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In occasione della Giornata Mondiale dell'Uovo, Barilla riceve dalla Humane Society of the United States il premio Henry Spira per la leadership dimostrata in tema di benessere animale

PARMA, 8 ottobre 2020–Il gruppo alimentare italiano Barilla, il più grande produttore di pasta al mondo, è il ricevente del premio Henry Spira per il Progresso Aziendale Sostenibile di quest'anno, un

On World Egg Day, Barilla recognized for animal welfare leadership with Henry Spira Award by the Humane Society of the United States

PARMA–Italian food group Barilla, the world’s largest pasta manufacturer, is the recipient of this year’s Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award, a recognition given by the Humane Society of the

Forte video di Humane Society International per dire basta al lockdown degli animali ingabbiati e confinati a vita

ROMA—Per milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, il lockdown durante la pandemia globale di coronavirus ha significato diversi mesi di isolamento, a tutela della salute pubblica. Ma per miliardi di

European Chemicals Agency ruling undercuts historic cosmetic animal testing ban

The European Union’s precedent-setting ban on cosmetic animal testing and trade has been undermined from within by two recent decisions to require cosmetic ingredients to undergo new animal testing

BREAKING: Dutch mink fur farms to be permanently closed by March 2021 following 41 COVID-19 farm infections

AMSTERDAM—The Dutch government has agreed that all mink fur farms must permanently close by March 2021, according to Dutch national news service, NOS. Mink fur farming was banned in the Netherlands in

BREAKING: 1 million mink culled on Dutch mink fur farms as COVID-19 infections spread

AMSTERDAM—COVID-19 infections on Dutch mink fur farms have now led to an estimated 1 million mink being culled by government order. Today, yet another mink fur farm in the Netherlands with 4,500

BREAKING: Dutch Government agrees to consider early closure of mink fur farms

AMSTERDAM—The Dutch Government has today said it will consider a one-stop voluntary closing scheme and breeding ban for mink fur farms in the Netherlands. It aims to make a decision in August 2020 and

BREAKING: Dutch Parliament votes for closure of Dutch mink farms to prevent further COVID-19 infections

AMSTERDAM—Dutch MPs voted overwhelmingly today in favour of shutting down the estimated 128 remaining mink fur farms in the Netherlands, following outbreaks of COVID-19 on 17 fur farms since 26 April

BREAKING: Calls for global closure of mink fur farms as Dutch government orders mink fur farm cull and confirms mink fur farms could act as reservoir for COVID-19

LONDON—The Dutch government has ordered the culling of thousands of mink on nine fur farms from Friday this week, following advice from a team of veterinary and infectious disease experts that mink

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