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Commission designates a second European Union Reference Centre 04 October 2019 - In October 2019, the Commission designated a second Reference Centre dedicated to the welfare of poultry and other small farmed animals. This centre...

Inspectors’ queries on welfare enforcement addressed during first EURCAW-pigs Regional meeting 13 June 2019 - At the end of April, EURCAW-Pigs organized the first regional meeting in Wageningen, The Netherlands. It is the first meeting in a series of four in...

Pig sub-group advices on coordinated action to reduce tail docking of pigs 26 April 2019 - The pig sub-group of the EU platform on Animal Welfare had its second meeting at the end of March, at the SANTE F building in Grange, Ireland.

Animal welfare challenges in the European pig farming sector 07 February 2019 - On 10th and 11th January 2019 the French farmers organisation INAPORC and the French ministry of agriculture organised a multi-country seminar on pig...