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Irish Newsletter, December 2011
This newsletter welcomes the Irish Agriculture Minister's establishment of a fur farming Review Group, and
discusses the welfare problems for mink and foxes farmed for their fur. It also gives details of
Compassion in World Farming's new campaign, Filthy Business, which focuses on the need to move away from
factory farming in Europe. The newsletter also welcomes the EU-wide ban on barren battery cages for laying
hens, which comes into force on 1st January 2012.
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Irish Newsletter, September/October 2011
This newsletter asks supporters to help us to defend the forthcoming January 2012 EU-wide ban on barren
battery cages for laying hens; asks supporters to sign up to the EU-wide "8hours" campaign to limit journeys
for animals going to slaughter to a maximum of 8 hours; and discusses media reports of a possible resumption of
live cattle exports from Ireland to Egypt.
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Irish Newsletter, May/June 2011
This newsletter looks at some of the key farm animal welfare issues facing Ireland today, including:
concerns about live exports; pig welfare; the forthcoming bans on barren battery cages for
laying hens and narrow stalls for pregnant sows; fur farming and the slaughter of fur animals.
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Irish Newsletter, Nov/Dec 2010
In this newsletter, there are articles about:
- Formal Complaint to the European Commission about animal transport from Ireland
- Concerns about live exports of cattle from Ireland to Morocco
- Formal Complaint to the European Commission about pig farming in Ireland
- Update on the fur farming phase-out
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Irish Newsletter, July/August 2010
In this newsletter, there are articles about:
- Efforts to re-start live cattle exports from Ireland to the Middle East
- The pointlessness of Killing feral mink whilst fur farming continues
- The fur farming phase-out
- Progress of the EU-wide ban on the barren battery cage for laying hens
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Irish Newsletter, March/April 2010
In this newsletter, there are articles about:
- Pig welfare and the new Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council "Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs"
- Animal Sentience in the Lisbon Treaty
- The "2020 Strategy", which includes looking at the future of farming in Ireland
- An anti-fur protest in Vancouver, Canada, that said Well Done! to Ireland for its planned phase-out of fur farming
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Irish Newsletter, October 2009
The main article in this newsletter looks at the progress of our campaign to ensure that
all pigs in the Republic of Ireland are provided with straw or other suitable rooting material.
Other articles in this newsletter:
- Ban Fur Farming Campaign;
- Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy;
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Irish Newsletter, April 2009
The main article in this newsletter looks in detail at the welfare problems facing pigs
on intensive farms in the Republic of Ireland.
Other articles in this newsletter:
- Compassion's view on slaughter without stunning;
- Progress of the proposed new Animal Health & Welfare Bill;
- A new "Fur or Against" group in Tralee, Co. Kerry;
- A summary of farm animal welfare achievements in Ireland and the EU.
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