On Tuesday, the Agriculture Committee adopted its position on EU standards for the breeding, housing, and handling of cats and dogs. The first EU rules for the welfare and traceability of dogs and cats were adopted with 35 votes to 2 and 9 abstentions. Who must comply MEPs propose the new rules would cover those […]
Eurobarometer: Protecting animal welfare is essential for Europeans
Protecting the welfare of animals is essential for Europeans, as shown by the results of a Eurobarometer survey published. The Commission has been acting to improve animal welfare for over 40 years, progressively improving the lives of animals and adopting welfare standards in legislation that are amongst some of the highest in the world. This […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Microbiomes in food production systems
Expected Outcome The successful proposal will be in line with the European Green Deal priorities and the farm to fork strategy for a fair healthy and environmentally friendly food system, as well as with the EU’s Climate ambition for 2030 and 2050. It will support R&I to foster advances in microbiome-related research for more sustainable agricultural […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Biosecurity, hygiene, disease prevention and animal welfare in aquaculture
Expected Outcome In line with the European Green Deal objectives, the farm to fork strategy for a fair healthy and environmentally friendly food system, the EU bioeconomy strategy and the blue growth strategy, the successful proposal will support research and innovation on animal health and welfare in aquaculture to contribute to an environmentally friendly, inclusive, safe […]
Open Public Consultation: Evaluation of the EU strategy on Animal Welfare
Following a recommendation from the European Court of Auditors (i.e. Special report No 31/2018 on Animal welfare in the EU), the Commission has started an evaluation of the EU Strategy for Protection and Welfare of Animals (2012-2015). This evaluation will assess the extent to which the strategy delivered on its objectives and whether they are relevant and […]
Citizens’ initiative to ban cages in animal farming
EESC plenary provides European platform for successful European Citizens’ Initiatives. “End the Cage Age” Initiative The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) gave the floor to the ”End the Cage Age” European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) at its 23 January plenary, held in Brussels, providing a European level platform for it to express its goals and concerns about […]
EU Control Measures for African Swine Fever
African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs and wild boar that is usually deadly. There are neither vaccines nor cures. For this reason, it has serious socio-economic consequences in affected countries. Humans are not susceptible to the disease. The typical signs of African swine fever are similar to classical swine fever, and the […]
PhD grant for the use of genomic tools in pigs resistant to infectious diseases
This call offers a 3-year doctoral fellowship at the University of Lleida (Spain) in the field of the use of genomic tools in selected pigs resistant to infectious diseases. This is an offer for a PhD scholarship (3 years) to be performed in the frame of a Research Project funded by the Spanish Reserach Ministry. […]
Travelling with pets: rules to keep in mind
In 2014, the European Parliament approved new legislation on the “non-commercial transport” of pets, which made it easier for any European citizen to travel. Your pet can accompany you when you go on holiday to another EU country, but there are a few rules to keep in mind. Thanks to EU rules on travelling with […]