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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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‘A difficult situation became a crisis’

A DIFFICULT situation for pig producers became a crisis at the weekend with the discovery of the dioxin problem, a conference was told in Tullamore, Co Offaly, yesterday.

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Animal welfare groups call for ban on fur farming

business

New rules for welfare of broilers

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Irish group joins calf export protest

business

Chicken welfare talks collapse

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Sudden end for EU's cattle live export subsidy

Lobby group to step up campaign against fur farming in Ireland

A CAMPAIGN to ban fur farming in Ireland is to be stepped up in the New Year by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).

Tue, 03 Jan, 2006

Live cattle refunds move opposed

THE stated intention of the European Commission immediately to eliminate refunds for all EU exports of live cattle is being opposed by Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2005

EU accused of complicity in mistreatment of live exports

Compassion in World Farming has accused the European Union of complicity in the mistreatment of livestock exported to the Middle East.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005

Protesters push for fur farming ban

A ban on fur farming in Ireland was sought during a protest outside the Department of Agriculture and Food head offices in Dublin yesterday.

Sat, 04 Dec, 2004

EC welcomes animal transport moves

THE European Commission has welcomed the EU Farm Council’s adoption of new regulations on animal transport, but Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has criticised a decision by ministers to defer rules on journey times, rest periods and stocking densities.

Thu, 25 Nov, 2004

Live cattle export subsides should end

A RECENT report by the EU Commission points out that beef consumption in the union is higher than beef production for the first time in over 20 years. It is likely to stay that way until at least 2011.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2004

Live cattle export subsides should end

A RECENT report by the EU Commission points out that beef consumption in the union is higher than beef production for the first time in over 20 years. It is likely to stay that way until at least 2011.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2004

Animal transport talks collapse

THERE was a mixed reaction yesterday to the collapse of talks on new EU animal transport rules.

Wed, 28 Apr, 2004

Activists bare almost all in animal proposal rally

ANIMAL welfare campaigners bared almost all outside the Department of Agriculture and Food offices in Dublin yesterday, protesting new EU animal transport proposals.

Fri, 23 Apr, 2004

Greens wage war on fur farming

MORE than 140,000 mink and several thousand foxes are killed in Ireland each year and their pelts exported, the Green Party claimed yesterday.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2004

Actress urges rejection of fur trade

A LEADING Irish actress yesterday urged celebrities not to wear fur.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2004

Call to halt long-distance live exports

THE long-distance transport of live animals should be halted during the Irish presidency of the European Union, a protest in Dublin urged yesterday.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

Label law change for eggs

THE farm animal welfare group, Compassion in World Farming, welcomed new egg labelling laws that came into force yesterday.

Fri, 02 Jan, 2004

Farmers defend animal treatment

FARMERS last night defended their treatment of animals after it emerged 200,000 cattle died here last year.

Wed, 17 Dec, 2003

Ban fur farming

IN the run-up to Christmas something terrible is happening to thousands of farmed fox and mink on fur farms here in the Republic.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2003

Animal rights group protest outside Dept of Agriculture

Animal rights campaigners have mounted a protest outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin today.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2003

Petition calls for ban on live exports

A PETITION signed by more than 7,500 people calling for an end to the long distance transport of animals, and its replacement by a trade in meat, will be handed into the Department of Agriculture and Food in Dublin today.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2003

Docking of cows' tails to be banned

Ireland: Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has welcomed a decision by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Joe Walsh, to introduce legislation prohibiting the routine docking of tails of cattle.

Sat, 02 Aug, 2003

Docking of cows’ tails to be banned

Ireland: Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has welcomed a decision by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Joe Walsh, to introduce legislation prohibiting the routine docking of tails of cattle.

Sat, 02 Aug, 2003

Ban on mink and fox fur farming urged

YOU wouldn’t do it to a dog. That was the verdict of shocked shoppers in Dublin’s Grafton Street yesterday when a caged person dressed as a silver fox pleaded with them to support a postcard campaign to ban fur farming in Ireland.

Fri, 23 May, 2003

Release of mink is not the way to fur ban

THOSE responsible for the recent escape of mink from a fur factory farm Irish Examiner, February 22) may have had noble intentions but their actions were ill-judged.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2003

Compassion for keepers of the countryside

COMPASSION in World Farming supports the farmers’ call on the Government to keep them on the land.

Fri, 10 Jan, 2003

Fur farms should be shut down

PETA’s anti-fur advert showing singer Sophie Ellis Bextor holding a dead skinned fox (Irish Examiner, Nov 12) is very shocking. Maybe more shocking is the fact that there is at least one fox farm operating in the Republic, as well as six mink farms.

Mon, 18 Nov, 2002

'Enriched' cages for chickens condemned

A COMPASSION in World Farming Trust report has condemned "enriched" battery cages for egg-laying hens.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2002

Minister snubs Ireland’s animal welfare group

THE agriculture minister, Joe Walsh, has been quoted recently as saying that the setting up of a new committee to advise on animal health and welfare issues combined with his establishment of a Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council (FAWAC) reflects his own and his department’s commitment to dealing effectively and transparently with animal health and welfare issues.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2002