#Act4 FarmAnimals Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 is once again spreading across the EU, with the most recent outbreaks notified by Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Czechia. Avian flu hits several Member States – but killing millions of birds won’t solve the problem 31 January 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Two new Scientific Opinions by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identify many animal welfare problems likely to occur on poultry during slaughter and killing operations and propose measures to minimise and prevent them. Corrective, preventive measures needed after EFSA spots welfare hazards at poultry slaughter 15 November 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU and Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – are close to concluding their trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations, but from an animal welfare perspective, the text on the table is extremely worrying. Why the EU-Mercosur agreement is bad news for European animals 26 June 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The contamination of several thousands of tons of animal feed with a genetically-modified vitamin causing antimicrobial resistance is yet another evidence of the risks factory farming poses to animal and human health. True cost of poor farm animal welfare: antimicrobial resistance genes in tons of feed 27 November 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), entered in provisional application in January 2016 and came fully into force in September 2017. Eurogroup for Animals in Kyiv to discuss lack of progress on animal welfare 26 November 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today the European Parliament almost unanimously adopted a Resolution urging the European Commission to improve the welfare of broiler chickens as a prerequisite to reduce the sector’s dependency on antibiotics, which is increasingly threatening human health. European Parliament’s plenary urges Commission to improve broiler chicken welfare and public health 25 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Last week, the European Parliament published a draft recommendation allowing the Council of the EU to grant new trade preferences to China that would serve as a compensation for a lost WTO dispute on poultry meat preparations. Chinese poultry meat preparations likely to get cheap access to EU markets without consideration for animal welfare 24 September 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU After the farmers’ unions and the poultry industry, twelve Member States have written to the Commission to express concerns about its coming offer on market access for beef imported from Mercosur countries. 12 Member States write to defend Animal Welfare Standards in beef imports 2 October 2017 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Eurogroup for Animals flags the importance of animal welfare in livestock farming to fight Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and urges the Ministerial Conference organised by Dutch Presidency to include animal welfare in Global AMR action plan. Animal welfare: the good approach to fight antimicrobial resistance 10 February 2016 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals During its 310th session the Intergroup called on the Commission to phase out killing methods which cause intense suffering to animals, such as slaughter without stunning, the use of CO2 stunning for pigs and the use of electrical water-bath stunners for poultry as soon as possible. Commission must ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the Slaughter Regulation immediately 13 March 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Each year, poultry farms in the Netherlands are hit by avian influenza, resulting in the mindless cull of animals. To tackle this problem, Eurogroup for Animals' member Dierenbescherming (the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals) presented yesterday a plan for animal friendly approaches to bird flu. Examples of the measures include animal vaccination and a better outdoor run for the chickens. Ten measures for a more animal friendly approach to Avian influenza 11 February 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
