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On Tuesday 17 May Eurogroup for Animals along with its members organisations Animal Protection Denmark and AAP were invited to the PETI Committee meeting to give a presentation on the Positive List. This meeting came at the right time with the AGRIFISH Council meeting on Tuesday 24 May and the ongoing revision of the Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking.

EU Positive List received unanimous support at the PETI Committee

The Italian coalition in support of End the Cage Age - the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) calling for an end to the caging of animals reared for food - released a new investigation today carried out in seven Italian rabbit farms. The coalition calls on the Italian government to urgently introduce a national ban on cage farming and support the EU Commission's commitment.

New investigation documents the conditions of rabbits bred for meat in Italy: crowded and injured in battery cages

Eurogroup for Animals, along with its members and other organisations, today supported the launch of the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) Fur Free Europe: in one year they will have to collect one million signatures to finally end fur in Europe.

Fur Free Europe ECI - a final stop to fur cruelty

Equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), also called Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG), is a hormone extracted from the blood of pregnant mares. It is used in intensive agriculture to increase the reproductive performance of farm animals such as pigs, sheep, goats and cattle.

Eurogroup for Animals calls the European Commission to stop the production, import and use of eCG in the EU

The Statens Serum Institut has published their long-awaited health assessment regarding the reopening of Danish mink farms. The government of Denmark currently has a temporary ban on mink breeding in place until 2023 following a COVID-19 outbreak in several hundred mink farms, which resulted in the country’s entire mink population being culled.

Report concludes public health still at risk from mink farms in Denmark

12 May 2022

Dyrenes Beskyttelse

Every month, we interview one of our member organisations about their work, main battles and achievements for animals. This month we have the pleasure to interview Adrienne Bonnet, Head of Campaign, Advocacy & Legal department at Welfarm.

Have you met Welfarm?

Our Member Organisation GAIA have sent an open letter in Flemish newspapers calling on the Flemish Animal Welfare Minister to finally ban caged systems for laying hens in Flanders. They also launched a poster campaign throughout the region to raise extra visibility for the issue.

GAIA calls on Flemish animal welfare Minister to free caged hens

10 May 2022

GAIA

On Tuesday May 3rd, MEPs adopted the Schmiedtbauer report on an EU Action plan on Organic Agriculture, fully backing the report by the AGRI Committee.

Report on EU Action Plan on Organic Agriculture adopted with some opportunities missed

9 May 2022

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Wildlife

A new investigation from LAV has revealed that Italy is a leader in Europe in the trade and breeding of tigers, with an estimate of 85% of the existing big cats on the continent.

Investigation into the hidden trade of tigers in Italy

On 14 April, the Dutch government announced that it would allocate € 60 million to support the formation of an ecosystem around cellular agriculture. It represents the largest public funding into the cellular agriculture field ever, globally.

How the Netherlands is leading the global food revolution

29 April 2022

Animal Law Italia urges Italian policymakers to seek a balance between the respect of religious freedom and the essential need to protect animal welfare.

New research calls for a reconsideration of ritual slaughter without stunning in Italy

28 April 2022

ALI

On Monday 25 April, Animal Equality Brazil and Eurogroup for Animals gathered organisations from the EU and Mercosur countries for the event, “Discussing the Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur: how can animal welfare promote environmental protection?"

Civil Society Organisations from Mercosur and the EU Debate the Impacts of the Mercosur-European Union Trade Agreement on Environment and Animals

27 April 2022

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EU Positive List received unanimous support at the PETI Committee

New investigation documents the conditions of rabbits bred for meat in Italy: crowded and injured in battery cages

Fur Free Europe ECI - a final stop to fur cruelty

Eurogroup for Animals calls the European Commission to stop the production, import and use of eCG in the EU

Report concludes public health still at risk from mink farms in Denmark

Have you met Welfarm?

GAIA calls on Flemish animal welfare Minister to free caged hens

Report on EU Action Plan on Organic Agriculture adopted with some opportunities missed

Investigation into the hidden trade of tigers in Italy

How the Netherlands is leading the global food revolution

New research calls for a reconsideration of ritual slaughter without stunning in Italy

Civil Society Organisations from Mercosur and the EU Debate the Impacts of the Mercosur-European Union Trade Agreement on Environment and Animals

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