MEPs join call for ban on live animal transport amid COVID-19 border delays

More than 40 members of the European Parliament have joined a coalition of NGOs calling for a ban on long-distance animal transport during the coronavirus crisis. They argue that the reintroduction of border controls has resulted in delays which risk affecting animal welfare and, by extension, human health.

Livestock was included among the priority goods that can pass borders easily via the so-called 'green lanes' in the guidelines for border management released by the Commission. [SHUTTERSTOCK/LADE]

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