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Press Release Section Icon 10/12/2024

 Compassion backs mounting pressure on EU Commission to modernise EU animal welfare rules

Compassion in World Farming today welcomed the strong signals sent by the several member states and the European Parliament, urging the European Commission to deliver on its promise to ban cages and reform its outdated animal welfare…

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Press Release Section Icon 04/11/2024

New Commissioners must quickly deliver already overdue animal welfare reform

Compassion in World Farming is calling on European lawmakers to ensure that action to deliver on animal welfare commitments is central to the new Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare’s role in the new mandate and not just to the job…

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Press Release Section Icon 04/11/2024

Undercover investigation exposes suffering and frustration of caged rabbits and underlines urgent need for EU cage ban

A new undercover investigation released today (4 Nov) exposes the immense suffering of around 70 million rabbits still caged on farms across Europe and reinforces the urgent need for the European Commission to deliver its promised cage ban.

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Press Release Section Icon 10/10/2024

MEPs invited to ‘free farmed animals from cages’ outside the EU Parliament

MEPs are being invited to ‘free farmed animals from cages’ at an event outside the European Parliament on World Cage Free Day (14 October) to show their support for the promised EU ban on caged animal farming.

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Press Release Section Icon 08/10/2024

Governments urged to stop funding cruel and unsustainable octopus farming on World Octopus Day

NGOs unite to stop governments and the EU funding octopus farming as new research reveals Spanish Government has spent the most

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Press Release Section Icon 24/09/2024

9 out of 10 people polled across nine EU countries want better protection for farmed fish

Eurogroup for Animals and Compassion in World Farming call for stronger EU fish welfare legislation as overwhelming majority backs better protection.

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Press Release Section Icon 10/09/2024

Major European food businesses are driving change for a cage-free Europe but need EU to deliver promised ban

A new report launched today (10 September) reveals that major European food companies are leading the way towards cage-free farming in Europe but need the EU to deliver its promised ban on caged animal farming.

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Press Release Section Icon 05/09/2024

Book : Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets

A thought-provoking new book which is believed to be a ‘first’ in bringing together leading world authors to explore both regenerative farming and diet in transforming our food systems

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Press Release Section Icon 04/09/2024

Compassion welcomes recommendation to publish cage ban and broader animal welfare proposals

Compassion in World Farming today (4 Sep) welcomed the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture’s new report which calls on the European Commission to publish proposals by 2026 to deliver its promised phase out of the use of cages in…

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Press Release Section Icon 27/06/2024

‘Animal welfare, environment and democracy at stake’ say NGOs joining landmark End the Cage Age legal action

Several major European NGOs will today (27 June) ask the European Court of Justice to allow them to join the landmark End the Cage Age (EtCA) legal action against the European Commission.

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