#Act4 FarmAnimals This Thursday, February 7, the NGOs Eyes on Animals and L214 are publishing a book called The Hidden Face of Our Plates, published by Robert Laffont. Book launch: “The hidden side of food” 7 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The latest figures from 2017-18 reveal that over 120 million animals were slaughtered without being stunned first - more than three animals slaughtered every second on average. The RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association call on the UK Government to end non-stun slaughter 6 February 2019 RSPCA
#Act4 FarmAnimals On 25 October 2018, the European Parliament adopted a new legislative framework for veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, a step forward in preventing the rise in antibiotic resistance. New legislation prevents use of antibiotics in animal feed after massive contamination by antimicrobial resistant genes 6 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Many people eat factory-farmed meat while also abhorring animal cruelty. What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision-making 6 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals “A case of the atypical form of BSE in Poland has been confirmed,” Krzysztof Niemczuk said, quoted by the Polish PAP news agency. Poland reports atypical case of ‘mad cow disease’ 5 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals On Thursday January 25, Fondation Brigitte Bardot organized a conference on the issue of slaughter without stunning. FONDATION BRIGITTE BARDOT: Slaughter without stunning – State of play and scope for change 4 February 2019 FBB
#Act4 FarmAnimals The export of cattle to non-European third countries usually takes place under degrading and painful circumstances - simply because of the often thousands of kilometers of routes. Bavarian vet refuses to approve the export of animals to non-EU countries where animal welfare standards aren't met 1 February 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Big Agri industry has launched a multi-pronged attack on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to End The Cage Age, writes Olga Kikou, the head of Compassion in World Farming EU. Agri-food industry harshly criticizes ‘End the Cage Age’ initiative 30 January 2019 Opinion
#Act4 FarmAnimals The castration of male piglets is a routine and long-standing practice in pig husbandry, common across most countries in the European Union (EU). European Commission shares best practices for the production, processing and marketing of meat from pigs that are not surgically castrated 29 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the People’s Republic of China, efforts to ‘control’ the African swine fever (ASF) virus include burying domesticated pigs alive. African Swine Fever: EU raises concerns with China over live burial of diseased pigs 28 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Undercover footage that appears to show extremely sick cows being smuggled into a Polish slaughterhouse and sold on with little or no veterinary inspection has raised alarm about standards in one of the EU’s largest meat exporters. Secret filming shows sick cows slaughtered for meat in Poland 27 January 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The purpose of this Order is to allow the gray goose, a species in very good state of conservation and causing damage to crops or ecosystems, to be hunted by derogation until February 28. Take part in the French public consultation and say no to the proposal to extend the hunting of wild geese into February 24 January 2019