#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU and Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – are close to concluding their trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations, but from an animal welfare perspective, the text on the table is extremely worrying. Why the EU-Mercosur agreement is bad news for European animals 26 June 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals For about 35 years, blood has been taken from pregnant mares in Uruguay and Argentina to extract the hormone PMSG, also called eCG. The hormone is used in industrial animal breeding in Europe to stimulate and synchronize the oestrus of pigs, sheep and other farm animals to help encourage greater production of livestock. CEVA and IDT Biologika will stop sourcing PMSG-eCG from blood farms 29 August 2018 AWF
With PMSG the production of piglets can be coordinated on an industrial scale. The hormone makes the mother sows come into heat at the same time, and the deliveries can take place synchronously within a few hours European Commission allows the trade in mare blood to continue unregulated 6 October 2017 AWF
