date:Jul 05, 2012
The organisations have launched a European Citizens Initiative (ECI), pressing for higher welfare standards for the 23 million cows in the EU. They aim to amass at least one million signatures from at least seven of the 27 EU Member States for a petition pressing for legislation in the area to be updated.
Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben Jerrys, said:We know that the health of cows comes from the satisfaction of basic needs, such as proper housing, good nutrition, good health and appropri