The Dutch government: Please enforce laws against animal cruelty in the farming industry

Dutch animal rights group Dier & Recht (Animals & Law) recently published a shocking report showing extreme suffering among farm animals in the Netherlands, caused by a lack of law enforcement. Practically every livestock farm in the Netherlands is in violation of one or more national or European animal welfare laws. According to this report the law was violated 2,7 billion times in 2013 alone. Despite these extreme numbers, the government refuses to enforce the applicable laws against animal cruelty. The NVWA - the authority in charge of enforcing these laws - has been subjected to severe budget cuts and has had its staff reduced by almost half in the last ten years. In addition, the Dutch government failed to implement a number of European directives for the prevention of cruelty to farm animals. Tell the Dutch government to stop the suffering and enforce all animal cruelty laws!

Watch a video on the report here (Warning: contains explicit and shocking images)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uDBpkEuJGA