News from around the worldMEPs have voted in favour of a resolution calling for a ban on the use of cages across the EU for farmed animals by 2027. Campaigners estimate that more than 300 million animals in the EU spend all or part of their lives in cages, pens or stalls. Meanwhile, investment in the lab-grown meat industry increased sixfold, with dozens of new companies setting up, it was reported. UK meat processors are calling for butchery workers to be added to the government’s shortage list to maintain their ability to access migrant workers. “It could soon be the end for Italian small pig farms,” said Franco Borrello, who runs a free-range farm in eastern Sicily rearing traditional black pigs.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2021 09:22 UTC