#Act4 FarmAnimals Nearly three-quarters of the world’s largest meat, fish and dairy companies have been graded as a ‘high’ pandemic risk and criticised for their inability to prevent the emergence of new zoonotic diseases in a new report released on Wednesday (3 June). COVID-19 could be ‘straw that breaks meat industry’s back’ says new report 8 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals More than five million animal welfare, contamination and processing problems have led to meat being deemed unsafe for humans in Scotland since 2016. Rejected meat: five million defects found by food watchdog in Scotland since 2016 8 June 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Essere Animali revealed terrible conditions on the intensive chicken farm connected with Italy's largest poultry meat supplier. Undercover investigation reveals cruel treatment of chickens in Italy 8 June 2020 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals. The end of meat is here 25 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals With around 45% of the fish we buy and eat globally coming from farmed sources, understanding the fish gut microbiome is essential to supply this demand. The aquaculture or fish farming industry is therefore driving this area of research in order to improve the health of farmed fish. Healthy gut microbiomes can influence farmed fish 19 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Anima International worked together with Greenpeace Poland to share what’s happening in the local community of Kruszyniany, where investors planned to build factory farms for broiler chickens. A Polish community’s struggle against industrial poultry farms 18 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals What are the most slaughtered species? Compared to 2010, do Italians eat more or less meat? These are the questions Essere Animali tackles in the new fascinating report on Italian animal farming industry in the past 10 years. Report: 10 years of animal farming in Italy 18 May 2020 Essere Animali
#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 FarmAnimals Although the exact origin story of the COVID-19 outbreak is still uncertain, it is highly likely that the virus began as a zoonotic disease. COVID-19: The latest zoonotic disease stemming from the meat industry 11 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals In 2018 Member States reported 246,571 cases of campylobacteriosis. The highest occurrence was detected in chicken meat (37.5%) and turkey meat (28.2%). Campylobacteriosis is the most commonly reported zoonotic disease in the EU 11 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Compassion in World Farming launched a detailed policy report examining the relationship between factory farming and pandemics. New campaign: "Is the next pandemic on our plate?" 11 May 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Dita L. Michaličková, the president of our Member organisation Spolecnost pro Zvirata from the Czech Republic, published an opinion piece urging for a transition to a plant-based diet in order to fight this and future health crisis. We need to move towards a plant based diet 4 May 2020 Společnost pro zvířata