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Re-elected EU Commission President must deliver on ‘unfinished business’
As President Ursula von de Leyen is re-elected, we urge her to deliver on cages ban
Read moreDevastating environmental impact of proposed octopus farm
New report exposes environmental risks of world's first octopus farm
Read more‘We want a cage ban’ billboards target MEPs
Dozens of billboards have gone live in Brussels, Belgium, to send MEPs a clear message that Europeans want and expect a ban on caged farming
Read moreSeveral major European NGOs join landmark EtCA legal case
Animal welfare, environment and democracy at stake’ say NGOs joining landmark End the Cage Age legal action against the European Commission.
Read moreOpen letter by civil society on the live animals shipment to the Middle East
Following an attack on a ship carrying some 12,000 live animals from the EU to the port of Haifa, we wrote to EU Commissioner Kyriakides urging to suspend all live animal shipments from the EU to the region for as long as hostilities continue.
Read moreAnimal welfare must be a priority for the next Commission
We applaud the five EU countries who today called on the European Commission to put animal welfare at the centre of its next mandate during an EU ministerial meeting in Brussels.
Read moreOpen letter by civil society on the rollback of green measures in the EU
With only a month to go until European elections, over 140 civil society organisations are raising the alarm in a new open letter about a broad attack on many of the EU’s flagship green measures and commitments.
Read moreNew EU law to protect animals during transport – a missed opportunity
Today, the European Commission published a proposal to reform the EU’s outdated rules for the transport of live animals.
Read moreCitizens Committee weighs up legal options to deliver EU cages ban, as new poll confirms it has overwhelming public support
A huge majority of Europeans supports a ban on individual cages for farmed animals, a new poll has revealed today. Despite this overwhelming support, the European Commission has failed to publish its draft proposals for a ban as promised.
Read moreMEPs fail citizens on animal welfare, new analysis reveals
European Parliament lawmakers from centre-right and right-wing groups consistently vote against measures to improve the welfare of farmed animals, finds a new analysis of over 10,000 datapoints published today by Compassion in World Farming.
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