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Published 18/10/2022News
Published 18/10/2022
EU Commission to speed up ban on cages in farming
The European Commission has decided to speed up its revision of the laws protecting farmed animals, as revealed in its work programme adopted today.
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Published 17/10/2022
EU ban on male chicks killing could soon become reality
During an EU ministerial meeting that took place earlier today in Brussels, nine EU countries called for an EU-wide ban on the systematic killing of male chicks. Their proposal was widely supported by ministers and the European Commission.
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Published 13/10/2022
World Cage Free Day 2022: Don’t stop me now!
On 13 October 2022, we celebrate World Cage Free Day for the third consecutive year now. A day that we soon hope to celebrate knowing that this obsolete and cruel practice is banned in the EU once and for all.
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Published 08/10/2022
EU urged to ban cruel octopus farming
This World Octopus Day, Compassion joins NGOs calling for EU octopus farming ban
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Published 05/10/2022
EU Commission confirms farm animal laws are outdated
The EU must update its outdated animal welfare laws, the European Commission concluded in its extensive legislative review published on 4 October 2022.
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Published 19/09/2022
EU must save energy by shutting down factory farming, say NGOs
While industrial agriculture lobbies are pressing the EU for more money and secure access to energy during the current crisis, governments should instead shut down factory farming this winter.
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Published 14/09/2022
EU Parliament votes to curb deforestation with soy and beef import ban
European companies selling products that are linked to deforestation – including soy used for animal feed, beef and leather – may soon have to prove that no forests were cut during the production, according to a landmark draft law.
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Published 07/09/2022
EU law fails to protect animals during transport, says EU agency
Today, the EU’s food watchdog confirmed that EU law fails to protect animals during transport – an issue that citizens have long protested against.
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Published 18/08/2022
The world’s soils could be gone within a lifetime, new book reveals
Sixty Harvests Left, by Philip Lymbery comes at a crucial time of reform, when the EU is working to meet its green targets and while the window to adapt to the reality of the climate crisis is rapidly closing.
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Published 11/08/2022
Female pigs must go cage-free, says EU agency
Ahead of an upcoming EU Commission proposal to ban cages for farmed animals, the EU Food Safety Authority (EFSA) called on Wednesday for an end to the severe restriction of movement of female pigs.
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