#Act4 FarmAnimals After the serious violations of the EU Regulation 1/2005 (Transport Regulation) by Romania in sending nearly 70,000 sheep to the Persian Gulf last summer, an audit by DG Sante has found that the country’s central competent authority did not provide the necessary information, instructions or access to suitably qualified staff to support official veterinarians in checking the technical requirements of livestock vessels. Eurogroup for Animals urges the EU Commission to start infringement proceedings against Romania. DG SANTE audit reveals major problems with live export from Romania 27 April 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU According to Politico, the European Commission is poised to establish a new animal welfare unit this March as part of a restructuring of its department on Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). One small step by the Commission, or one giant leap for animal welfare? 24 January 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 AnimalsEU An audit published by the EU Commission has found that Canadian slaughterhouses do not comply with EU rules on traceability, implying a risk for public health. Imported horse meat from Canada puts EU consumers at risk 10 December 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today Commissioner Andriukaitis has called on Petre Daea, the Romanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, to stop the cruel shipment of 70,000 sheep from Romania to the Persian Gulf. Commissioner Andriukaitis asks the Romanian Minister to stop the shipment of 70.000 sheep 10 July 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals If you’ve been feeling the heat this week, imagine what it’s like for animals crammed into trucks for transportation – often for several days or weeks – without receiving water and veterinary care, and in temperatures largely exceeding 30 degrees. Despite EC’s heat wave alert, most Member States are still transporting animals 26 June 2019 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals DG SANTE released a report from an audit carried out in Croatia in September 2018 to check animal protection measures for transported animals being loaded onto vessels for further transport to non-EU countries. DG SANTE audit slams Croatia for insufficient protection of animals during transport 18 March 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European pig industry routinely flouts welfare laws and public opinion in pursuit of higher profits while member states continuously turn a blind eye. One million citizens say EU must stop tolerating pig mutilations as cover-up for broken farming system 4 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals In violation of the Pigs Directive 2008/120/EC, tail-docking is still routinely carried out in all European Union’s Member States, with the exception of Sweden and Finland. DG Sante report: almost 100% of pigs in Italy are routinely tail-docked 1 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Consumers picture dairy cows grazing contently on pasture in green fields. But a new report by the European Commission’s DG Sante reveals this idyllic image to be far from the truth for many of the EU’s 23.5 million dairy cows. Secret suffering in EU dairy sector revealed by new Commission report 28 November 2017 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Commission’s Directorate F (DG SANTE) recently released an audit report on the actions undertaken by the competent authorities of the Netherlands to enforce the Pigs Directive. European Commission audit shows nearly all pigs still tail-docked in the Netherlands 12 June 2017 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Practical EU guidelines to assess the fitness of pigs for transport, aiming to be an extra tool available to professionals to ensure a high level of fitness for transport of pigs, written by leading EU agri-food, veterinary, road transport, and animal welfare stakeholder groups, have been welcomed by the European Commission. The move comes after 2 years of work by the UECBV, Copa Cogeca, Eurogroup for Animals, Animals’ Angels, FVE, IRU, ELT, INAPORC and Cooperl Arc Atlantique. European Commission welcomes practical EU guidelines to assess fitness of pigs for transport 25 January 2016 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Equines The conference, which was hosted by Julie Girling MEP along with Eurogroup for Animals and the European Horse Network, built on the conclusions of the ground-breaking report ‘Removing the Blinkers: The health and welfare of European equidae in 2015’, which was published in June. Removing the Blinkers – Equine Conference October 2015 3 November 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
