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The remedy is to enforce existing rules properly, step up inspections and impose more dissuasive penalties on offenders, say MEPs in a resolution passed on Wednesday.

The OIE “Improved Animal Welfare Programme” aims to improve the welfare of farm animals during transport and at slaughterhouses.

EU member states must do more to improve the welfare of animals in transit by enforcing rules, checking journey times and imposing dissuasive penalties on offenders.

The agricultural policy priorities of the Presidency will include the new animal health law.

The Commission considers that there is currently no need for revising the legal provisions on the protection of animals during transport and favour instead the harmonisation of the implementation of these provisions in the member states and their enforcement.

South Australia will be among the first states to implement new national regulations for transporting livestock.

At meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, ministers adopted conclusions on the protection and welfare of animals.

Nine MEPs handed over a petition to John Dalli (8hours.eu) signed by 1.1 million people.

Cutting transport time to eight hours must be supplemented by other measures, such as support for local slaughterhouses and meat processing plants...

This investment will help the AFAC develop a certification program that will lead to training for livestock and poultry transporters throughout Canada.

More than one million people have signed an online petition to improve the welfare of animals transported to slaughter across Europe.

The eAML2 electronic pig movement system becomes compulsory at the beginning of April in England and Wales.

The Council was briefed by the Commission on a report on the impact of regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport (16798/11). Several delegations welcomed the report, saying that they would look forward to the follow-up to this report.

The protection of animals during transport has improved but the report also highlights a series of problems hampering further improvement in the transport conditions of these animals.