#Act4 FarmAnimals New investigation by Essere Animali on a dairy farm producing milk for Grana Padano. New investigation on dairy farm producing Grana Padano cheese: “calves in unacceptable conditions, regulatory revision required”. 13 July 2021 Essere Animali Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals Circulate and sign the petition to ask Stella Line to stop the horrific conditions of transport of calves between Ireland and France. Call to Stena Line: stop illegal calf transports 2 October 2020 Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen
#Act4 FarmAnimals Hundreds of thousands of calves are born in the Dutch dairy industry for which there is actually no market. The “byproducts” of the dairy industry: three calves per minute 24 August 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Calves that still need to be fed with milk or are accustomed to milk replacer (unweaned calves) place special demands on the technical equipment of transport vehicles during long-distance transport. Germany's Friedrich Loeffler Institute issues technical requirements for long-distance transport of unweaned calves 12 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals An animal welfare charity has launched a legal challenge to stop the Scottish Government from allowing young calves to be exported all the way from Scotland to Spain. Scottish Government facing legal challenge on ‘inhumane’ calf exports 14 April 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today an investigation by NGOs L214 and Eyes on Animals reveals the treatment of young Irish calves – 2 or 3 weeks of age – upon their arrival in France. Latest live animal transport investigation reveals suffering of two-week-old calves 2 April 2020 L214 Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals The industry itself, not the way it is run, is the issue. Even small dairy farms are cruel to cows 12 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals For halal or kosher meat, the calves are not stunned before being slaughtered. Investigation reveals cruelty in halal slaughter of calves 21 February 2020 L214
#Act4 FarmAnimals For ethical and financial reasons, fetal serum has been banned from start-ups active in cultivated meat for the benefit of vitamins and amino acids. Mark Post on clean meat: "More research is needed on serum-free alternatives" 6 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Heat waves aren’t just a people problem. When food, water, shade, and safe transport are scarce, farm animals are often the first ones to suffer. Cooked alive: Transport animals face deadliest temperatures Yet 23 December 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Calves being transported from Lithuania to Israel have been found in extremely overcrowded conditions on the trucks, lying in a thick layer of manure and suffering from heat and extreme thirst. Suffering of calves on 1700km road journey to Israel 16 August 2019 AWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Gene-editing is seen by many as the ultimate in precision breeding. Polled cattle, whose horns have been genetically removed, have been presented as exemplars of this–a socially beneficial use of precise genome engineering. FDA finds unexpected antibiotic resistance genes in ‘gene-edited’ dehorned cattle 12 August 2019
