#Act4 FarmAnimals Slaughterhouses have great difficulty recruiting staff. And the government supervision of slaughterhouses has been failing for years. But the extreme cost-price drive of meat production is at the root of the structural nature of these terrible incidents. Slaughterhouses need more than video surveillance 3 February 2020 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 FarmAnimals The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) launches the second phase of its awareness campaign focusing on the role of travellers as carriers of African swine fever and how they can avoid spreading it. Lunar new year: Travel responsibly to avoid carrying African Swine Fever virus 31 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A German initiative to create a European farm-products label guaranteeing respect for animal welfare received broad support at the European Agriculture Ministers Council on Monday. Europe is considering farm-animal welfare label 30 January 2020
#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 Heat waves aren’t just a people problem. When food, water, shade, and safe transport are scarce, farm animals are often the first ones to suffer. Cooked alive: Transport animals face deadliest temperatures Yet 23 December 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Denmark’s industrial pig farms are stunningly productive, but there is another side to their success Danish bacon: what happens when you push pigs to the limit? 30 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Iceland, located between Europe and Northern America, is mostly known for its seafood. However, pigs are also gaining importance. Iceland follows Norway in increasing pig welfare 20 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Netherlands could soon tax animal slaughter, pushing up the price of meat in the country. The Netherlands may soon tax animal slaughter 14 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Abandon yourself and leave with your sick companions Pigs abandoned without food and water on PDO farm 13 November 2019 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals CO2 gassing is standard practice among the world’s largest pork producers, but not because it’s more humane, as the industry promises. There’s nothing “humane” about killing pigs in gas chambers 12 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Earlier this year, we visited a Pigs of God fattening farm to document the lives of the animals inside. The pigs of God: Force-fed, then slaughtered for spectacle 7 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web Animals farmed, the Guardian’s monthly roundup: Pet smuggling, animal testing and swine fever warnings 7 November 2019