Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen | Eurogroup for Animals

Sweden

Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen focuses on promoting good treatment of both domestic and wild animals. They sponsor scientific research into better animal welfare, work to improve legislation for animals and to raise awareness and interest in animal welfare among policymakers, politicians and the general public.

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As the EU is set to unveil its proposal for a revised animal welfare legislation by the end of the year, an EU conference on ‘Animal Welfare – for sustainability and competitiveness’ took place at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences on June 30th in Uppsala, Sweden.

EU Animal Welfare event co-organised by Eurogroup for Animals, Djurens Rätt and Swedish members

At the end of 2020, the Swedish Board of Agriculture approved a breeding program for farm cats, which has been criticized in a letter from Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen.

The Swedish breeding program for farm cats has been withdrawn

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Early September, Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen launched a petition urging Stena Line to stop transporting unweaned calves from Ireland to France. The Swedish shipping company transports over 100,000 young calves each year, in poor conditions that are contrary to EU animal transport rules. On the 18th of November, almost 23,000 names were handed over to Stena Line's management.

SDF meets with Stena Line after impactful petition

2 December 2020

Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen

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

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From February until August 2020 AHS has officially killed 600 horses and caused more than 15 outbreak areas in the country.

Outbreak of the deadly African Horse Sickness (AHS) in Thailand

3 September 2020

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On 5th February Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), together with Svenska Djurskyddforeningen, organised a debate at the European Parliament to discuss how mobile slaughter can break the chain of long-distance transport, reducing unnecessary suffering for the animals.

CIWF: Examining two solutions to reduce animal suffering – Mobile slaughter and meat analogues

11 February 2019