Carlo Romiti, a painter, sculptor, theatre writer and director, and a great horse lover, has decided to support Italian Horse Protection’s projects for the welfare of equines…
more30 April 2012: A new publication on the animal welfare problems caused by long-distance live transport is now available in PDF format. I was glad to participate in the production of this new resource …
moreThe EU Zoo Inquiry 2011 has been conducted by the Born Free Foundation in association with ENDCAP, a pan-European coalition of animal welfare NGOs …
moreBrussels, 15 March 2012: This morning the European Parliament adopted Written Declaration 49/2011 on the establishment of a maximum 8-hour journey limit for animals…
moreBrussels, 26 January 2012: This morning the European Commission announced the start of the infringement procedure against 13 Member States on laying hen cages..
moreThe British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has embarked on the first stage towards launching Judicial Review proceedings by formally writing to Defra – the UK government’s department responsible …
more2 January 2012: Earlier today, the one-millionth signature was registered on the www.8hours.eu website. This massive mobilisation of European citizens is calling for an end to long-distance..
moreThe investigation into abuses committed on pigs by Smithfields Foods in the USA ranks no. 1 in the list of 2011 food-related scandals published by American online newspaper The Huffington Post…
moreOn 14 March 2013 the new AnimalWelfareAndTrade office was opened in London.
After years working as a freelance consultant …
IHP’s Christmas letter IHP, the Italian Horse Protection association, has just published its Christmas letter, where it lists some of its animal welfare activities undertaken in 2011…
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