March 4th, 2020 European and Irish animal welfare groups have called on the Minister for Agriculture to halt the approval of live exports of young calves that they say are in breach of EU law. In a joint letter sent to Michael Creed on Monday, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), Read more…
February 12th, 2019 Calls from animal welfare groups to ban the live export of livestock to non-EU countries would “annihilate farming in Ireland” as we know it, an Oireachtas committee was told today. Speaking at an Agriculture Committee hearing this afternoon, Ray Doyle of the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society said Read more…
July 26th, 2018 Animal welfare organisations have called on the European Commission to start infringement procedures against Ireland over conditions for calves exported to mainland Europe. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), together with other animal welfare associations, wrote to the EU Commission at the end of June to make a Read more…
June 7th, 2018 The Irish authorities stand accused of facilitating the transportation of unweaned calves as young as two weeks old in breach of EU laws following an investigation by a European animal rights organisation. In March, Eyes on Animals sent a team to Rosslare to track and inspect trucks Read more…
January 9th, 2018 International animal welfare groups have slammed the “disgraceful” calls from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to increase the live export of Irish livestock in 2018. The comments come in response to calls from the IFA’s National Livestock Chairman, Angus Woods at a Bord Bia seminar on live Read more…
