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Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has confirmed it will stop transporting live farmed animals from Ireland to France by September 2026 at the latest, a major victory for animals and campaigners across Europe.

Brazil has become the second country in the world to ban the production and sale of foie gras, marking a landmark victory for ducks and geese and adding to growing international momentum against force-feeding.

Plans to build the world's first commercial octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain, have been scrapped, in a major victory for octopuses and the global animal welfare movement.

The European Union has taken another important step towards ending the use of animals in chemical safety testing.

An undercover investigation into a circus in Italy has revealed the sad reality behind the "entertaining" visuals: animal abuse and exploitation of workers.

The EU's published protein plan sets out how the EU intends to reduce its dependency on imported proteins but it fails to go far enough to look at the bigger picture and the critical role animal welfare has to play.

Europe has become one of the principal destinations for Ecuadorian shrimp exports, with Spain alone importing more shrimp each year than is caught or farmed across the entire EU, with severe impacts on habitats, climate, public health and animal welfare.

The end of confinement for laying hens and better welfare for chickens raised for meat, as well as pigs, are finally within reach, as the European Commission (EC) revealed its long-awaited EU Livestock Strategy, with a strong political commitment to revea

Animal welfare organisations gathered outside the European Commission (EC) in Brussels today, marking five years since the unfulfilled commitment to propose legislation banning cages for farmed animals.

A new report by the Animal Welfare Foundation e.V., Tierschutzbund Zürich and Robin des Bois reveals the global livestock carrier fleet consists mainly of decades-old, converted cargo ships. These converted vessels are far more likely to suffer from serio