#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Parliamentary Research Services recently published a comprehensive briefing on the EU pig meat sector that is meant to inform MEPs and their assistants. Animal welfare and environmental degradation feature prominently among the issues to be urgently addressed. European pig sector suffering from animal welfare and environmental problems, says research by European Parliament 15 September 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU On Tuesday 16 June, Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan launched a Trade Policy Review. EU Trade Policy Review is an opportunity for the EU to better address animal welfare in trade 22 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The impact of COVID-19 on the agriculture sector was the subject of an extraordinary EP Agriculture Committee meeting on Monday, which was attended by Stella Kyriakides, the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. COVID-19 is no excuse to delay Farm-to-Fork, says Commissioner Kyriakides 12 May 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU On Sunday, the EU officially signed the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement. The language it contains on animals is weak compared to the most recent EU FTAs, particularly as Vietnam is a key country for aquaculture and fisheries, and a recognised hotspot for wildlife trafficking. Eurogroup for Animals calls on the Parliament to raise concerns for animals in Vietnam 1 July 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU and Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – are close to concluding their trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations, but from an animal welfare perspective, the text on the table is extremely worrying. Why the EU-Mercosur agreement is bad news for European animals 26 June 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Tomorrow, Eurogroup for Animals will launch its VoteforAnimals2019 campaign to put animal welfare at the heart of the next European elections. VoteForAnimals2019 offers opportunity for MEP candidates to (re)connect with citizens and win votes 13 February 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The contamination of several thousands of tons of animal feed with a genetically-modified vitamin causing antimicrobial resistance is yet another evidence of the risks factory farming poses to animal and human health. True cost of poor farm animal welfare: antimicrobial resistance genes in tons of feed 27 November 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today the European Parliament almost unanimously adopted a Resolution urging the European Commission to improve the welfare of broiler chickens as a prerequisite to reduce the sector’s dependency on antibiotics, which is increasingly threatening human health. European Parliament’s plenary urges Commission to improve broiler chicken welfare and public health 25 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals A new report of AgriBusiness Consulting makes a compelling case for a complete rethinking of the industrial intensive chicken production model that predominates in the EU and that threatens public health, pollutes the environment, and does little to respect animal welfare. New report demonstrates detrimental impact of intensive broiler chicken farming 16 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Factory farming is not only very detrimental to the welfare of farmed animals, but it is also a prominent obstacle to the achievement of the UN SDGs. Eurogroup for Animals raised the topic at a workshop co-organised with four other NGOs at the WTO Public Forum. Animal Welfare takes ground at the World Trade Organisation 8 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals On World Animal Day the European Parliament Plenary meeting unanimously called on the European Commission to fully enforce the Broiler Directive and resolve the animal welfare, environmental and health threats resulting from industrial broiler chicken farming. Commissioner Bienkowska committed to develop more animal welfare indicators and promote funding to higher welfare chicken farming systems through the CAP subsidies. She also announced that the the second EU reference centre on animal welfare would be dedicated to poultry welfare. MEPs criticised the Commission’s proposals during the debate, indicating they didn’t go far enough. As a next step MEPs will work on a motion for a resolution including proposals towards more sustainable, higher animal welfare broiler chicken farming. EP urges EC to address impacts of intensive broiler farming 4 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU This week, at the occasion of the Expert group meeting on Trade Negotiations, the Commission gave an overview of the implementation status of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). EU will suggest animal welfare to Canada as one of the areas for Regulatory Cooperation 16 July 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
