#Act4 AnimalsEU For several years, animal welfare has been invited to public debate. Animal welfare: In France large retailers begin to show interest 19 August 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU A New York City proposal to ban the sale of foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose, has the backing of animal welfare advocates, but could mean trouble for farms outside the city that are the premier U.S. producers of the French delicacy. New York City mulls ban on foie gras over animal cruelty concerns 19 August 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Environmental NGOs have jointly called on the European Commission to take legal action against 15 EU governments for failing in their legal duty to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises in the North East Atlantic from capture in fishing nets (bycatch). NGOs call on the European Commission to take legal action over huge number of whale and dolphin deaths 15 August 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Ted McKinney, undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, said he was highlighting common ground between the two sides during meetings with lawmakers, government officials and private industry in Brussels, Rome and Geneva. The US confirms: No negotiations without agriculture 27 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU GAIA launched its summer tour in Brussels, in the presence of Kevin Borlée. Belgian summer tour to End the Cage Age 25 July 2019 GAIA
#Act4 AnimalsEU Two French MPs presented a report to the French parliamentary committee on European affairs on 17 July. The report recommended 27 measures to prevent the collapse of Europe’s fish resources. Two French MPs want their Parliament to discuss Europe’s overfishing problem 23 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Implementation of ban ‘inadequate’ and has resulted in more waste, says Lord Teverson UK ban on discarding edible fish caught at sea has failed 16 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner is taking part in the European Agricultural Council in Brussels today. German Minister Klöckner calls for uniform application of the Animal Welfare Transport Regulation 11 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Cleaning up this sector would be good for the climate – the five largest meat producers emit higher levels of scope one and two greenhouse gases than Exxon, Shell or BP, according to GRAIN (a think tank and activist group) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Environmental impact of meat analysed from investment perspective 11 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Four years into the Sustainable Development Goals, progress has been made in some areas, but monumental challenges remain Climate change threatens progress in sustainable development, warns new UN report 9 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU July 9 is European Fish Dependence Day, the moment when the E.U. has used up all its own seafood resources and must rely entirely on imports for the rest of the year to meet demand. The EU has already exhausted its domestic fish stocks and is now wholly reliant on imports to meet demand 9 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Fish make up 16% of animal protein consumed globally, and demand is set to rise, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, largely thanks to rising disposable incomes. Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development 8 July 2019