#Act4 FarmAnimals An increasing number of Spanish slaughterhouses, currently 28%, are licensed to slaughter animals according to religious rites and without stunning. Many consumers are buying meat from animals slaughtered according to these rites without knowing it. Animal Equality calls for the elimination of exemptions allowing the slaughter of animals without stunning in Spain 12 November 2021 Animal Equality
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Hellenic Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) annulled a 2017 ministerial decision which, in the context of religious slaughter, allowed the slaughter of animals without prior stunning. The Court ruled that the Greek state omitted to aim for a balance between its obligation to protect animals and that to respect religious freedom. Religious slaughter: A spectacular win for animals in Greece 29 October 2021 Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, L214 unveils a new investigation conducted in a French slaughterhouse of the Bigard Group (which owns the Bigard, Socopa and Charal brands), leader in bovine meat production in France and Europe. New investigation from L214 in a French slaughterhouse reveals serious abuse 27 October 2021
#Act4 FarmAnimals Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. The Belgian Constitutional Court upholds the ban on slaughter without stunning in Flanders and Wallonia 30 September 2021 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today is a historic day for animals, as the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified that Member States are allowed to impose mandatory pre-slaughter stunning. Animal welfare victory: the CJEU ruling confirms Member States right to introduce mandatory pre-slaughter stunning 17 December 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A new Scientific Opinion by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identifies many animal welfare problems likely to occur in cattle at the time of slaughter, and propose measures to minimise and prevent them. Eurogroup for Animals calls on the EU Commission to take the assessment into account for the revision of the Regulation 1099/2009. EFSA reiterates that slaughter without stunning should not be practiced 5 November 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Amicus Curiae submitted by Prof. Alemanno and Prof. de Sadeleer to the CJEU in support of the Flemish decree banning slaughter without stunning Amicus Curiae on CJEU case 23 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Stunning animals before slaughter and avoiding unnecessary suffering is surely the least we owe these fellow sentient beings. All eyes on EU court for decision on religious slaughter 22 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals In stark opposition with the recent Advocate General’s opinion, EU citizens want all animals to be stunned before slaughter. 92% of EU citizens surveyed are also keen to allow Member States the right to adopt additional measures to ensure higher animal welfare standards during slaughter, as resulted from an EU-24 opinion poll. 9 out of 10 Europeans want mandatory stunning before slaughter and call on the EU to preserve the right of Member States to protect animal welfare 8 October 2020 Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today the Advocate General of the Court of Justice released its non-binding opinion on the possibility for EU Member States to adopt a national ban on the slaughter without stunning, following a request made by the Belgian Constitutional Court. Advocate General misses the point on alternatives to slaughter without stunning 10 September 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
An unprecedented survey carried out by Fondation Brigitte Bardot and IFOP in August 2020 reveals that French citizens want better protection for animals. More than two thirds of French citizens want better animal welfare 19 August 2020 FBB
#Act4 Aquatics The way fish are slaughter is 'one of the things to change', as well as the 'stocking density and the implementation of environmental enrichment', say the researchers that want legislation to avoid the suffering of fish in aquaculture. Slaughter with stunning also in fish? Biologists want to avoid suffering in aquaculture 29 June 2020