#Act4 LabAnimals The current pandemic has impacted lab animals, with US research labs culling thousands of mice. Germany has coped somewhat better, but the situation has once more highlighted the contentious practice of animal testing. How lab animals have fared in the coronavirus crisis 22 July 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A German meatpacking plant was ordered to shut after hundreds of workers became infected by the coronavirus, adding to a string of outbreaks at slaughterhouses across Europe. German meat plant ordered shut after Coronavirus outbreak 19 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Federal Council of Germany postponed their vote about the future of gestation crates for the second time on 5th of June 2020. No deals at the expense of pigs 15 June 2020 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 FarmAnimals Calves that still need to be fed with milk or are accustomed to milk replacer (unweaned calves) place special demands on the technical equipment of transport vehicles during long-distance transport. Germany's Friedrich Loeffler Institute issues technical requirements for long-distance transport of unweaned calves 12 June 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals A new government report has revealed that millions more animals are killed every year in German labs than previously admitted. The Green party has accused officials of sugarcoating statistics. Millions of unused research animals killed in Germany 27 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Four Paws announced that Lower Saxony and Saxony will no longer approve live animal transports to and through the Russian Federation, while Lower Saxony will also prohibit transports to North Africa, particularly to Algeria and Morocco. German federal states further limit live animal transport 18 May 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 LabAnimals Coronavirus-related research funding in Germany largely finances animal experiments. Extra money for animal experiments? 5 May 2020 DAAE
#Act4 LabAnimals As more and more cosmetic products claim to animal-friendly, Doctors Against Animal Experimentation advise how to choose products free from animal suffering. How to choose your cruelty-free cosmetics? 20 April 2020 DAAE
#Act4 AnimalsEU Under German leadership, the EU should also negotiate a new TTIP agreement with the USA. That should face resistance. The German presidency plans to make concluding the EU-Mercosur Agreement a priority 6 April 2020
#Act4 Pets On Saturday afternoon, February 22nd, federal police officers checked an extremely fully loaded transporter with Romanian registration on the A3 motorway near Waidhaus in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district. 29 kittens illegally transported from Romania were confiscated in Germany 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets With the campaign “The street is cruel - castration is harmless, the German Animal Welfare Association is drawing attention to the importance of castrating cats. Cat protection campaign in Schleswig-Holstein 17 February 2020 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 FarmAnimals On Friday 14 February the Bundesrat in Germany will take a vote which impacts the continual use of sow stalls in Germany. ECI “End the Cage Age”: your help needed in decisive vote in Germany on 14 February 10 February 2020 Eurogroup for Animals