Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2016/2077(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits (short presentation) IT
Amendments (4)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas rabbit farming has been very hard hit by the decline in meat consumption in the European Union and the economic crisis in farming, and whereas sales prices have fallen by some 20% in three years, while production costs have remained constant;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the importance of providing training courses for people involved in all aspects of animal handling in rabbit farming and good practice guides based on reliable technical and scientific analyses in order to improve their performance and understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements in order to avoid unnecessary suffering for animals;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Points out that rabbits are frequently kept in battery cages, with no concessions being made to their natural environment, and kept alive through heavy recourse to products based on antibiotics; stresses the need to ban systematic recourse to pharmaceuticals to offset the shortcomings of intensive battery farming in terms of environment and health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage other types of rabbit farming such as the 'park' (indoor open pen) system, ‘improved’ barn rearing and organic rearing; stresses that these alternatives to intensive battery farming would make it possible to have less recourse to antibiotics, thereby curbing the spread of antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that a European transparent labelling has not yet been introduced for rabbit meat, thus leaving national distribution channels open to non-identified external elements that do not always comply with animal health and animal welfare legislation; urges therefore the inclusion in European legislation of mandatory origin labelling for rabbit meat, in addition to provisions governing rabbit breeding and slaughter, so as to ensure greater market transparency, uphold quality standards and protect consumer health;