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Together with several European and Australian animal welfare organisations and supported by Eurogroup for Animals, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) calls for a suspension of horse meat imports from Australia.

EU Commission needs to stop horse meat imports from Australia

Twenty five French animal welfare and animal rights associations, including our member organisations Fondation Brigitte Bardot, L214, Code Animal, C'est Assez!, WELFARM and CiWF France have launched a referendum asking for better legislation for animals in France.

Referendum for animals launched today in France

Yesterday the Romanian Parliament voted on a bill aimed at ensuring better animal welfare during transport. In reality, the law will legitimize a practice in Romania that is illegal under Council Regulation no. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport (Transport Regulation).

Romanian Parliament votes law that breaches the EU transport regulation

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The German Presidency of the Council of the European Union comes at a crucial juncture, with animal welfare labelling, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Union’s long term budget all on the table.

German Presidency comes at a critical time for animals

The longtime activist was killed while protesting.

Animal rights activist fatally hit by truck while protesting outside pig slaughterhouse

Activists hope coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of tradition.

China dog meat festival goes ahead but COVID-19 takes a toll

Four ex-circus lions discovered in France are due to be re-housed at Born Free, invigorating the call for EU-wide ban on wild animals in circuses.

The show can’t go on: the fight for an EU-wide ban on wild animals in circuses

Compiled by a team of international wildlife and veterinary experts, a new study has identified seven routes by which pandemics could occur and 161 options for reducing the risk. It concludes that widespread changes to the way we interact with animals are needed; solutions that only address one issue – such as the trade in wild animals – are not enough.

Human interactions with wild and farmed animals must change dramatically to reduce risk of another deadly pandemic

The way fish are slaughter is 'one of the things to change', as well as the 'stocking density and the implementation of environmental enrichment', say the researchers that want legislation to avoid the suffering of fish in aquaculture.

Slaughter with stunning also in fish? Biologists want to avoid suffering in aquaculture

A survey commissioned by the Dutch government showed that despite recent incidents of wolves attacking farm animals, a majority of Dutch people have no problem coexisting with the animals.

Dutch people enthusiastic about wolves returning to the Netherlands

Dyrevenalliansen is proud to announce that Norwegian retailer and long time-collaborator Rema 1000 - retaining approximately one third of the chicken sold in the Norwegian grocery market and is one out of three major Norwegian supermarket companies - has been awarded the Good Chicken Award by Compassion in World Farming

Good Chicken Award to Norwegian retailer Rema 1000

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