“Last Thursday, the Federal Government presented its new regulation at the full column floor in the pigsty, waved by the Health Committee on Friday and today, Tuesday, the National Council came out. A Husch-Pfusch regulation, in which the farmers and the animals pay alike. Animal welfare spokeswoman for the Greens.
“In the past period, we Greens did everything possible to repair this law at an early stage, even in terms of ethically justifiable animal husbandry. 2040 For all existing pig stables, the future minimum requirements would have to be taken into account.
With a simple deletion in the law, animal welfare was given an enormous impact: “In the government decision, there is still talk of a new, future minimum standard, but the deadline for its entry into force in the legal text was simply deleted. Less, “says Voglauer and explains:” The ‘structured full column floor’, the so -called Danish model, has been considered a new building standard since 2023. Stable area.
It is clear to the Greens’ agricultural and animal welfare spokeswoman: “Anyone who wants to be equipped as a pig farmer: in the coming years should not rely on legal minimum standards. More animal welfare brings a better image, takes over and also raises sales – especially if the public sector takes on its self -imposed specifications in the action plan for sustainable procurement. In conjunction with a catering mark And that would be a real gamuchanger for the industry.
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