Translator Posted on April 15, 2021 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Time to End the Cage Age – a ban on cages for farmed animals receives overwhelming support at EU Parliament hearing
15 April 2021
Press Release
Today (15th April 2021), the European Parliament held a three-hour public hearing on the End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which was warmly welcomed by the three European Commissioners present during the debate. A large number of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) made interventions and, overall, the ECI received overwhelming support.
The End the Cage Age ECI calls on the EU to phase out the use of cages in animal farming. Today’s public hearing was a milestone for the ECI in the run-up to the official response from the European Commission, expected in the next few months.
Translator Posted on April 15, 2021 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
COVID-19 first detected in European mink farms a year ago – NGOs and the public urge the EU to act
13 April 2021
Press Release
12 months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in animals in a mink farm in the Netherlands, the EU has failed to take decisive action to shut down these coronavirus reservoirs despite huge public support for a ban on fur farming.
In recent months, almost 500.000 people have signed a
calling for an end to the cruel and deadly fur trade. A new survey also shows strong support for emergency EU action to put an end to fur farming and breeding, to protect the health of EU citizens and animals.
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European lawmakers are urging authorities to take action over the thousands of cattle currently stranded at sea in “diplomatic limbo” in order to spare the animals any additional and unnecessary suffering.
Urgent action must be taken to rescue more than 1,700 cattle which have been stranded on a vessel in the Mediterranean sea for close to three months, MEP Anja Hazekamp, president of the European Parliament’s animal welfare intergroup, wrote in a letter.
“The Spanish competent authorities have a clear legal and moral obligation to rapidly find solutions to safeguard the welfare of the bovines,” reads the letter sent on Wednesday (10 March) to Spanish and Greek ministers.
New report finds that all mink farms should be considered “at risk” of COVID-19 infection
Humane Society International / Europe
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BRUSSELS On the cusp of the mink breeding season, which is set to resume at the end of this month, the European Food Safety Agency has released a report finding that all mink farms should be considered at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks and must be strictly monitored. Following the release of this report, animal protection groups FOUR PAWS, Humane Society International/Europe, Eurogroup for Animals and Fur Free Alliance and their member organisations have issued a strong call urging the European Commission to instruct Member States to immediately suspend mink production.