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KCB, Nakumatt Chain and East Africa Breweries Limited are some of the local companies that use animals in their ads/logo. [Photo: Courtesy]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), FINCH and founding partner Mars, have asked businesses using animals in their advertisements to contribute a percentage of their media spend to conservation and animal welfare projects.
On Tuesday, UNDP announced a fund called The Lion’s Share that will see partners contribute 0.5 percent of their media spend to the fund for each advertisement they use featuring an animal.
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