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Published 08/10/2020News
Published 08/10/2020
Members of the EU Parliament call for an end to caged farming
Today, 8 October 2020, 86 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), wrote to the European Commission today urging it to phase out the use of cages for farm animals.
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Published 08/10/2020
Stop the veggie burger ban!
Today, 8 October 2020, we wrote to Members of the European Parliament to express our deep concern about a proposal to ban calling plant-based products 'burgers', which will be voted on in two weeks' time.
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Published 02/10/2020
Sixth successful European Citizens' Initiative calls for cage-free farming
Today, on World Day for Farmed Animals (2 October 2020), the European Commission received a European Citizens’ Initiative signed by 1.4 million people which calls on the EU to phase out the use of cages for farmed animals.
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Published 18/09/2020
White smoke from Warsaw! Poland set to ban fur farming
At 2 AM this morning, the Polish lower chamber of Parliament voted to ban fur farming! The law, which won a monumental battle, will also ban ritual slaughter for exports and the use of wild animals in circuses.
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Published 16/09/2020
Victory! Czechia bans cages for hens, now EU must follow
Today, the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic banned cages for laying hens from 2027. Compassion in World Farming welcomes this progress, as well as the commitment of Czech policy-makers to push for an EU-level ban.
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Published 31/08/2020
EU must use taxpayers' money wisely and promote plant-rich diets
Today, we submitted feedback to the EU's food marketing campaign, currently under review. We call on the EU to use taxpayers' money wisely and promote plant-rich diets in order to reduce animal suffering, improve our health and save our planet.
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Published 27/07/2020
EU agency to look at welfare of animals in caged systems
Following our ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative, the EU Commission has requested from one of the EU agencies to look into stress caused to farmed animals kept in caged systems.
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Published 24/07/2020
Members of the EU Parliament commit to keep pushing for cage-free farming
On 14 July, Members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum met virtually to discuss how they could further help our fight to end caged farming in Europe.
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Published 03/07/2020
Berlin sow vote: German presidency must listen to calls of EU citizens
On 3 July 2020, the German upper house approved new controversial rules on the welfare of sows. The weak ambitions of the German Federal agriculture ministry to put its own house in order casts a shadow over the sincerity of its EU-level…
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Published 02/07/2020
Victory! U.S. state of Colorado bans cages for hens
On 1 July 2020, the U.S. State of Colorado banned all cage confinement of egg-laying hens! This goes well beyond what the law requires in the EU, where over 200 million hens are still in cages.
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