Publications in category Animals in Europe

Animals in Europe #35 - February 2013

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU

In this issue

• European Commission urges 9 Member States to implement sow stalls ban
• Work on Companion animals: dogs and cats
• Reactions to horsemeat scandal and developments
• Vote in European Parliament on endocrine disrupters
• Launch of EU-US trade agreement
• New rules for Genetically Modified food & feed authorisation
• New studies on Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
• Animal Welfare severely compromised in Spanish slaughterhouses
• Commission review of REACH
• Dog show at European Parliament

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Animals in Europe #34 - January 2013

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU

In this issue

• New Director appointed to takeover Eurogroup leadership
• Still concerns about implementation of sow stalls ban
• Transposition of Animal Experimentation Directive 2010/63/EU
• European Parliament's Agriculture Committee vote on Common Agriculture Policy
• European Parliament's resolution CoP16 CITES
• Interpol funding against wildlife crime
• FVO programme of audits 2013
• Irish Presidency urged to act on animal welfare
• 7th Environment Action Programme must be ambitious and include animal welfare
• European Parliament votes to improve welfare of live animals during transport
• Eurogroup supports research on companion animal diseases
• Report on the recovery of export subsidies for live cattle in 2011
• Shortcomings revealed in Greek slaughterhouses
• Public consultation on the future of organic production
• Ban on mink fur farming in the Netherlands

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Animals in Europe #33 - November/December 2012

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU

In this issue

• Commissioner Borg must start improving the welfare of animals now
• New statistical reporting format for animals used in testing
• Preparations for CITES CoP16
• English version of Spanish guide for applying the EU Zoo Directive
• Third OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare
• Bavarian administrative court decision on the export of live animals to Third countries
• EU holds first hearing on sustainable food policy
• Loopholes in shark finning closed
• Current development with fish farming
• Report on the implementation of EU hygiene legislation in slaughterhouses
• Production of beef and rabbit meat audited in Argentina

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Animals in Europe #32 - October 2012

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU.

In this issue

• New hope for Europe's animals
• Animal welfare in European Commission Work Programme for 2013?
• Implementation of slaughter regulation
• Huge delays in Member State compliance with group housing of sows
• CALLISTO Conference on companion animals and disease
• Europeans against cruelty to seals
• Towards ISO certification for animal welfare
• Animal welfare should be considered in EU-US trade and economic relations
• Non-commercial movement of pets
• Queen guitarist Brian May rallies European decision makers to stop the UK badger cull
• Agriculture Committee adopts report on long-distance transport of live animals
• Bulgaria and Mexico audited on animal welfare

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Animals in Europe #31 - September 2012

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU.

In this issue

• Results from the consultation on the 7th Environment Action Programme available
• Animal Welfare Intergroup President wins award for animal welfare
• Update on the Written Declaration 23/2012 on the protection of dolphins in the Black Sea
• Environment Committee calls for more animal welfare in the CAP
• Nine Member States not ready for sow stall ban
• Major French cooperative proposes phase-out of pig castration by March 2013
• Belarus and Romania singled out by FVO for failing animal welfare
• Report from technical meeting on the use of animal-based measures
• Non-commercial movement of pet animals discussed at European Parliament
• Consultation Results & new EU information network on Invasive Alien Species
• Confusion reigns at Fisheries Committee vote on shark finning
• Third meeting of the Transatlantic Animal Welfare Council (TAWC)
• EU-US trade relations: joint consultation on regulatory issues for possible future trade agreement launched
• 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe

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Animals in Europe #30 - July/August 2012

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU.

In this issue

• European Parliament calls on Commission to ensure better animal welfare
• European supply chain stakeholders agree on future animal welfare priorities
• European Court of Auditors' report on organic production
• The real cost of meat
• Discussions on the protection of live animals during transport postponed
• Belgium and Brazil audited on animal welfare
• EFSA update statement on cloned animals
• Animal-based indicators in broiler welfare
• New nanomaterials guidance for cosmetic products
• Eurogroup launches advisory board on companion animals
• APGAW's report on pedigree dog breeding
• Conservation of the wolf population in Sweden
• CITES Secretariat releases movie Rhinos Under Threat
• Tourists reminded that Barbary macaques are not pets
• Export subsidies for live animals must be phased out by 2013
• Public consultation on the future of EU-US trade economic relations
• Environment Committee adopts draft opinion on public procurement
• Delhaize has set example for other European retailers on pigs castration issue

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Animals in Europe #29 - June 2012

Animals in Europe is our monthly newsletter, bringing you the latest developments on animal welfare in the EU.

In this issue:

• 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

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Animals in Europe #28 - May 2012

• Scientists call for a ban on exotic pet markets accross the EU
• European Parliament's own initiative procedure on the protection of animals during transport
• Live exports to Turkey: no improvement in sight
• New EFSA report on beef cattle
• Religious slaughter without stunning must remain an exemption
• Latest official data on laying hens
• EU strategy to phase-out animal testing needed
• State-of-play of the 7th EAP programme
• Animal Welfare in Free Trade Agreement with India
• European Citizens' Initiative on dairy cows officially launched
• Higher welfare farming better for water conservation

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