#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 A new research project will conduct a first study of the way fish die in fishery with the aim to examine how billions of fish living in mid waters die in trawling, and whether fishing methods can be developed to support a more humane killing of these sentient animals. Eurogroup for Animals’ member Animal Protection Denmark and the Danish Pelagic Producers Organization are the architects behind the multi-year project. Scientists from the Swedish University of Agriculture, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) and the Danish Institute of Technology will carry out the research. The project is funded by Open Philanthropy, an American research and grantmaking organisation. Fishers, scientists and Animal Protection Denmark join forces to conduct first study on animal welfare in the fishing industry 15 June 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
#Act4 FarmAnimals It's probably due to a hot summer and a bad vaccine. Use of antibiotics for fish in Denmark has doubled in a year 26 September 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Leading global experts in udder health from no less than 25 countries are meeting in Copenhagen today to discuss preventatitive solutions for mastitis, ranked by IDF (International Dairy Federation) as one of the most important diseases impacting the dairy sector. Dairy industry meet to discuss how to prevent mastitis in dairy cows 15 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals 25,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition launched by Dyrenes Beskyttelse, the Danish organisation for animal protection, to ban cages for hens. Until 1980 it was illegal to keep laying hens in cages in Denmark, and both animal advocates and citizens think the time is ripe to translate the will of citizens into law and reintroduce the ban on battery-caged eggs. DYRENES BESKYTTELSE: The time is ripe to reintroduce a ban on cages for hens in Denmark 17 April 2019 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
