#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 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 The Animal Protection can now reveal that up to 9,000 pigs at gatherings each year die or are killed in connection with exports abroad. Each year up to 9,000 pigs die before leaving Denmark 24 January 2019 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals In violation of the Pigs Directive 2008/120/EC, tail-docking is still carried out in all European Union’s Member States, with the exception of Sweden and Finland. EC audit on tail-docking in Germany shows 95% pigs have their tails docked in violation of the EU law 10 September 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the last 10 years the number of live Danish pigs transported on long journeys has increased fivefold, from 1.9 million animals in 2007 to 9.4 million in 2017. Pig transports from Denmark multiplied by five in ten years 25 May 2018 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 FarmAnimals The last audit on measures to prevent tail docking carried out by the European Commission (DG Health and Food Audits and Analysis) in Denmark leaves little room for optimism, as 98.5% of pigs are still routinely tail docked. European Commission audit reveals that 98.5% of piglets in Denmark are still routinely tail-docked 16 April 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals ‘Are consumers ready to understand the added value of animal welfare in the food products they consume?’ This was the question asked today at the European Commission’s animal welfare conference in Milan. Animal welfare must become the norm if we really care about “Feeding the planet” 15 June 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
