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Well-being of non-human animals
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| March 18 2025 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs a bill authorizing nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of execution.
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| March 18 2025 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Jessie Hoffman Jr. became the first inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Louisiana, ending the state's 15-year pause on executions.
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| March 2025 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Arkansas Legislature votes to authorize nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of execution.
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| February 7 2025 |
Cultured meat
THE PACK's cultivated chicken product will be released into Pets at Home stores.
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| February 6 2025 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Execution of Demetrius Terrence Frazier via nitrogen asphyxiation in Alabama.
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| February 6 2025 |
Cultured meat
UK Pet-food company THE PACK announced the first commercially available pet product containing cultivated chicken made by Meatly.
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| 2024 |
Cultured meat
Dutch start-up Meatable planned to introduce cultivated pork sausages in several Singapore restaurants.
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| November 22 2024 |
Captive orcas
Keto died at Loro Parque at the age of 29.
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| November 21 2024 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Execution of Carey Dale Grayson via nitrogen asphyxiation in Alabama.
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| November 21 2024 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Carey Dale Grayson and Demetrius Terrence Frazier are executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama.
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| October 2024 |
Cultured meat
Alabama enacted a law making cultured meat illegal to manufacture, sell, or distribute.
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| September 26 2024 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Execution of Alan Eugene Miller via nitrogen asphyxiation in Alabama.
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| August 2024 |
Cultured meat
Upside Foods filed a lawsuit against Florida in an attempt to challenge the state's ban on cultured meat production and sales.
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| June 2024 |
Fish slaughter
The Centre for Aquaculture Progress conducted a comprehensive study on European consumer attitudes towards electrical stunning, finding that 83% of consumers endorsed pre-slaughter electrical stunning for sea bream and sea bass, with 80% willing to pay more for humanely slaughtered fish.
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| May 20 2024 |
Live export
The Bill to ban live animal exports from the United Kingdom received royal assent and officially became law.
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| April 2024 |
Cultured meat
Dutch start-up Meatable became the first company in the EU to receive EFSA regulatory approval for a public proof of concept tasting of cultured meat sausage, attracting significant international and national media attention.
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| April 2024 |
Cultured meat
Australian start-up Vow obtained Singaporean approval for its cultured quail.
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| March 5 2024 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs a law allowing executions to be carried out via nitrogen gas.
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| January 2024 |
Cultured meat
The Israeli Ministry of Health granted regulatory approval for cultured beef to Aleph Farms, marking a significant milestone in the commercialization of cultured meat in Israel.
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| January 26 2024 |
Captive orcas
Naja's newborn daughter died at 29 days old due to cardiac malfunction.
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| January 25 2024 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Alabama executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen asphyxiation, marking the world's first instance of this execution method.
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| 2023 |
Cultured meat
The Chief Rabbi of Israel made a ruling on cultured meat, determining that some types are kosher and can potentially have pareve status if not made to resemble meat.
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| 2023 |
Captive orcas
Naja lost both her pod mates, Narnia and Nord, earlier in the year. She was also announced to be pregnant with her first calf.
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| December 29 2023 |
Captive orcas
Naja gave birth to a daughter at the Moskvarium.
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| December 4 2023 |
Live export
UK Government announced new legislation to ban live animal exports.
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| November 2023 |
Cultured meat
Italy became the first country to officially ban cultured meat when the government approved the bill, marking a significant regulatory stance against cultivated meat technology.
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| October 2023 |
Cultured meat
The Italian government withdrew the Technical Regulation Information System notification for the anti-cultured meat bill, with Minister Francesco Lollobrigida claiming it was not a step back.
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| October 18 2023 |
Captive orcas
Moana died at Marineland of Antibes.
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| September 2023 |
Captive orcas
A Russian Transient orca calf was born at Chimelong Holding Facility between September and December 2023.
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| August 2023 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Alabama Department of Corrections releases protocol for nitrogen hypoxia executions, designating Kenneth Eugene Smith as the first death row inmate to undergo this method.
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| August 18 2023 |
Captive orcas
Lolita (Tokitae), a Southern Resident orca, died at Miami Seaquarium at 56-59 years old, likely from kidney disease.
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| June 2023 |
Cultured meat
Upside Foods and Good Meat received USDA approval for cultivated chicken, enabling their market entry in the United States.
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| March 2023 |
Cultured meat
Italy's Meloni government approved a draft bill banning the production and commercialization of cultivated meat, citing protection of food heritage while facing criticism from scientists for potentially worsening climate change.
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| March 2023 |
Captive orcas
Miami Seaquarium announced plans to return Lolita to her natal waters.
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| March 9 2023 |
Captive orcas
Kiska died at Marineland of Canada, marking the end of her life as the last captive orca in Canada and known as the 'World's Loneliest Orca' after spending her final 12 years in isolation.
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| February 2023 |
Cultured meat
No cultured meat producers had yet submitted a novel food dossier for approval to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), despite ongoing regulatory efforts.
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| January 2023 |
Cultured meat
Singapore Food Agency granted regulatory approval to Eat Just's subsidiary GOOD Meat for cultured meat production using serum-free media, considered a milestone for scalable and efficient cultivated meat production.
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| 2022 |
Cultured meat
A study estimated potential optimistic large-scale production costs of cultured meat could fall to $63 per kilogram, with key cost drivers being growth medium, labor, and bioreactor repairs.
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| 2022 | First Animal Law Course launched in South Africa by Animal Law Reform South Africa, providing an online course introducing animal law education to South African and African students for the first time on the continent. |
| November 2022 |
Cultured meat
The FDA completed the pre-market consultation for Upside Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), marking the first safety approval for a cultivated meat company in the United States.
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| September 2022 |
Cultured meat
The Israeli Health Ministry and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) co-organized a convention of cultivated food safety regulation experts to develop safety regulations for cultured meat.
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| September 14 2022 |
Captive orcas
Kohana died suddenly due to cardiac malformation, a congenital defect.
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| August 4 2022 |
Captive orcas
Died from an infection after living his entire life at SeaWorld San Diego.
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| April 27 2022 |
Cultured meat
The European Commission approved the European Citizens' Initiative End The Slaughter Age to shift subsidies from animal husbandry to cellular agriculture.
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| March 2022 |
Cultured meat
Cultured meat producers in the European Union began attempting to gain regulatory approval from supranational institutions, preparing for potential consumer sales.
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| 2021 |
Inert gas asphyxiation
Six people died and 11 were hospitalized due to asphyxiation following a liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia.
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| 2021 |
Cultured meat
The National Science Foundation awarded a $3.55 million grant to researchers at UC Davis for open-access cultured meat research.
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| 2021 |
Cultured meat
The Spanish government granted €3.7 million to Biotech Foods to investigate the potential health benefits of cellular agriculture.
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