#Act4 FarmAnimals A letter from the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to the Dutch Parliament has announced that live exports of animals to non-EU countries will no longer be approved if a control post is needed. The Netherlands stops live export on animal welfare grounds 26 May 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Eurogroup for Animals has sent on 24 May a letter to Trade Commissioner Malmström and Health and Food Safety Commissioner Andriukaitis regarding the imports of kangaroo meat from Australia into the EU. Will the EU soon stop importing cruel kangaroo meat? 28 May 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands are the world’s largest importers of kangaroo meat with annual totals up to 1,000 tons of meat, equivalent to approximately 1 million animals [1]. EU to act responsibly on import of cruel and contaminated kangaroo meat 6 March 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Producing eggs and meat on a large scale in an economically viable way, with as low an environmental impact as possible and ensuring that the need of the birds are catered for. Meeting Kipster’s chickens leading the food revolution 26 February 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Declaration on alternatives to the surgical castration of pigs (aka the Brussels Declaration)[1] officially ended on 1 January 2018 and the compte rendu is discouraging for animal welfare. Pig welfare crisis continues: European Declaration on alternatives to painful surgical castration fails to deliver 9 January 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Consumers picture dairy cows grazing contently on pasture in green fields. But a new report by the European Commission’s DG Sante reveals this idyllic image to be far from the truth for many of the EU’s 23.5 million dairy cows. Secret suffering in EU dairy sector revealed by new Commission report 28 November 2017 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Yesterday, 22nd June 2017, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs informed the Dutch Parliament that the assessment procedure for the proposed Positive List of 123 mammal species will be delayed. Adoption of the Dutch Positive List for mammal pets delayed 23 June 2017 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 LabAnimals For the first time an EU Member State has presented a strategy on the phasing out of animal experiments. Dutch see 2025 as first year without regulatory animal experiments 15 December 2016 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife This morning the Dutch court announced its final decision on the appeal of the Government against the Dutch mink breeders. Dutch court confirms ban on mink farming in the Netherlands 10 November 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Today Eurogroup for Animals celebrates the official coming into force of the ban to use wild animal species in circus in the Netherlands. Dutch ban on wild animals in circus in force as of today! 15 September 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals ‘Are consumers ready to understand the added value of animal welfare in the food products they consume?’ This was the question asked today at the European Commission’s animal welfare conference in Milan. Animal welfare must become the norm if we really care about “Feeding the planet” 15 June 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
