#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
#Act4 FarmAnimals The EU and its member states must enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals better and penalise all offenders, the Agriculture Committee said on Thursday. EP AGRI Committee vote on implementation report and urge EU states to improve conditions for live transport of animals 24 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Commission will send a team of inspectors to Poland on Monday after a TV report showed sick cows being butchered for food in a Polish slaughterhouse. EC inspectors to investigate Polish slaughterhouse in wake of TV report showing sick cows being slaughtered for food 23 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The plight of a calf born on Christmas Day and sent on a journey of more than 100 hours for slaughter overseas has prompted renewed calls for a ban on live exports. Calf’s gruelling 100-hour trip to Spanish abattoir shows that European solutions to stop the suffering of animals transported alive remain more pressing than ever 19 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the country’s two main breeding regions, 98% of farmers rely on the banned, traumatic practice of routinely cutting pigs’ tails Guardian finally releases long awaited article on the curse of tail-docking in Italy and beyond 19 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In a shed on a poultry farm just outside Colchester, in south-east England, thousands of chickens sit on piles of their own excrement. How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat 19 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Phil Hogan (58) has been responsible for agricultural policy in the EU Commission since 2014. Commissioner Hogan says CAP compensates farmers for damages caused by wolves and points out to existing funding opportunities to improve animal welfare 17 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals 84 audits will be conducted before the end of 2019 Animal welfare: Carrefour independently audits all its slaughterhouses and becomes the first French retailer to ask for the installation of CCTV 16 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In a letter to Minister Schouten of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the animal protection organization calls for a ban on all cage systems for laying hens in the Netherlands. Calling on the Dutch Agricultural Minister to ban cages for laying hens 16 January 2019 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 FarmAnimals Food safety is a high priority for the EU and affects all citizens Court of Auditors new report finds that EC and Member States fail to fully implement the EU regulations on the use of chemicals in animal feed 15 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Belgian Council for Animal Welfare reviewed international research on the topic of animal slaughter. Belgian Parliamentarian defends Belgian unstunned slaughter ban against earlier unfair criticism of New York Times 14 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Insects have great potential as an alternative source of protein, but further research is urgently needed before mass production begins in order to avoid environment disaster, Swedish researchers warned Monday. Farming insects may solve one problem but create others, Swedish scientists warn 14 January 2019