#Act4 FarmAnimals Italian animal rights organisation Essere Animali has released new footage documenting cruel lamb production in the island of Sardinia. Lambs slaughtered for Easter: shocking images from Italy 3 April 2020 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals Live sheep exports will be avoided during the northern hemisphere summer to improve animal welfare outcomes. Australia bans live sheep exports to the Middle East from June 1 to September 14 31 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Air transport of livestock occurs frequently from most Australian major cities. Identifying animal welfare impacts of livestock air transport 30 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Commissioner also commented that the Greek Rural Development Programme does not provide support for animal welfare, either Greece has ever implemented such a measure in the past. Commissioner Wojciechowski admits the need to improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on animal welfare 6 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A petition with more than 250,000 signatures circulating Europe and the US insisting on mandatory pain relief on sheep after surgery is being supported by both Australian researchers and woolgrowers. Petition demands that Australian wool industry uses pain relief in mulesing 28 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Romanian authorities officially approved the livestock vessel Queen Hind for export of live animals. The cause of the capsizing of livestock vessel Queen Hind is still unknown 28 February 2020 Animals International
#Act4 FarmAnimals Discovery by salvage divers off Romania raises new questions over EU exports of live animals Secret decks found on ship that capsized, killing thousands of sheep 4 February 2020 Animals International
#Act4 FarmAnimals Heat waves aren’t just a people problem. When food, water, shade, and safe transport are scarce, farm animals are often the first ones to suffer. Cooked alive: Transport animals face deadliest temperatures Yet 23 December 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Australian's wool industry faces the prospect of more retail and fashion brands moving away from using wool from mulesed sheep, according to an exporter body leader. Trend in brands rejecting ‘mulesed’ wool to continue 18 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animal Equality’s latest investigation reveals horrifying scenes inside Farmers Fresh Wales abattoir in Wrexham, North Wales. Slaughterhouse of horrors: Sheep beheaded in front of official inspector 4 November 2019 Animal Equality
#Act4 FarmAnimals An annual shipping moratorium will support the live sheep trade’s future and shore up a reliable sheep supply to Middle East customers, the peak livestock export group’s boss says. Australian live trade body backs annual shipping pause during hotter months 25 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals An undercover investigation by our member organisation Essere Animali in the largest Italian intensive dairy sheep farm has exposed some workers treating the animals cruelly. ESSERE ANIMALI: The dark side of dairy sheep farming in Italy 17 July 2019 Essere Animali
