#Act4 FarmAnimals A new opinion by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identified 30 hazards, most of them related to stunning and bleeding, that impact the welfare of pigs at slaughter. EFSA (finally) affirms that CO2 stunning is incompatible with pig welfare at slaughter 17 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Jane Parker is planning the UK’s first modern, mobile abattoir Mobile abattoir will help meet demand 12 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the US, industrial slaughterhouses where hundreds of thousands of animals are killed every day, have become clusters of the Covid-19 pandemic. Industrial slaughterhouses have become COVID-19 clusters in the US 23 April 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 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 The Humane Slaughter Association has awarded £1.93 million for R&D projects, in what marks its largest ever programme of research in an attempt to find more humane ways of slaughtering these animals in future. Killer funding: Humane Slaughter Association awards £2 million to projects that aim to improve the welfare of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods 2 March 2020
#Act4 Equines The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and Cooperatives has banned the slaughter of donkeys in the country. Kenya: Government bans slaughter of donkeys 28 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals For halal or kosher meat, the calves are not stunned before being slaughtered. Investigation reveals cruelty in halal slaughter of calves 21 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Answer given by Commissioner Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission European Commission confirms support for egg sexing research projects 21 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Because Animals’ science team is working to bring cultured meat pet food to market by 2021, and this recent success will give the company an edge towards breaking into the highly competitive $70 billion U.S. pet care industry. Cultured meat pet food startup "Because Animals" wins Purina Prize 3 February 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 This animal liberation group actually wants to be put on trial. Their goal: force jurors to wear VR headsets and immerse them in the suffering of animals bound for slaughter. Meet the activists risking prison to film virtual reality in factory farms 5 December 2019