Every month, we interview one of our member organisations about their work, main battles and achievements for animals. This month we have the pleasure to interview Adrienne Bonnet, Head of Campaign, Advocacy & Legal department at Welfarm. Have you met Welfarm? 11 May 2022 Welfarm
#Act4 FarmAnimals Welfarm is calling for a ban on the castration of piglets in its new campaign launched on November 4th in Paris. Welfarm is calling for a ban on the castration of piglets 19 November 2021 Welfarm
#Act4 FarmAnimals In France, many male piglets are castrated to prevent the development of an unpleasant odour (known as “boar smell”) that may occur when the meat of some carcasses is first cooked. Although this practice is decreasing, it remains problematic: it is extremely painful and stressful for the animal. The Bigard group refuses alternatives to castration of piglets 24 June 2021 Welfarm
#Act4 FarmAnimals Our French member L214 reveals new shocking images shot in a pig farm located in Auvergne. This investigation aims to draw the attention of French MPs to the cruel reality of intensive breeding on the same day a public discussion on a proposed law on the animal condition is taking place in the French National Assembly. New horror images in an intensive pig farm in France 8 October 2020
#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 In Brittany, the Cooperl breeders cooperative has set up industrial and marketing techniques which make it possible to avoid castrating piglets. Animal welfare: the French cooperative where piglets are not castrated 28 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU A new video released by the Welfarm association showing castrated pigs without anesthesia reveals a shocking but banal reality, sometimes in contradiction with European standards. Piglet castration: The suffering behind the production of Jambon de Bayonne 23 October 2019 Welfarm
#Act4 FarmAnimals Banned in several European countries, the technique concerns around 85% of French male pigs, or more than 27,000 animals every day. Castration of piglets without painkillers still carried out at the majority of pig farms 6 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today WELFARM re-launched their campaign against piglet castration without anesthesia. Due to lack of the EU Pig Directive enforcement, 10 million male piglets, 85% of them no older than 7 days old, are castrated without anesthesia in France every year. WELFARM: Renewed forces against piglet castration without anesthesia in France 27 June 2019 Welfarm