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NEWS IN 2010:
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28th January 2010: Report on the slaughter of mink and foxes on Irish fur farms is now available
(click here to read).
This report, "Welfare aspects of the slaughter of fur producing animals in Ireland", is by the Agriculture Minister's
Scientific Advisory Committee on Animal Health and Welfare. It acknowledges that some of the methods of slaughter used to kill
farmed mink in Ireland are "not acceptable". The report recommends that the gassing of mink in carbon dioxide should not be
permitted, nor should gassing mink in engine exhaust gasses. Regarding the killing of farmed foxes, which is usually done by
anus-to-mouth electrocution, the report says that international recommendations suggest that farmed foxes should be killed by lethal injection administered by
a veterinary surgeon. Compassion in World Farming - Ireland has urged Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith to put in place
all of the report's recommendations for the remaining killing seasons until the agreed
phase-out of fur farming is completed. (Read more about
Compassion in World Farming - Ireland's concerns about the
slaughter of farmed mink and foxes.)
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October 2009: Read Compassion in World Farming - Ireland's latest
Irish Newsletter, with articles on our
campaign for Irish pigs to have rooting material, fur farming, and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.
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11th October 2009: Compassion in World Farming - Ireland welcomes a phase-out of fur farming
in the new agreed Programme for Government, and congratulates the Green Party for this major step forward for farm animal
welfare standards. Read Compassion-Ireland's Press Release.
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5th October 2009:
At the start of World Animal Week, Compassion in World Farming - Ireland's Director is interviewed on RTE Radio 1 Drivetime Farm News, talking
about the problems that farmed mink and fox face on Irish fur farms and why this type of farming is
incompatible with a future for Ireland as a producer of high quality food.
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25th September 2009: In a submission to Agriculture Minister
Smith's consultation process regarding the direction that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should
take after 2013, Compassion in World Farming - Ireland argues that CAP funds should be directed to areas such as care of the environment,
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, food safety, preservation of the landscape, and animal welfare.
Read Compassion-Ireland's Submission.
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Compassion in World Farming - Ireland submits a Formal Complaint to the European
Commission in light of Ireland's failure to ensure that pigs are provided with effective enrichment material and that
routine tail docking is not carried out. A Report by the European Food Safety Authority shows that 95% of pigs in Ireland are tail docked.
Read Compassion-Ireland's Formal Complaint.
Read an article in the Sunday Times about this issue.
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Petitions, E-Newsletter, archive etc.
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Please sign this petition to limit journeys for animals going to slaughter to a maximum of 8 hours.
The petition is promoted by a Danish Member of the European Parliament, and
is calling for the EU animal transport law to be changed so that live animals going for slaughter are
never transported for more than 8 hours. At present, there is no maximum overall journey limit.
Read more and sign the petition here.
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Receive Compassion-Ireland's E-newsletter by sending an email with NEWSLETTER in the subject line
to info@ciwf.ie
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Sign WSPA's global petition for animal sentience
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Read Compassion-Ireland's latest newsletter.
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