Brussels, 22/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 January, three organisations (Compassion in World Farming, Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation) called on the European Commission to put an end to the export from the EU to third countries of live farm animals, after enquiries revealed suffering inflicted on the animals.
According to these three European animal welfare organisations, around 3 million farm animals are exported to third countries every year. The animals are...