#Act4 FarmAnimals By inserting their postal code, French citizens can check if public canteens in their area are serving high welfare animal-based products. Do public canteens in France respect animals? 9 March 2020 Welfarm
#Act4 FarmAnimals Tail-docked pigs have unacceptable level of tail lesions. European Commission's audit in France reveals Pig Directive not enforced 2 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals In Brittany, the Cooperl breeders cooperative has set up industrial and marketing techniques which make it possible to avoid castrating piglets. Animal welfare: the French cooperative where piglets are not castrated 28 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Paris EELV senator Esther Benbassa has drafted a bill for "ethical, socially just and animal welfare friendly" animal husbandry and slaughter. French Senator proposes a law for ethical farming 24 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals For halal or kosher meat, the calves are not stunned before being slaughtered. Investigation reveals cruelty in halal slaughter of calves 21 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Carrefour and more distributers join the Animal Welfare Label Association (AEBEA), created in 2018 by LFDA, CIWF, OABA and the Casino group to offer a labeling scheme on animal welfare. Animal welfare labeling is becoming more widespread in France 6 February 2020 LFDA
#Act4 FarmAnimals Researchers worry about the "growing influence [of the lobbies of animal husbandry] in public decisions which takes on a worrying dimension for our democracy" 130 researchers warn in open letter to better protect whistleblowers in France 29 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals France is to ban from the end of 2021 the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said Tuesday. France to ban systematic culling of male chicks by the end of 2021 28 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals It was one of the few provisions of the Agriculture and Food Law (EGalim) dealing with animal welfare. In October 2018, MEPs voted to ban new construction and rearrangement of cages for laying hens. Associations denounce French government for backing out on improving the welfare of caged chickens 20 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Flunch has today announced its commitment to source only chicken that meets the criteria for the Better Chicken Commitment in France by 2026. Flunch signs theBetter Chicken Commitment 23 October 2019 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Flexitis, a diet consisting in reducing the consumption of animal proteins, concerns more and more French people. 35.4% of French households observe a flexitarian diet 2 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Activists say stinking sludge is linked to nitrates in fertilisers from intensive farming Deadly green algae on Brittany beaches linked to nitrates in fertilisers from intensive farming 8 September 2019