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European Union appoints first-ever Commissioner to defend animals

AnimalEquality.net

This decision comes in response to increasing public demand for stronger animal protections across Europe. Hungarian politician Olivér Várhelyi has been nominated as the Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, pending approval by the European Parliament. However… Source

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Dairy is a lie: My story from an Italian mozzarella farm

Animal Equality

Calves starved to death, mothers torn from their newborns… Matteo Cupi, Animal Equality’s Vice President in Europe, witnessed it all inside an Italian mozzarella farm. Buffalo calves, thin and frail, lay abandoned on a Northern Italian mozzarella farm.

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Investigation: pigs struggle, scream during illegal slaughter

AnimalEquality.net

Between 2023 and 2024, Animal Equality investigators documented conditions inside a pig slaughterhouse in Cremona, Italy. This facility–owned by a company called Belli–slaughters thousands of pigs each year. Investigators captured footage of widespread violence against animals, much of it in violation of Italian animal protection laws.

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