European Livestock

 Protecting animals at market and during transport

New EU live transport regulations - Stricter welfare rules, but still no limit to journey times

Progress report from 2003 - see also the News archive for 2002 and 2001.]

Background Information on the European Livestock Campaign.

Help the Horses - information on our previous campaign.

Naturewatch's campaigns on the welfare of European Livestock cover three main areas:

• to see a total eight-hour journey time limit, as opposed to the 24-hours currently allowed by EU law;
  
  
• to improve the conditions of the animals in livestock markets;
  
  
• to develop awareness of animal welfare issues in Eastern Europe. See also details about our campaigns in Lithuania and Ukraine