#Act4 Equines Spanish authorities have busted a suspected organized crime group selling horse meat that could have been unfit for human consumption. Alleged criminal group sold potentially unfit to eat horse meat 29 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Compassion’s second annual European EggTrack report shows the progress companies are making towards ending the use of cages for laying hens throughout their egg supply chains. Second annual European EggTrack report now online 11 September 2019 CIWF
#Act4 AnimalsEU Thirteen international animal welfare organisations – led by Tierschutzbund Zürich and Animal Welfare Foundation – are calling for a suspension of horsemeat imports based on a lack of traceability and respect for animal welfare requirements. TIERSCHUTZBUND ZÜRICH and ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION: “Stop the deceit over horsemeat imports” 12 June 2019 AWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Many companies claim the feathers they use in down coats, pillows, and blankets are “sustainable” and “ethical.” But such marketing is rampant in industries that want to gloss over the treatment of animals. Follow the feathers: Why down’s “humane” claims can’t be trusted 18 April 2019
#Act4 Pets This year ORCA launched a new model aimed at permanently solving the problem of stray dogs in the Western Balkans. New dog population control programme for Western Balkans 14 January 2019 ORCA
#Act4 Equines As a new ban on the import of horsemeat from Mexico to the EU comes into effect, Eurogroup for Animals, along with a coalition of international animal welfare organisations, today calls on the European Commission to apply similar bans elsewhere. Eurogroup calls for further bans on horsemeat imports as exports from Mexico cease 15 January 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Equines The European Commission has banned the importation of horsemeat from Mexico following a series of audits by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), which identified significant traceability problems with horses slaughtered for export to the EU that had originated in Mexico and the United States. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes import ban of horse meat from Mexico 17 December 2014 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Equines Eurogroup for Animals welcomes yesterday’s endorsement of the European Commission’s proposal to revise the rules for the identification of horses by EU Member States. This makes the European system for the registration and identification of horses in the EU more reliable and safer as it will reduce the number of passport issuing offices (PIOs), mandate the creation of central databases for equines in each Member State and include all horses born since 1 January 2009. EU move to tighten rules for horse passports falls short 17 September 2014 Eurogroup for Animals
