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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

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

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

BRUSSELS—The European Commission will promote a shift to planet-friendly plant-based diets, according to its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy published today. As well as tackling climate impacts of

Animal Equality Italia, CIWF Italia, ENPA, Essere Animali, Greenpeace Italia, Humane Society International Italia, LAV, Legambiente esprimono massima solidarietà a Sabrina Giannini, conduttrice di

GENEVA–World-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall Ph.D., DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace, has issued a heart-felt plea to the European Union not to overturn a

GENEVA–Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Leona Lewis, Dame Judi Dench, Alesha Dixon, Evanna Lynch, Bryan Adams, Virginia McKenna OBE, Thandie Newton, Pamela Anderson, Peter Egan, and Jenny Seagrove are among

Brussels - Bullfighting has returned to the Balearic Islands in Spain. The cruel spectacle, held at Mallorca's Coliseo Balear on Friday 9 th August, came in the wake of a Spanish Constitutional Court

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Consumer, environmental and animal welfare organisations have come together to call on the new Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development