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ROMA— Un gruppo internazionale di scienziati ha inviato una ha inviato una lettera a sostegno dell’appello dei cittadini europei per porre fine all'uso delle gabbie per gli animali allevati in tutta l
ROMA—Inserire la tutela degli animali come esseri senzienti nella Costituzione, per garantire davvero che la protezione dell’ambiente sia completa di tutte le forme di vita presenti in natura: è la

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

LONDON—The Swedish government has today announced it will suspend mink fur farming throughout 2021, in the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 virus having been found on 13 mink farms in Sweden so far. Sweden has

BRUSSELS —Animal protection campaigners have called for the urgent closure of gaping loopholes in EU wildlife trade regulations that fail to prevent the trafficking of protected wild species. At
ROMA—La coalizione italiana End the Cage Age ha diffuso oggi i risultati di un nuovo sondaggio (condotto fra il settembre e l’ottobre 2020) che esplora le attitudini dei cittadini europei riguardo all
[inline-slider align="alignleft"][/inline-slider] HSI/Europe believes that consumers must be able to make informed decisions about the products they buy. Labelling is an important part of this. In

Each year, around 37 million animals in the European Union are still raised and killed solely for their fur. In 2018 alone, 34.7m mink, 2.7m foxes, 166,000 raccoon dogs and 227,000 chinchillas were

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament has rejected attempts to ban the use of so-called meat denominations, such as burgers and sausages, for plant-based products. In an amendment to the Commission’s
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