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As a direct result of Animal Equality UK's work for fish, the Scottish government has started routine inspections in salmon abbatoirs.

Scottish government introduces mandatory inspections in salmon slaughterhouses

Animal Equality

Following our report on unsettling developments on slaughter without stunning in Greece, the country’s ban will stand after a controversial bill was dropped.

Ban on slaughter without stunning stands in Greece

Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation

Instead of complying with the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Government amends the law on which the ruling was based

Unsettling developments on slaughter without stunning in Greece

Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation

Devastated seabeds, disturbed ecosystems, animals that perish as “bycatch” – research by Report Mainz shows disturbing absence of animal welfare in fishing industry.

Marine fish in the EU: caught, killed and thrown away

10 February 2022

On 23 December 2021, German retailer Kaufland made a commitment to end the sale of live carp in Slovakia, taking effect in January 2022. The commitment was made following a dialogue with our member, Humánny Pokrok.

Kaufland commits to end the sale of live carp in Slovakia

14 January 2022

Humánny Pokrok

An Essere Animali investigator worked undercover on an egg producing hen farm and witnessed, among others, covert slaughter, cruel killing of sick hens and violent loading procedures.

New investigation reveals cruelty and illegalities on an Italian egg farm

20 December 2021

In an ongoing campaign and petition, GAIA is calling on the three regional Ministers for Animal Welfare in Belgium to introduce a ban on the cooking of live lobsters, as is already the case in Switzerland, as well as a ban on cutting lobsters in half.

GAIA calls for ban of live cooking of lobsters

2 December 2021

An increasing number of Spanish slaughterhouses, currently 28%, are licensed to slaughter animals according to religious rites and without stunning. Many consumers are buying meat from animals slaughtered according to these rites without knowing it.

Animal Equality calls for the elimination of exemptions allowing the slaughter of animals without stunning in Spain

12 November 2021

Animal Equality

The Hellenic Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) annulled a 2017 ministerial decision which, in the context of religious slaughter, allowed the slaughter of animals without prior stunning. The Court ruled that the Greek state omitted to aim for a balance between its obligation to protect animals and that to respect religious freedom.

Religious slaughter: A spectacular win for animals in Greece

29 October 2021

Hellenic Animal Welfare Federation

Today, L214 unveils a new investigation conducted in a French slaughterhouse of the Bigard Group (which owns the Bigard, Socopa and Charal brands), leader in bovine meat production in France and Europe.

New investigation from L214 in a French slaughterhouse reveals serious abuse

27 October 2021

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The Belgian Constitutional Court upholds the ban on slaughter without stunning in Flanders and Wallonia

30 September 2021

Today is a historic day for animals, as the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified that Member States are allowed to impose mandatory pre-slaughter stunning.

Animal welfare victory: the CJEU ruling confirms Member States right to introduce mandatory pre-slaughter stunning

17 December 2020

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