#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
#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 LabAnimals Professor Dr Mariann Gyöngyösi from the Experimental and Clinical Invasive Cardiology Laboratory of the Medical University of Vienna discusses different animal models in the context of her group’s research into treatments for cardiovascular diseases. EU investments in heart research goes to animal experiments with no view to alternatives 14 January 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Four wild boars were killed last week in the Belgian town of Meix, 1.8 km from the French border, two of which have been found to be carriers of African swine fever. African swine fever: France to create ‘zone blanche’ along the Belgian border, free of any wild boar 11 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals After we exposed systematic cruelties and unlawful practices in Parma Ham production last March, Essere Animali’s new investigation shows nothing has changed and severe abuses are still ongoing in farms where pigs destined for Parma Ham are bred. New investigation exposes severe abuses on pigs destined for Parma Ham production 11 September 2018 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the last 10 years the number of live Danish pigs transported on long journeys has increased fivefold, from 1.9 million animals in 2007 to 9.4 million in 2017. Pig transports from Denmark multiplied by five in ten years 25 May 2018 Animal Protection Denmark
#Act4 FarmAnimals Eurogroup for Animals' members ANDA, AVATMA and FAADA applaud the decision of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) for its guidelines on how pig farms should be managed in order to avoid tail docking. Spanish Agriculture Ministry takes first steps to end pig tail docking 21 December 2017