#Act4 AnimalsEU Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web Animals farmed: Dutch reach 'peak pig'; plea to reprieve sheep; and virtual reality for cows 3 December 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Australian's wool industry faces the prospect of more retail and fashion brands moving away from using wool from mulesed sheep, according to an exporter body leader. Trend in brands rejecting ‘mulesed’ wool to continue 18 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animal Equality’s latest investigation reveals horrifying scenes inside Farmers Fresh Wales abattoir in Wrexham, North Wales. Slaughterhouse of horrors: Sheep beheaded in front of official inspector 4 November 2019 Animal Equality
#Act4 AnimalsEU Animal Equality’s latest investigation reveals horrifying scenes inside Farmers Fresh Wales abattoir in Wrexham, North Wales. Slaughterhouse of horrors: Sheep beheaded in front of official inspector 4 November 2019 Animal Equality
#Act4 FarmAnimals An annual shipping moratorium will support the live sheep trade’s future and shore up a reliable sheep supply to Middle East customers, the peak livestock export group’s boss says. Australian live trade body backs annual shipping pause during hotter months 25 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The ban on live sheep exports was only ever intended to be temporary. The ban on Australian live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed 19 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals An undercover investigation by our member organisation Essere Animali in the largest Italian intensive dairy sheep farm has exposed some workers treating the animals cruelly. ESSERE ANIMALI: The dark side of dairy sheep farming in Italy 17 July 2019 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals Australia's peak woolgrowers body doesn't want producers bound to European Union rules on animal welfare or antimicrobial resistance in any final Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement. Wool producers demand changes in draft Australia-EU free trade agreement 9 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The cattle entered the ship alive and perished on the way to Arrecife, where they disembarked. Live export: 20 cows die onboard ship to the Canary Islands 2 June 2019 Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals Wool industry organisations have produced joint guidance on sheep shearing to remind farmers and professional contractors to work together to ensure that sheep are handled appropriately during shearing. Wool industry issues joint guidance on best practices for sheep shearing 24 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Improving animal welfare is the primary objective of this mobile slaughterhouse project led by Bio Normandie, "it is an increasingly strong demand from consumers and breeders" explains Christophe Dupeyré, project manager in the association. A mobile slaughterhouse project in France for pigs, sheep and goats 21 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Ministry announced that following the opening of this market, Romania will export nearly 800,000 sheep in the first six months. Romania resumes its sheep exports to Iran 18 February 2019