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Weekly Overview: Pig Welfare in Europe, Decline in Chinese Pig Numbers
2014-06-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Careful management - not farm size - is key to good pig welfare, according to a new study in Denmark. Following the European elections, campaigners are working to ensure animal welfare remains a top priority for the new Parliament, while the Canadian government has offered financial support to help the sector meet the changing demands of consumers there. Chinese pig prices have not yet recovered enough for many farmers to be making a profit and a shortage of pork is forecast by the end of the year.
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New Guidelines on Animal Health, Welfare, Antibiotic Resistance
2014-06-01 19:40:27| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - New international standards and guidelines on animal health were agreed at the World Assembly of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris, France, last week.
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EPA urged to protect people's welfare in new rules to limit pollution
2014-06-01 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pilot: Citing concern that power plants are a major contributor to climate change through carbon emissions, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami called upon the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to craft rules limiting pollution that respect human life and dignity. The archbishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, told EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a May 29 letter that standards to reduce power plant pollution should protect the health and...
Campaigners Keep Animal Welfare on New European Parliament Agenda
2014-05-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Eurogroup for Animals is currently analysing the results of the European elections to see how many candidates that supported the animal welfare pledge have been elected and hopes that the new Parliament will continue to work to protect the welfare of animals across the European Union.
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Bigger Not Necessarily Bad for Pig Welfare
2014-05-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK – The trend for larger pig farms across Europe is not necessarily accompanied by decreased animal welfare standards, an animal science conference has been told.
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