#027 - Best News of Last Week - Feb 6, 2022
🐧🐧 - Plenty of animal news. Here's what happened last week:
1. Over 75% of India's adult population fully vaccinated against covid,1.65B doses administered
A new law that eliminates the state sales tax on feminine hygiene products officially goes into effect Thursday Feb 3.
Starting Feb. 3, the sales and use tax on feminine hygiene products has been eliminated. The approximately $7 million in lost revenue will be reimbursed to the school aid fund from other sources as specified by the bills.
3. Year of the Tiger marks increase in tiger population for the first time in 12 years
In light of the start of the Lunar Year of the Tiger, a new report from the environmental NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that the decline of the species has been reversed for the first time a century.
Tuesday 1 February marks the start of the Lunar New Year, represented by the tiger. The animal protection charity said that the tiger population has especially increased worldwide since 2010, the previous year of the tiger, thanks to a target set by 13 countries in the tiger’s range to double the number of large cats in the wild.
4. Dolce & Gabbana announces it will drop use of animal fur starting this year
The Milan fashion house joins other luxury brands, including Armani, Gucci, Prada and Moncler, in adhering to guidelines set by the Fur Free Alliance. The company said it is working toward a more sustainable future.
Iceland, one of the only countries that still hunts whales commercially together with Norway and Japan, plans to end whaling from 2024 as demand dwindles, the fisheries minister said today.
"There are few justifications to authorise the whale hunt beyond 2024" when current quotas expire, Svandis Svavarsdottir, a member of the Left Green party, wrote in Morgunbladid newspaper. "There is little proof that there is any economic advantage to this activity," she said.
6. Same-sex penguins succeed as foster parents in first for New York zoo
A pair of male Humboldt penguins at a New York zoo have become foster parents to a new hatchling.
The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse says the same-sex foster couple, Elmer and Lima, are a first for the zoo, although several other institutions have seen success with same-sex penguins tending eggs together and caring for newborns.
7. Sinaloa Becomes The Fifth State In Mexico To Ban Cruel & Archaic Bullfighting
Animal activists rejoice as the Congress of Sinaloa unanimously approved an initiative that bans bullfighting in the state, classifying it as animal cruelty.
Sinaloa now becomes the fifth state in Mexico to ban bullfighting after Sonora, Guerrero, Coahuila, and Quintana Roo. The ban will see an end to the annual bullfights in Mazatlán, the only town in Sinaloa to still hold bullfights.
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That's it for this week. Until next week, stay safe and don’t forget to share this newsletter with your friends :)
the article about the penguins was adorable! Thanks for running this newsletter. It's always a ray of sunshine in my email inbox :)