#Act4 Pets On International Women’s Day, the European Commission released its proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes this initiative as an important step to achieve gender-equality and put an end to all abuses. However, we are concerned by the lack of consideration and measures to address abuse towards companion animals as victims and instruments of these violence. New proposal on domestic violence is insufficient to guarantee safety of victims and their animals 17 March 2022
On November 18, the French Senate definitively adopted a new animal protection bill “aimed at combating animal abuse and strengthening the link between animals and humans”. This success follows an agreement on the measures by a joint commission (composed of deputies and senators) on October 21, and an almost unanimous adoption at the National Assembly on November 16. Historic animal protection bill passed in France 19 November 2021 LFDA
#Act4 Wildlife After a marathon day finalising the adoption of the ambitious law aiming to reduce pet abandonments and end the use of wild animals in shows, the French Senate significantly weakened the text. No surprises as French senators distort anti animal mistreatment law 1 October 2021 FBB
#Act4 Pets Donald Broom, emeritus professor of animal welfare at Cambridge University, and Iwona Mertin, our Cats & Dogs Programme Leader will join the webinar as special guest and panelist. Webinar: Animal cruelty and animal rights 22 October 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Dianne Smith, owner the Australian kangaroo shelter Kangaroo Alive, shares her heartbreaking testimony on how whole families of kangaroos are devastated every night across Australia, ripped apart by bullets, fear and sorrow. Kangaroo baby joeys: Australia’s forgotten shame - An eyewitness story 14 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A respected Bay Area veterinarian endures widespread attacks following an industry “alert” about her criticisms of factory farms. New documents reveal how the animal agriculture industry surveils and punishes critics 12 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Our French member L214 reveals new shocking images shot in a pig farm located in Auvergne. This investigation aims to draw the attention of French MPs to the cruel reality of intensive breeding on the same day a public discussion on a proposed law on the animal condition is taking place in the French National Assembly. New horror images in an intensive pig farm in France 8 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The images were collected inside the ships that regularly transport cattle and sheep from Portugal to Israel. Unpublished and shocking images inside the ships transporting live animals from Portugal to Israel 5 October 2020 Investigation
#Act4 Pets At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China's thriving mass-breeding industry. 5,000 pets found dead in boxes at Chinese shipping depot 5 October 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Country’s government accused of issuing permits to places that fail EU standards Inbred lion cubs ‘victims of neglect rife in Bulgaria’s decaying zoos’ 5 October 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 FarmAnimals Through an undercover investigation, our Italian member Essere Animali revealed terrible violence on a pig farm supplying Beretta cured meats. Cruelty on a farm supplying the Beretta brand 5 October 2020 Essere Animali
#Act4 Equines The film that seeks to put pressure on the Argentinian government to immediately ban equine slaughter and the export of horse meat, shows the work of the NGOs Fondation Franz Weber in Argentina, Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) in Switzerland and our member Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) in Germany. Shocking documentary reveals the cruel reality behind the export of horse meat from Argentina 29 September 2020 AWF
