Animals in Europe #29 - June 2012
Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU.
- Latest developments on the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy
- Update on the upcoming ban on sow stalls
- Update on compliance with Laying Hens Directive
- 8 hours petition handed over to Commissioner John Dalli
- Memorandum to the Cypriot Presidency of the EU Council
- EU-US partnership on organic trade enters into force
- Trade agreement negotiations with Vietnam launched
- Towards a greener EU Environment Action Plan
- Revision of the Regulation on the non-commercial movement of pet animals
- Guidelines to assess fitness for transport of adult bovines
- Report shows appalling conditions in transport of chickens
- Obligatory animal tests for GM food and feed are unnecessary and a step backwards
- European Conference on endocrine disruptors
- European Supply Chain stakeholders agree on future animal welfare priorities
- WSPA helps put animal welfare on the agenda for Rio+20
- DG SANCO's Deputy Director-General Ladislav Miko at Eurogroup's Conference
- New publications EFSA publications
- Written Declaration on the protection of dolphins in the Black Sea