1.4 million united against cages

Since 2018, we have been leading a coalition of over 170 organisations from across Europe to support the ‘End the Cage Age‘ European Citizens’ Initiative. Over the one-year period allowed for collecting signatures, the Initiative received 1.4 million verified signatures from citizens in all EU Member States. On 2 October 2020, we submitted the signatures to the European Commission.

The Commission’s announcement follows the European Parliament’s overwhelming support to a resolution, adopted earlier this month, calling on the European Commission to phase out cages for farmed animals by 2027 and to ensure that all imported products into the EU comply with these cage-free standards.

The ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens' Initiative is also supported by the European Committee of the Regions, a group of over 140 scientists, representatives of the business community, organisations campaigning for environmental protection, health and farming, as well as veterinary students and vets.