#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Commission wants to tighten the rules for animal transport over long distances. Dutch Food Safety Authority has laid down in the conditions that cattle export will be refused if the temperature at EU-Turkish border is expected to exceed 30°C 8 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Party for the Animals has taken the first step on Tuesday to set up a European parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate animal transport abuses Anja Hazekamp MEP calls on her colleagues to support the creation of a committee of inquiry on live transport 2 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Despite the wide availability of cheap, nutritious food, misconceptions around issues such as animal welfare and the use of antibiotics are driving unhealthy and unrealistic expectations of food producers. It’s time public woke up to reality of livestock farming, says former MEP 18 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Thousands of citizens mobilised on six continents to raise awareness on June 14 for the third annual Stop Live Transport International Day of Awareness organised by Compassion in World Farming. Compassion in World Farming: 150 actions in 33 countries to ‘Stop Live Transport’ 14 June 2019 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) acknowledges that sometimes sick animals are transported, while this is not permitted officially. Pig Business Netherlands: Dutch food authorities admit that transport of sick animals sometimes unavoidable despite strict controls 13 June 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The Workshop aims at identifying good practices and allowing for exchange of experiences between experts in the field of animal welfare during maritime transports of live animals from the EU to third countries. CVOs discuss animal welfare during sea transport, but no NGOs invited to take part 13 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Government is considering banning the trade in live cattle exports, worth $30 million last year. New Zealand Government may ban live cattle exports 11 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The cattle entered the ship alive and perished on the way to Arrecife, where they disembarked. Live export: 20 cows die onboard ship to the Canary Islands 2 June 2019 Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals A large Ukrainian poultry farm has, because they want to expand, applied for a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Calls against chicken imports from Ukraine 15 May 2019 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 AnimalsEU Ferry operator Stena Line is under pressure to stop transporting shipments of unweaned calves following the release of secretly filmed footage of young animals being brutalised at a “feed and resting” facility in France after their export from Ireland. Stena Line criticised over shipments of unweaned calves 12 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Forum is a key activity of the OIE Global Animal Welfare Strategy which was adopted at the 85th OIE General Session in 2017. Follow-up OIE event report: "Animal transport: a shared responsibility" 11 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Young calves exported from Ireland to holding centres in France, before they are sold to farms across Europe, have been beaten and brutalised, an investigation has found. Live export Irish calves brutally ill-treated in France en route to south Europe 11 May 2019 Investigation