#Act4 AnimalsEU For several years, animal welfare has been invited to public debate. Animal welfare: In France large retailers begin to show interest 19 August 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Animal welfare groups highlight practice that forces a fish’s gills open and prolongs its suffocation to keep it fresh for longer Spotlight on tethering of live fish 19 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In this short paper we explain the reasons why preventing and treating lameness in farmed animals can and should be considered a legal requirement under European Union (EU) animal welfare law. Addressing lameness in farmed animals: An urgent need to comply with EU animal welfare law 18 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Japan insisted Friday that it no longer whales, an endangered species, in international waters, but is accused of violating a wildlife treaty by allowing the marketing of stocks of killed whales in the past years. Whale hunting: Japan under pressure 17 August 2019 C'est Assez
#Act4 Wildlife Listed in Appendix I of CITES just 30 years ago (Lausanne, October 1989), making the international trade in ivory illegal, the African elephant enjoys a special status. CITES CoP18: Last chancebefore extinction 17 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Danone SA chief executive officer Emmanuel Faber is forecasting that the global food industry will face a decade of changing consumer appetites in which demand will increasingly shift toward plant-based offerings. Danone CEO changes course as consumers shift toward plant-based food 17 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The animal welfare check must be credible! Think of goals instead of relativity! 13 tips to improve animal husbandry in Sweden 17 August 2019 Djurskyddet Sverige
#Act4 FarmAnimals Critics assail Didier Guillaume and colleague for watching event in which 6 bulls were killed. French farm minister under fire for attending bullfight 16 August 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Environmental NGOs have jointly called on the European Commission to take legal action against 15 EU governments for failing in their legal duty to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises in the North East Atlantic from capture in fishing nets (bycatch). NGOs call on the European Commission to take legal action over huge number of whale and dolphin deaths 15 August 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Last week Animalia announced the steady decline of Finland’s fur industry. The good news was sourced from the 2018 statistical report published by FiFur, the Finnish fur breeders association, which shows a systematic decrease in the numbers of fur farms and animals bred for fur. ANIMALIA: Finnish fur industry in sharp decline 14 August 2019 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife As the prices of fur on the world market have been low in recent years, all Estonian fur farms have closed their doors, the only one being the Baltic Fur AS in Karjaküla, which is also struggling for survival. Last fur farm in Estonia faces closure 13 August 2019 Loomus
#Act4 FarmAnimals Germany, famous for its love of sausage, is debating a special tax on meat. The aim? To improve the welfare and conditions of livestock. Germany's meat tax: Would it work? Has it been considered elsewhere in Europe? 13 August 2019