Brussels, 20/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The new animal welfare strategy for 2012-15, published by the European Commission on Thursday 19 January, has been rather better received by EU agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) than by NGOs, which have expressed their disappointment at the lack of ambition of the document.
Copa-Cogeca welcomed that the Commission had put “the focus on ensuring current rules are enforced properly before developing new animal welfare...