#Act4 FarmAnimals It was one of the few provisions of the Agriculture and Food Law (EGalim) dealing with animal welfare. In October 2018, MEPs voted to ban new construction and rearrangement of cages for laying hens. Associations denounce French government for backing out on improving the welfare of caged chickens 20 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In what looks like a Niagara Falls of yellow feathers, thousands of chicks cascade down a conveyor belt in central Poland. Chicken ‘billionaire’ Poland is Europe’s poultry king 14 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Technology to prevent the necessity of killing surplus or unproductive animals should be encouraged to prevent unnecessary suffering, a new report from the EU food safety agency (EFSA) has found. European Food Safety Authority suggests ways to avoid mass suffering of unwanted male chicks 13 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals More than 30 million hens in Spain live in overcrowded cages, according to 2019 figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. More than 80% of Spain’s egg-laying hens are still living in cages 29 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals New Zealand chicken farmers are concerned about the future after the discovery of a poultry disease jeopardised the multi-million dollar export market, an industry executive says. New Zealand's billion dollar chicken farming industry concerned for its future after virus outbreak 25 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Campaigners say the environments breach British standards, both the Red Tractor standard and UK legislation on animal welfare. Undercover filming reveals conditions for Nandos’ chickens 27 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Netherlands can solve its nitrogen crisis by halving the size of the nation’s livestock herd, according to MPs from the Liberal democratic party D66. Slash livestock numbers by 50% to solve nitrogen problem, says D66 Dutch Party 9 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals There’s ‘no downside’ with chlorinated rooster and no scientific motive to uphold a ban on it after Brexit, a senior Authorities adviser has claimed. Chlorinated chicken poses ‘no health problems’, claims senior UK Government scientist 25 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, EU Member States agreed on providing exceptional market support to Italian egg and poultry meat producers, who were affected by avian influenza in 2017 and 2018. European Commission to provide exceptional support to Italy’s poultry sector following avian flu 18 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals A massacre of chickens with at least 200 thousand laying and burned hens asphyxiated. Farm fire: 200,000 laying hens die in north Italy 11 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals A large fire in the Kiel-Windeweer in Groningen killed 100,000 chickens this morning. The animals were in two barns that burned out completely. 100,000 chickens die in barn fires in the Netherlands 7 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals It’s often said that UK farming has the highest animal welfare standards in the world, and yet animal welfare is the top concern amongst many UK shoppers. Poultry Site: “enriched cages do not provide a ‘“life worth living’ for laying hens” 26 June 2019