#Act4 FarmAnimals The text, tabled on the initiative of the minister in charge of animal welfare Ben Weyts (N-VA), provides for a transition phase to allow companies to gradually dismantle their facilities. Flanders bans fur farming and force-feeding in foie gras production 13 March 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Bruce Friedrich used to be the guy who broke into fashion shows to splatter fake blood on the models wearing fur coats. This animal activist used to get in your face. Now he’s going after your palate 12 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals With the increasing middle classes in countries like China and India, global meat consumption is expected to rise. Meat consumption has detrimental effects on animal welfare, climate and human health. So why has the EU spent €71m promoting it? 12 March 2019
#Act4 Aquatics A few years ago, scientists from the University of Tennessee noticed curious behaviour in three captive male white-spotted cichlid fish. Playing, courtship and vanity: The rich emotional lives of fish 12 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI
#Act4 FarmAnimals Two separate government agencies will come together to regulate the new market of lab-grown meat. Regulation framework in place to regulate cell-grown meat in the US 11 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Scientists have studied how fish adapt to rapid changes in the surrounding freshwater environment to understand how the marine life may respond to climate change. Scientists monitoring climate change impact on behaviour of freshwater fish 11 March 2019
For the first time in Spain, when faced with a case of multiple animal abuse, the judge considers a crime for each animal mistreated. Unprecedented sentence for animal abuse in Spain 11 March 2019 The Donkey Sanctuary
#Act4 Wildlife Aquatic animal production is the fastest growing food sector globally. FVE maps out the educational steps to become an aquatic veterinarian to address EU lack of vets for fish 11 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals A new scientific publication by the Cruelty Free International science team, looking at whether drug tests on animals help predict human responses, has been published in the scientific journal BMC Medical Ethics. Scientists confirm that animal tests for human drugs do not work 11 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Saturday we were also in the episode aired on Rai3 at PresaDiretta where there was talk of antibiotic resistance. Investigation on systematic use of antibiotics in farms 11 March 2019 Essere Animali
#Act4 AnimalsEU The Animal Party has announced that it is fielding its own candidates for May’s European parliament elections. The Cyprus Animals Party will stand in the next European elections 9 March 2019