Animal welfare: Council adopts conclusions
The Council invites the Commission to develop a new EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals.
Animal welfare: Council adopts conclusionsExtending the mandate of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare
The European Commission has adopted a Decision extending the mandate of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare until 30 June 2021.
Extending the mandate of the EU Platform on Animal WelfareFVE & EAPHM position on preventing tail docking and tail biting
FVE and EAPHM to work together with national authorities to promote the establishment an implementation of a system to eliminate the need for routine tail docking to better animal welfare.
FVE & EAPHM position on preventing tail docking and tail bitingUsing Excel as a decision aid for practical piglet production and piglet castration
The Thünen Institute for Business Administration provides German pig producers with an Excel tool as a decision-making aid for the surgical alternatives for anesthetic-free piglet castration.
Using Excel as a decision-making aid for practical piglet production
Animal advocacy organisations urge the EU to replace CO2 stunning of pigs
Eurogroup for Animals and its 69 member organisations are calling for a move away from high concentration CO2 stunning of pigs, a common method of slaughter.
Animal organisations urge the EU to replace CO2 stunning of pigsDenmark will strengthen the welfare controls in pigs
Increase in the number of penalised farms and in the seriousness of the fines for the unfulfillment of the animal welfare regulations.
Denmark will strengthen the welfare controls in pigsThe Netherlands propose ending tail docking by 2030
The Minister of Agriculture of The Netherlands, Ms Carola Schouten, has agreed to end routine tail docking of piglets by 2030 with the Dutch pig sector.
The Netherlands propose ending tail docking by 2030Germany: the Bundesrat rejects the compulsory animal welfare labelling
The initiative presented by Lower Saxony regarding obligatory nature of an animal welfare labelling did not reach the needed majority when voted in the Bundesrat last September 20th, 2019.
Germany: the compulsory animal welfare labelling has been rejected
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