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Voice of the 2025 Shanghai Two Sessions: Building a "Pet-Friendly City"
From January 14 to 18, 2025, the two sessions of Shanghai were held successfully. At this meeting, the pet industry became a hot topic of...
Feb 22


Japan's "Dog Cat Peace Party" launched, set to run in July's House of Councillors election
The Animal Friendly Network reported on February 12, 2025. Animal welfare can be included in the Constitution and, of course, dogs and...
Feb 12


Taiwan builds long-term care facility for stray dogs, supported by WDA's mobile kennel
As human lifespans increase year by year, so do pet dogs. According to Taipei City statistics, the average lifespan of pet dogs has...
Feb 5


US President Trump is a Dog and Cat Lover His Support for Dogs and Cats Dates Back to 2018
US President Donald Trump is a dog and cat lover. He is the 1st President who legislated to ban the eating of dogs and cats in the “2018...
Jan 16


Taiwan's officials and citizens look for new ways to house stray dogs and cats in place of shelters
There are about 160,000 stray dogs in Taiwan, and an unknown but considerable number of stray cats. However, the total capacity of...
Jan 8


Crossing Through War and Disasters in 2024, Everyone Hopes for a Peaceful and Safe 2025
As the new year begins, we are pleased to announce with joy that Dark Hole: Genlin on New Peace , the latest work by Mr. Genlin, founder...
Jan 1, 2025


The development of evacuation procedures for people accompanied by pets is a disaster prevention measure in itself
Photo from kushida_seiichi instagram December 17, 2024 House of Councilors Budget Committee Meeting in Japan Councilor Seiichi Kushida,...
Dec 18, 2024


Guangzhou Pet Poisoning Incident
Recently, many netizens in Guangzhou reported on social platforms that their pet dogs were poisoned and died. On November 16, the...
Nov 18, 2024


Japanese School Dog Association Made Trip to Taiwan to Observe the Famous Taiwan's School Dogs
A report about school dogs in Taiwan shocked the Osaka-based Nippan School-dog Association, which specially entrusted the Osaka Office of...
Nov 15, 2024


Korea's National Institute of Animal Quarantine and National Taiwan University signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on veterinary forensic medicine
The National Institute of Animal Quarantine ( NIA) (hereinafter referred to as the NIA ) under the Ministry of Agriculture of Korea...
Oct 28, 2024


The evil pet breeders spreading across Japan
A series by journalist Masahiko Ota, who is passionate about animal welfare focused on: The problem of “unscrupulous pet dealers” who...
Oct 16, 2024


Vietnamese woman married to Taiwan was accused of running a dog meat farm
Dog meat trade has appeared again in Taiwan. Both the buyers and sellers are Vietnamese. What is surprising is that the Vietnamese woman...
Oct 5, 2024


Vietnamese running restaurant to sell dog and cat meat in Hong Kong pleads guilty and sentenced to 17 and a half months in prison
A raid by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) of Hong...
Sep 28, 2024


WDA Announces Golden Dog Award 2024 Winners with full-page Advertisement in Korea’s largest media Chosun Ilbo
WDA is delighted to announce the winners of 2024’s Golden Dog Awards. There are 4 awardees this year: Ms. Han Jeoung-ae, National...
Sep 26, 2024


WDA visits Indonesia to meet with the President-elect’s party and the Ministry of Agriculture
Riding on the wave of South Korea’s legislation to ban the consumption of dog meat this year, the World Dog Alliance visited Indonesia...
Sep 2, 2024


Japan has over 100 restaurants serving dog meat
During a Japan parliament Q&A session on November 26, 2019, Senator Kushida Seichi posed the following question to the Japanese...
Jan 8, 2024
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