#Act4 FarmAnimals The NGO Equalia has been pushing since the end of 2018 for better regulation in Spanish slaughterhouses, which was ratified last week with the approval of the royal decree in the Congress of Deputies. Spain becomes the first EU country to legislate the installation of video surveillance cameras in all slaughterhouses 31 August 2022 Equalia
#Act4 FarmAnimals Following our report on unsettling developments on slaughter without stunning in Greece, the country’s ban will stand after a controversial bill was dropped. Ban on slaughter without stunning stands in Greece 21 March 2022 Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animal Equality has released disturbing undercover footage of deliberate violence and neglect on Madox Farm, a large dairy farm in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, which holds over 650 cows and their calves. Animal Equality exposes the true cost of milk 7 March 2022 Animal Equality Investigation
#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 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 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 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 Jane Parker is planning the UK’s first modern, mobile abattoir Mobile abattoir will help meet demand 12 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Animal Party on Friday said it was against the slaughter of animals without anaesthesia while also recalling that the EU allows for such a thing to happen only to serve the needs of religious communities in each member state and not for meat exports. Cyprus: Animal Party says kosher meat slaughter a concession to religion, not exporting 14 April 2020
#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 The Humane Slaughter Association seeks to recognise significant advances in the welfare of livestock through its 2020 Humane Slaughter Award Nominations for the Humane Slaughter Award 2020 are open 30 October 2019
