Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Cruelty Free International"

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| 1863 || Prelude || Irish philanthropist {{w|Frances Power Cobbe}} comes into contact with the suffering of animals in experiments when travelling around Europe. Cobbe begins to write articles and speak at public meetings advocating for an end to the suffering of animals in cruel experiments.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>

| 1898 || Creation || CFI is founded as the ‘British Union’ in {{w|Bristol}} by Irish philanthropist {{w|Frances Power Cobbe}}.<ref name="Founded in 1898">{{cite web |title=Founded in 1898, Cruelty Free International is firmly rooted in the early social justice movement |url=https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/who-we-are/about-cruelty-free-international/our-history |website=crueltyfreeinternational.org |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>  

| 1904 || Notable death || Frances Power Cobbe dies of heart failure at the age of 81.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>

| 1940 || Growth || The British Union has at least 154 branches, including six in {{w|Australia}} and one in {{w|New Zealand}}.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>  

| 1947 || Legal || All organizations campaigning to end animal experiments suffer a severe blow when the British courts rule that they could no longer have charitable status.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>

| 1949 || || The British Union is renamed the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), to avoid confusion with similarly-named organizations.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>

| 1970 || Organization || The {{w|Dr. Hadwen Trust}} is founded by BUAV. It later becomes the leading non-animal medical research charity in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/><ref name="Animal Free Research UK">{{cite web |title=Animal Free Research UK |url=https://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/our-history/ |website=animalfreeresearchuk.org |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref>   

| 1980 || Organization || {{w|Dr. Hadwen Trust}} splits from the BUAV and becomes a charity in its own right.<ref name="Animal Free Research UK"/>

| 1981 – 1984 || || BUAV donates part of its offices rent-free to the {{w|Animal Liberation Front}} Supporters Group (ALF SG).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Steven |last2=Nocella |first2=Anthony J. |title=Terrorists or Freedom Fighters |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ShwI6heVBT4C&pg=PT139&lpg=PT139&dq=%22buav%22+%22in+1900..2000%22&source=bl&ots=RxSgs8vwXs&sig=WJ81Y33VPWK4r83xFHuHq2hLHds&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV1pzkzu_dAhVDD5AKHYYyDs8Q6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22buav%22%20%22in%201900..2000%22&f=false}}</ref>   

| 1989 || Partnership || In partnership with BUAV, international beauty brand {{w|The Body Shop}} becomes the first to campaign against animal testing.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Body Shop Needs Your Help To Stop Animal Testing — Today |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2017/05/157005/the-body-shop-petition-ban-animal-testing |website=refinery29.com |accessdate=30 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FOREVER AGAINST ANIMAL TESTING |url=https://www.thebodyshop.com/about-us/against-animal-testing |website=thebodyshop.com |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref>

| 1991 || Investigation || BUAV launches the first ever in-depth investigation of the trade in monkeys for research, revealing the cruelties inherent in the trade in wild animals. This would result in country trade restrictions and government bans on the use of monkeys taken from the wild.<ref name="Our achievements">{{cite web |title=Our achievements |url=https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/who-we-are/about-cruelty-free-international/our-achievements |website=crueltyfreeinternational.org |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>

| 1996 || Program || BUAV launches the Leaping Bunny program, an internationally recognized no animal testing certification for cosmetics, personal care and household products. Symbolized by the Leaping Bunny logo, the program aims to turn shopping malls cruelty free with the certification of leading household names gaining Leaping Bunny certification.<ref name="Our achievements"/><ref>{{cite web |title=THE COALITION FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION ON COSMETICS’ LEAPING BUNNY MARKS 15 CRUELTY-FREE YEARS FOR COSMETIC, PERSONAL CARE, AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS |url=http://aavs.org/news/coalition-consumer-information-cosmetics-leaping-bunny-marks-15-cruelty-free-years-cosmetic-personal-care-household-products/ |website=aavs.org |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DERMALOGICA REMOVED FROM LEAPING BUNNY PROGRAM |url=https://www.leapingbunny.org/node/88 |website=leapingbunny.org |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Meet the Cruelty Free International team">{{cite web |title=Meet the Cruelty Free International team |url=https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/tags/about-us |website=crueltyfreeinternational.org |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref>   

| 2001 || Legal || BUAV threatens the British {{w|Home Office}} with judicial review proceedings for not completely outlawing the use of mice in the production of monoclonal antibodies by the ascites method.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dolan |first1=Kevin |title=Laboratory Animal Law: Legal Control of the Use of Animals in Research |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=50t0fSCAkfMC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=%22buav%22+%22in+1900..2000%22&source=bl&ots=YPLFTEdrRo&sig=uYUe-KC2Dbk1wUD6dzX1JDL_jNI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV1pzkzu_dAhVDD5AKHYYyDs8Q6AEwAXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22buav%22%20%22in%201900..2000%22&f=false}}</ref>

| 2001 || Legal || BUAV achieves a ban on the use of controversial LD50 oral toxicity tests in the United Kingdom, in which animals can be force fed chemicals until 50% of them die.<ref name="Our achievements"/><ref name="Meet the Cruelty Free International team"/>

| 2002 || || BUAV manages to persuade members of the {{w|European Parliament}} that, contrary to the views of the {{w|European Commission}} and many menber states (including the {{w|United Kingdom}}), a ban on the import into the {{w|European Union}} of cosmetics tested on animals need not fall foul of free trade rules under the {{w|World Trade Organization}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linzey |first1=Andrew |title=The Global Guide to Animal Protection |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=eXpdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=%22buav%22+%22in+2000..2018%22&source=bl&ots=YmIpYCzmVM&sig=pSrZzNlxVVcRp1bG9mUANLrs2r4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimron01O_dAhVFFZAKHf3cBl0Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22buav%22%20%22in%202000..2018%22&f=false}}</ref>

| 2012 || Organization || BUAV joins with the {{w|New England Anti-Vivisection Society}} to establish {{w|Cruelty Free International}}, an organization aimed at campaigning for an end to the testing of cosmetics on animals around the world.<ref name="Buav changes its name to Cruelty Free International">{{cite web |title=Buav changes its name to Cruelty Free International |url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/buav-changes-its-name-cruelty-free-international/communications/article/1349679 |website=thirdsector.co.uk |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=e-Study Guide for: Consuming Choices: Ethics in a Global Consumer Age by David Schwartz, ISBN 9780742548138 |publisher=Cram101 Textbook Reviews |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=9BhPO59rFVYC&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=2012+BUAV+joins+with+the+New+England+Anti-Vivisection+Society&source=bl&ots=z3_ESkRJms&sig=dkS_QUpgaWbmmvs0aGH-YzUGZis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjflaCj9NvdAhXCxpAKHdSjAHYQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=2012%20BUAV%20joins%20with%20the%20New%20England%20Anti-Vivisection%20Society&f=false}}</ref>

| 2014 || Recognition || BUAV wins the prestigious Sustainability Pioneer category of the Sustainable Beauty Awards, for its work to ban cruel cosmetics in Europe. The award requires evidence of a positive social, economic and environmental impact and a significant contribution to sustainable development in the beauty industry.<ref name="Our achievements"/>

| 2014 || Legal || BUAV welcomes in the United States the introduction of the Humane Cosmetics Act hosting the first congressional briefing on the bill. Lates, in June, the Humane Cosmetics Act returns with new bi-partisan leadership. The bill aims at phasing out animal testing for cosmetics in the United States within one year of enactment and prohibiting the sale of cosmetics tested on animals within three years of enactment.<ref name="The World Is Going Cruelty Free"/>

| 2014 || Collaboration || BUAV begins working in South Korea with Representative Jeong-Lim Moon, Assembly Members and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on a bill to phase out animal testing for cosmetics.<ref name="The World Is Going Cruelty Free"/>

| 2015 || || BUAV changes its name to Cruelty Free International, a name already belonging to the organization since 2012.<ref name="Founded in 1898"/>   

| 2015 || Legal || CFI provides guidance on a new bill introduced in Argentina intended to end the animal testing of cosmetics ingredients and prohibit the sale of new animal tested cosmetics in Argentina after a two year phase in.<ref name="The World Is Going Cruelty Free">{{cite web |title=The World Is Going Cruelty Free |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-engebretson/the-world-is-going-cruelt_b_8933458.html |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> 

| 2015 || Legal || CFI applauds the publication of a new cross-party Bill in the Russian parliament that would phase out all animal testing for cosmetics and their ingredients by 2020.<ref name="The World Is Going Cruelty Free"/>   

| 2015 || Legal || CFI is granted permission to take the Home Office to court. The group seeks to bring a judicial review against the government department for violating EU animal experiments regulations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gallop |first1=Nick |title=AQA AS/A-level Politics Student Guide 2: Politics of the UK |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=7kRIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT68&lpg=PT68&dq=%22Cruelty+Free+International%22+%22in+1880..1960%22&source=bl&ots=-Jpy3_8DhJ&sig=H60J2biWM6NO7QILjJRW5CR8c0I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG76ee_JLdAhXDFZAKHZ17DG4Q6AEwAnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Cruelty%20Free%20International%22%20%22in%201880..1960%22&f=false}}</ref> 

The initial version of the timeline was written by [[User:Sebastian].