South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In is being urged to end the dog meat trade, which is still rife throughout the country. Animal charity Humane Society International (HSI) handed in a petition with almost one million signatures urging Jae-In’s government to advance a time-tabled plan of action to end the dog meat trade.

When updating its list of dietary recommendations for Americans, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has always prioritized offering advice backed by the most recent research on how to eat in a healthy, balanced way that prevents disease. But what about taking into account how it will affect our planet if people follow the dietary guidelines it puts forth? Does the committee do that as well?

Recent investigations conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and British conservation group, Elephant Family, have found that over the last three to four years, poachers have started to target endangered Asian elephants for their skin, which is used to make ruby-red or rather, blood-red jewelry.

The two are an unlikely pair to tap into the plant-based restaurant sphere, but that is exactly what they have done by acquiring two of the area’s vegan restaurants, Harlow and Prasad, the latter of which has two locations.