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Controversial educational materials tied to Dutch livestock industry
2 days, 6 hours ago

Controversial educational materials tied to Dutch livestock industry

NL Times  

In educational materials provided to Dutch elementary schools about the origins of food, key information is often omitted. Anne Hilhorst, director of the animal welfare organization Wakker Dier, told Argos, “For example, it states that most cows spend their days grazing in pastures, but the reality is that they spend 85 percent of their time indoors, and a quarter never …

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Agriculture Minister wins animal rights organization's "biggest liar of 2024" award
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Agriculture Minister wins animal rights organization's "biggest liar of 2024" award

NL Times  

BBB Minister Femke Wiersma of Agriculture was elected the Biggest Liar of 2024 for her claim that animal suffering in the Dutch livestock industry is “portrayed worse than it is,” animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced. “The Minister knows full well that the suffering is often underestimated, but chooses to tell reassuring fairy tales,” Leonie Vestering of Wakker Dier said. …

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Aldi, Lidl and other big supermarkets want to switch to more plant-based products
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Aldi, Lidl and other big supermarkets want to switch to more plant-based products

NL Times  

Aldi, Dirk, Lidl and Plus have promised to take ambitious steps to sell more plant-based products, animal rights organization Wakker Dier reported on Saturday. Previously, Albert Heijn, Ekoplaza and Odin had already announced that they would do so, meaning that seven supermarkets are now joining Wakker Dier's goal "for a transition to more plant-based proteins", according to the organization. To …

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Young farmers named worst liars of the year for "we love cows" campaign
2 years, 3 months ago

Young farmers named worst liars of the year for "we love cows" campaign

NL Times  

The young farmers’ campaign “Farmers love cows” was voted the biggest liar of the year in Wakker Dier’s annual Liegbeest Awards. “It’s good to see that consumers are no longer accepting the dairy sector’s sweet talk,” said Wakker Dier director Anne Hilhorst. “It’s time for the dairy sector to tell the honest story.” Second place also went to the livestock …

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Agriculture min. told staff not to say "eat less meat" in climate change campaign: Advocates
2 years, 3 months ago

Agriculture min. told staff not to say "eat less meat" in climate change campaign: Advocates

NL Times  

The former agriculture minister intervened to remove a recommendation to eat less meat from a government campaign meant to address climate change, animal welfare group Wakker Dier alleged on Wednesday. The lack of a suggestion to eat less meat was "strange," said Anne Hillhorst of Wakker Dier back in 2019. Three years later, Wakker Dier said it obtained redacted emails …

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Liar Liar: Five organizations nominated for misleading animal welfare claims
2 years, 4 months ago

Liar Liar: Five organizations nominated for misleading animal welfare claims

NL Times  

Animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced this year’s nominees for its annual Liar Liar Award. According to Wakker Dier, Van Dobben, the young farmers’ association of the Netherlands, PLUS, Jumbo, and the goat sector all made untrue claims about animal welfare this year. “A quarter of cows never go outside, and many cows are sick.” PLUS labeled its veal as …

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Dutch eat less meat, but coronavirus closures are the likely cause
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch eat less meat, but coronavirus closures are the likely cause

Dutch News  

The Dutch ate less meat last year but that is mainly down to restaurants closing during the coronavirus crisis rather than a change in behaviour, according to researchers at Wageningen University. Animal rights group Wakker Dier, which commissioned the research, said it was pleased to see people had eaten less meat, even though there is not a real trend. ‘And …

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Over 20,000 people at anti-Covid measures protest in Amsterdam
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 20,000 people at anti-Covid measures protest in Amsterdam

NL Times  

More than 20,000 protesters marched in a large parade through the center of Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate against the coronavirus measures, the municipality said. "The demonstration happened without major incidents and the atmosphere was friendly," said a spokesperson fro the municipality. According to the organizer of the demonstration, about sixty organizations took part in the march, which also …

No more factory farm chickens in Dutch supermarkets by end 2023
3 years, 4 months ago

No more factory farm chickens in Dutch supermarkets by end 2023

NL Times  

By the end of 2023, all fresh chicken sold in Dutch supermarkets will have at least a 1 star Beter Leven rating. Boni was the last supermarket chain to promise to stop selling factory farm chicken, animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced, NU.nl reports. Boni director Frank Kloren said that the supermarket chain was just waiting for confirmation that its …

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Too many super-cheap meat deals at Easter: Animal rights group
3 years, 8 months ago

Too many super-cheap meat deals at Easter: Animal rights group

NL Times  

This Easter, supermarkets offered a record number of super cheap deals on meat, a step in the wrong direction, according to Wakker Dier. The animal welfare organization says there was a seven percent increase in the amount of bottom price meat offerings at supermarkets compared to 2020. “Easter does not seem to be about hiding chocolate eggs but mainly about …

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Lidl to sell exclusively free-range chicken by 2023
3 years, 8 months ago

Lidl to sell exclusively free-range chicken by 2023

NL Times  

Supermarket chain Lidl will cease selling chicken without a free range quality brand stamp by 2023, animal rights organization Wakker Dier announced on Monday. In two years' time, all chicken sold in Lidl will have at least one out of three “Beter Leven” stars. “It’s fantastic that Lidl is taking this step”, Anne Hilhorst from Wakker Dier said. Supermarket chain …

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Albert Heijn to only sell free-range chicken from 2023
3 years, 9 months ago

Albert Heijn to only sell free-range chicken from 2023

NL Times  

Albert Heijn announced that it will only sell free-range chicken with a Beter Leven quality mark from 2023. "We are incredibly happy with this step by Albert Heijn for animal welfare," Wakker Dier said in a response. In 2019 the animal rights organization still gave Albert Heijn the 'liar liar award" for claiming the chickens it sells have "more space" …

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Meat consumption rises, Dutch now eat 200 million chickens a year
4 years, 2 months ago

Meat consumption rises, Dutch now eat 200 million chickens a year

Dutch News  

Meat consumption went up for the second year in a row in 2019, but the increase appears to be down to flexitarians and tourists, research by Wageningen Economic research for animal welfare organisation Wakker Dier has shown. ‘This is a very worrying trend at a time when every problem we face requires less meat consumption, from climate change to nitrogen …

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NL meat consumption up; 39 kilos meat per person consumed last year
4 years, 2 months ago

NL meat consumption up; 39 kilos meat per person consumed last year

NL Times  

Despite meat substitutes gaining popularity, meat consumption in the Netherlands increased for the second consecutive year in 2019. Last year 39 kilograms of meat per person was eaten, a few hundred grams more than the year before, according to a study by Wageningen University on behalf of animal welfare organization Wakker Dier. Meat consumption in the Netherlands decreased every year …

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Animals in grave danger as heat waves intensify; New plan needed: Activists
4 years, 4 months ago

Animals in grave danger as heat waves intensify; New plan needed: Activists

NL Times  

The Ministry of Agriculture needs to intervene and make sure farmers have a better plan to protect their animals from the increasingly hot summers, according to animal rights organization Wakker Dier. In that time, Wakker Dier's heat stress hotline received 152 reports of sheep with heat stress, 125 of cattle and 62 of horses. "Our fear that the warmer summer …

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