End of the full column floors: Green application for more animal welfare in Austria!

End of the full column floors: Green application for more animal welfare in Austria!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Austria faces a crucial step in animal welfare! While the Greens in parliament have brought in an application to the final abolition of the controversial full column soils for pigs, the government program 2020-2024 highlights comprehensive reforms that are intended to benefit animal husbandry. The stop of the full column floor required by the green should come into force as early as 2030 and requires substantial changes in the existing stables until 2039. This means that no new stables with these floors may be built from the coming year, and existing systems have to be converted by the end of 2039 to correspond to the new standards, such as info.bml.gv.at reported .

Greens demand sustainable changes

The Greens criticize that the ÖVP and FPÖ only strive for a minimal adaptation to the existing full -split floors instead of creating a real solution for the well -being of the animals. Dr. Martin Balluch, the association's chairman against animal factories (VGT), calls for a deeper straw litter that enables the animals to lie freely and have space. He appealed to the MPs not to leave this opportunity unused and to take serious measures for animal welfare. With the new law, which provides for a clearer origin and posture marking for animal products in addition to the ban on the full columns, the Greens want to put an end to animal suffering and the grievances in animal husbandry.

The government's animal welfare package provides improvements for more space and quality of life in the attitude. This includes, for example, the introduction of "structured bays" that offer corresponding lying areas and activity areas. According to ots.at , the meat could be held under such conditions, in authorities and schools a clear signal in the direction of quality and animal welfare Consumer. The goal is to offer better keeping conditions by 2030 million of pigs and thus pave the way into a new era of animal husbandry.