#Act4 FarmAnimals The White Coat Pig Interprofessional (INTERPORC) has created the certification seal "CERTIFIED ANIMAL WELFARE". Spanish pig industry launches welfare labelling scheme 24 April 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Essere Animali has released a new investigation that documents the cruel procedures that more than 9 million pigs endure on Italian factory farms. The release of the investigation also coincides with the launch of a campaign with a petition, #SOSpigs. ESSERE ANIMALI: #SOSpig campaign 10 April 2019 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals The fattening houses, in which pigs are kept until they are slaughtered, are to become "more animal-friendly". Criticism over German government plan to allow farmers a 15-year period to renovate pig stables 6 April 2019 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animals that are transported at summer temperatures still experience too much heat stress. As summers get hotter, Dutch animal organizations ask for stricter heat protocol for livestock transport 26 March 2019 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 FarmAnimals Improving animal welfare is the primary objective of this mobile slaughterhouse project led by Bio Normandie, "it is an increasingly strong demand from consumers and breeders" explains Christophe Dupeyré, project manager in the association. A mobile slaughterhouse project in France for pigs, sheep and goats 21 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Prevention and punishment of false declarations of compliance with animal welfare eligibility criteria made in order to obtain promotional funding Pork meat: EC states that false claims by producers of compliance with animal welfare standards can lead to reduction or suspension of promotional funding 28 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, have temporarily banned live exports. Dutch vets association supports Bavarian decision to temporarily ban live exports 27 February 2019 Caring Vets
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Organic production logo of the European Union cannot be placed on meat derived from animals that have been slaughtered in accordance with religious rites without first being stunned. ECJ rules that the organic production logo cannot be placed on ritually slaughtered meat 26 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The result is now: a state label for pork. The ministry calls it "animal welfare" label. Is the German animal welfare label just a marketing gimmick? 7 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The castration of male piglets is a routine and long-standing practice in pig husbandry, common across most countries in the European Union (EU). European Commission shares best practices for the production, processing and marketing of meat from pigs that are not surgically castrated 29 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the People’s Republic of China, efforts to ‘control’ the African swine fever (ASF) virus include burying domesticated pigs alive. African Swine Fever: EU raises concerns with China over live burial of diseased pigs 28 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Animal Protection can now reveal that up to 9,000 pigs at gatherings each year die or are killed in connection with exports abroad. Each year up to 9,000 pigs die before leaving Denmark 24 January 2019 Animal Protection Denmark