#Act4 FarmAnimals The Danish Minister for Food, Rasmus Prehn, has decided to ban the production of cage eggs in Denmark, beginning in 2023. Denmark bids farewell to cage egg production 29 September 2022 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Thousands of Danish young calves are starving and thirsty on long-distance journeys out of the country, according to a report published today by Animal Protection Denmark. The calves stay in the trucks for up to 17 hours in conditions neither in accordance with Danish or EU law. Animal Protection Denmark is calling for a Danish ban on the long-distance transport of unweaned young calves. Animal Protection Denmark calls to ban live exports of unweaned calves 14 June 2022 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Danish retail chain REMA 1000 will significantly increase sales of pork and poultry raised at the highest level of animal welfare. This is happening through a new partnership with Animal Protection Denmark, in which REMA 1000 is the first retail chain in Denmark to enter a total phasing out of fast-growing poultry. Danish retail chain commits to huge boost in animal welfare 31 January 2022 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Together with The National Organic Association, Eurogroup for Animals' member Animal Protection Denmark hosted a major industry meeting in the egg and poultry industry on sternum fractures in laying hens in Denmark. This was the first time that the whole industry is meeting, and that underlines the seriousness of this matter. The focus was on new initiatives and actions to bring the serious problem to life. Danish industry gather about solutions for laying hens 11 November 2021 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Animal Protection Denmark wants to create political pressure on the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Rasmus Prehn, and the Danish Government to change the legislation still allowing for the transport of young calves over long-distance. Stop long distance transport of calves! New campaign from Animal Protection Denmark 8 October 2021 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that 85 percent of laying hens in Danish production have fractures of the sternum due to the intensification of breeding them to be small and lay many large eggs. Animal Protection Denmark is taking action. Large eggs push small hens to the breaking point 22 September 2021 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Danpo, the largest Danish chicken processor, had pledged to phase out broiler chickens by the end of 2021, switching from Ross genetics to the slow-growing Ranger Gold. Denmark bets on slow growth broiler chicken breeds 24 August 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals High temperatures and hundreds of animals crammed together on a truck without refrigeration are a horrible combination. Nevertheless, it happens to millions of Danish pigs every year. Millions of transported pigs suffer from heatwave 24 August 2020 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Pig welfare is still above standard in Denmark but not at the absolute peak of the world, concludes a new Danish study that has compared pig welfare in five European countries. Danish pig welfare lagging behind in new study 19 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Denmark's largest poultry slaughterhouse Danpo A/S committed to phase out the fast-growing chicken breed Ross 308 also called the "turbo chicken" by the end of 2021. It will instead base their production on the slowly growing Ranger Gold breed. Biggest slaughterhouse in Denmark will phase out turbo-growing chickens 27 April 2020 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals Lidl Denmark is to become the first retail chain in the country to eliminate fast-growing broiler chickens Ross 308 from their supply chain of fresh meat. Lidl Denmark is taking big steps for broiler chickens 27 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Denmark’s industrial pig farms are stunningly productive, but there is another side to their success Danish bacon: what happens when you push pigs to the limit? 30 November 2019
