#Act4 FarmAnimals The Party for the Animals has taken the first step on Tuesday to set up a European parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate animal transport abuses Anja Hazekamp MEP calls on her colleagues to support the creation of a committee of inquiry on live transport 2 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Despite the wide availability of cheap, nutritious food, misconceptions around issues such as animal welfare and the use of antibiotics are driving unhealthy and unrealistic expectations of food producers. It’s time public woke up to reality of livestock farming, says former MEP 18 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Thousands of citizens mobilised on six continents to raise awareness on June 14 for the third annual Stop Live Transport International Day of Awareness organised by Compassion in World Farming. Compassion in World Farming: 150 actions in 33 countries to ‘Stop Live Transport’ 14 June 2019 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) acknowledges that sometimes sick animals are transported, while this is not permitted officially. Pig Business Netherlands: Dutch food authorities admit that transport of sick animals sometimes unavoidable despite strict controls 13 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Government is considering banning the trade in live cattle exports, worth $30 million last year. New Zealand Government may ban live cattle exports 11 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The cattle entered the ship alive and perished on the way to Arrecife, where they disembarked. Live export: 20 cows die onboard ship to the Canary Islands 2 June 2019 Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals A large Ukrainian poultry farm has, because they want to expand, applied for a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Calls against chicken imports from Ukraine 15 May 2019 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Forum is a key activity of the OIE Global Animal Welfare Strategy which was adopted at the 85th OIE General Session in 2017. Follow-up OIE event report: "Animal transport: a shared responsibility" 11 May 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Young calves exported from Ireland to holding centres in France, before they are sold to farms across Europe, have been beaten and brutalised, an investigation has found. Live export Irish calves brutally ill-treated in France en route to south Europe 11 May 2019 Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals The government should follow the European Parliament's call and develop a plan for how Sweden should minimize the transport of animals for slaughter and transport meat instead. Transporting meat instead of live animals 9 May 2019 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 FarmAnimals Yet again, lambs have been transported across the EU for days with no water, food, room to rest or veterinary care. ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION: Cruelty to lambs transported to Italy during Easter continues 26 April 2019 AWF Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals Millions of day-old game chicks are being transported to British shooting estates via Eurotunnel trains after ferry companies boycotted the industry, The Timescan reveal. Day-old game chicks carried by Eurotunnel despite boycott 20 April 2019