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Animal rights activists occupy ÖVP headquarters: Fight to ban fully slatted floors

An occupation has taken place at the ÖVP headquarters in Innsbruck, with the focus on animal welfare. The action is a protest against the use of fully slatted floors in pig farming, which is considered to be contrary to animal welfare. The animal rights activists, who have disguised themselves as a "pig delegation", want to speak to Agriculture Minister Totschnig, who is a member of the ÖVP Tyrol. They are demanding that he make a statement on this issue and…