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Germany Forms Alliance to Increase Animal Welfare
2014-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - The German food industry has formed an alliance to respond to the ongoing criticism on animal husbandry. Farmers, the meat industry and retailers want to set higher animal welfare standards across a broader front with a new animal welfare initiative.
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New Purdue Study Examines Pig Welfare Views, Pork Purchasing Choices
2014-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A new consumer survey by Purdue University shows many consumers gain knowledge of livestock and poultry welfare from animal rights organisations. A significant number of respondents reported they had reduced their pork purchases by an average of 56 per cent following recent media attention focusing on animal care practices used in the US swine industry.
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More Government Inspections of UK Farm Animal Welfare
2014-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) inspected more farms in the UK in 2013 to assess animal welfare than the year before.
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Value of Canada's Consensus Based Approach to Animal Welfare
2014-07-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The associate executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada's updated Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs has shown the value of Canada's consensus based approach to addressing animal welfare issues, Bruce Cochrane writes.
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Symposium Explores the Future of Farm Animal Welfare
2014-07-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - CABI, together with the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London, held a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of Ruth Harrison’s influential Animal Machines – a book that heralded an entire movement in farm animal welfare and the welfare of animals in intensive production.
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