • South Korea
Open
Ban on domestic commercial ivory trade notice
Government Policy • China
Open
National dog racing ban
Law & Regulation • Argentina
Open
Cecilia the chimpanzee habeas corpus ruling
Court Decision • Argentina
Open
Catalonia bullfighting ban
Court Decision • Spain
Open
Nationwide slaughterhouse inspections
Investigation & Exposure • France
Open
Environmental closure of pig farms in ban-zones
Government Policy • China
Open
Ban on wild animals in circuses
Law & Regulation • Mexico
Open
Sandra the orangutan habeas corpus ruling
Court Decision • Argentina
Open
Commercial poultry mass depopulation
Enforcement Action • United States
Open
Cosmetic Animal Testing Ban
Law & Regulation • India
Open
Jallikattu Ban
Court Decision • India
Open
Mandatory pre-stunning ends religious slaughter exemption
Law & Regulation • Denmark
Open
Regulation for scaled livestock & poultry farms
Law & Regulation • China
Open
Badger culling policy commencement
Government Policy • United Kingdom
Open
SAG Decrees implementing welfare regulations
Law & Regulation • Chile
Open
Horse meat scandal
Investigation & Exposure • United Kingdom
Open
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