#Act4 FarmAnimals A spokesman for the Itzeho police commented favorably on the occupation of a slaughterhouse. German police spokesman sympathetic to slaughterhouse occupation receives public reprimand 24 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals A pig breeder was sentenced to three years in prison by the Ulm district court on Friday for cruelty to animals in factory farming. Pig farmer sentenced for animal cruelty 17 March 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals On October 1 the German coalition announced their disappointing decision to plan to delay mandatory anesthesia for piglets during castration, just three months before the measure’s supposed enforcement. Germany to delay implementation of mandatory anaesthesia for piglets during castration 8 October 2018 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#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 The European Declaration on alternatives to the surgical castration of pigs (aka the Brussels Declaration)[1] officially ended on 1 January 2018 and the compte rendu is discouraging for animal welfare. Pig welfare crisis continues: European Declaration on alternatives to painful surgical castration fails to deliver 9 January 2018 Eurogroup for Animals