#Act4 FarmAnimals For the first time, African Swine Fever has also hopped onto a large domestic pig farm in Western Poland, affecting over 23,700 pigs. It is the largest affected pig farm since Poland has started reporting ASF outbreaks in 2014. African Swine Fever in Poland: first outbreak on a farm in the west of the country 23 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Both suspects chose to negotiate, that is: they admitted their faults. Historical win: Amadori sentenced for animal abuse 2 March 2020 Animal Equality
#Act4 FarmAnimals Tail-docked pigs have unacceptable level of tail lesions. European Commission's audit in France reveals Pig Directive not enforced 2 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A shocking investigation reveals once again the cruelty behind some pig farms in North Italy. Shocking investigation on a pig farm in North Italy 21 February 2020 LAV
#Act4 FarmAnimals On Friday 14 February the Bundesrat in Germany will take a vote which impacts the continual use of sow stalls in Germany. ECI “End the Cage Age”: your help needed in decisive vote in Germany on 14 February 10 February 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Slaughterhouses have great difficulty recruiting staff. And the government supervision of slaughterhouses has been failing for years. But the extreme cost-price drive of meat production is at the root of the structural nature of these terrible incidents. Slaughterhouses need more than video surveillance 3 February 2020 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 FarmAnimals Researchers worry about the "growing influence [of the lobbies of animal husbandry] in public decisions which takes on a worrying dimension for our democracy" 130 researchers warn in open letter to better protect whistleblowers in France 29 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Iceland, located between Europe and Northern America, is mostly known for its seafood. However, pigs are also gaining importance. Iceland follows Norway in increasing pig welfare 20 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals These practices will be prohibited "in the coming months" promised Wednesday the Minister of Agriculture, who nevertheless warns of the dangers of "agribashing". Castration without anesthesia and the "snapping" of piglets soon to be banned in France 30 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals China’s large-scale hog farms that survived the world’s worst animal disease outbreak are expanding their herds, driving a recovery in sow numbers as early as next year, a pig conference heard. How China’s giant pig purge is shaking up the $118 billion pork industry 23 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Minister of Agriculture Schouten has decided that CO2 stunning of slaughter pigs remains possible for the time being. CO2 stunning of pigs will still be allowed in the Netherlands 12 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals After years of burying neighbours’ complaints about illegal spraying of hog manure, state officials suddenly began posting them online. What changed? 'It smells like a decomposing body': North Carolina's polluting pig farms 11 September 2019